HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall
This book should be required reading for any and all future missionaries. Broomhall does the Christian world a great service by detailing Hudson Taylor's successes as well as his trials. The most remarkable feature of this book is the faith of Hudson Taylor. In the midst of incredible adversity this man abandoned himself to Jesus and the promises of Scripture. He rested solely on the provision of God, letting no man know his need. Throughout the book, Taylor's adversities and God's deliverances are a source of encouragement and inspiration that will lift the spirits of any true believer to "cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you." This book is an excellent read about a life well-lived and a spiritual journey of great depth.
This book should be required reading for any and all future missionaries. Broomhall does the Christian world a great service by detailing Hudson Taylor's successes as well as his trials. The most remarkable feature of this book is the faith of Hudson Taylor. In the midst of incredible adversity this man abandoned himself to Jesus and the promises of Scripture. He rested solely on the provision of God, letting no man know his need. Throughout the book, Taylor's adversities and God's deliverances are a source of encouragement and inspiration that will lift the spirits of any true believer to "cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you."
This book is an excellent read about a life well-lived and a spiritual journey of great depth.
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228 THE MAN WHO BELIEVED GOD<br />
document he left when finally laying down his great<br />
responsibilities.<br />
"If", he wrote, "the Directors and Members of the<br />
Councils are godly and wise men, walking in the spirit of<br />
unity and love, they will not lack Divine guidance in important<br />
matters, and at critical times; but should another<br />
spirit prevail, no rules can save the Mission, nor would it be<br />
, worth saving. <strong>The</strong> China Inland Mission must be a living<br />
body in fellowship with <strong>God</strong>, or it will be of no further use,<br />
and cannot continue."<br />
As the months came and went, and the years passed<br />
<strong>by</strong>, it was not always easy to live that life of quiet and<br />
seclusion, especially after having been for so long in the<br />
thick of the fight. "It is hardest of all to do nothing for<br />
His sake", he once confessed; and at times the tears<br />
would stand in his eyes, though he was still prepared for<br />
all <strong>God</strong>'s Will, whether it was to live unto the Lord, or<br />
die unto Him.<br />
Exercised one day about the comparative comfort<br />
and leisure they were enjoying, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor<br />
found consolation in that day's message in Daily Light:<br />
"My people shall abide in a peaceful habitation, and in<br />
sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places." And so they<br />
gladly accepted what the Lord sent. And so Hudson<br />
Taylor rejoiced in the beauty of the :flowers <strong>by</strong> day, and<br />
in the glory of the stars <strong>by</strong> night. He had always been a<br />
lover of Nature, and a pair of powerful binoculars, in<br />
lieu of a telescope, made the study of the heavens more<br />
delightful. Like the Psalmist <strong>who</strong> links the works and<br />
word of <strong>God</strong> together, Hudson Taylor did the same. To<br />
him the heavens declared the glory of <strong>God</strong>, and to him<br />
<strong>God</strong>'s word was more to be desired than gold, yea, than<br />
much fine gold. And it was during these months in<br />
Switzerland that he, for the fortieth time in forty years,
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