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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constituted an even greater peril. "In a storm", wrote<br />
Hudson Taylor, "the ship is to some extent <strong>man</strong>ageable,<br />
but becalmed one can do nothing; the Lord must do all."<br />
And so in storm and calm alike he learnt afresh the<br />
power of prayer, and the presence of Him <strong>who</strong> holds the<br />
winds and waves in the hollow of His hands.<br />
And there were perils other than physical that Hudson<br />
Taylor was saved from on that voyage. <strong>The</strong> peril, for<br />
instance, of mistaking presumption for faith. How <strong>man</strong>y<br />
have made shipwreck through despising <strong>God</strong>'s appointed<br />
means, as though these were in conflict with trust in<br />
<strong>God</strong>! On this point Hudson Taylor, that <strong>man</strong> of faith,<br />
must speak for himself:<br />
"I was a very young believer, and had not sufficient faith<br />
in <strong>God</strong> to see Him in and through the use of means. I had<br />
felt it a duty to comply with the earnest wish of my beloved<br />
and honoured mother, and for her sake to procure a swimming-belt.<br />
But in my own soul I felt as if I could not simply<br />
trust in <strong>God</strong> while I had this swimming-belt, and my heart<br />
had no rest until on that night, during the storm off the<br />
Welsh coast, after all hope of being saved was gone, I had<br />
given it away. <strong>The</strong>n I had perfect peace, and strange to say<br />
put several light things together, likely to float at the time<br />
we struck, without any thought of inconsistency or scruple.<br />
"Ever since I have seen clearly the mistake I made; a<br />
mistake that is very comm:on in these days, when erroneous<br />
teaching on faith-healing does much harm, misleading some<br />
as to the purposes of <strong>God</strong>, shaking the faith of others, and<br />
distressing the minds of <strong>man</strong>y. <strong>The</strong> use of means ought not<br />
to lessen our faith in <strong>God</strong>, and our faith in <strong>God</strong> ought not<br />
to hinder our using whatever means He has given us for the<br />
accomplishment of His. own purposes. . ... After the storm<br />
was over, the question was settled for me through the<br />
prayerful study of the Scriptures. <strong>God</strong> gave me then to see<br />
my mistake, probably to deliver me from a great deal of<br />
trouble on similar questions now so constantly raised."
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