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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82 THE MAN WHO BELIEVED GOD<br />
Hudson Taylor as "a mystic absorbed in religious<br />
dreams, waiting to have his work revealed; not idle, but<br />
aimless". He had no home, no settled income, no prospects,<br />
and he represented no Society, for he had severed<br />
his connection with the Chinese Evangelization Society.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se were all good and adequate reasons, in Miss<br />
Aldersey's eyes, to prove he had no right to think of<br />
marriage. She probably forgot that the apostles were<br />
poor, and that some at least had "no certain dwelling<br />
place". But prejudice, especially with so determined a<br />
wo<strong>man</strong>, was a formidable force, and <strong>man</strong>y painful, almost<br />
incredible statements began to gain circulation.<br />
All Miss Aldersey's powerful influence was set to frustrate<br />
Hudson Taylor's hopes of winning Maria Dyer.<br />
This was a period of acutest suffering. Miss Aldersey<br />
had Maria Dyer's ear, and she contrived that Hudson<br />
Taylor should not meet her. Honour and chivalry forbade<br />
him to write again, since he had already been<br />
denied that approach. <strong>God</strong> alone was his hope. He knew<br />
that he must conquer through prayer or fail. Little did<br />
he realize that Maria Dyer herself was suffering as keenly<br />
as he himself. Not yet of age, and with her guardian in<br />
England, she was overborne <strong>by</strong> Miss Aldersey's powerful<br />
personality.<br />
But love will out, and circumstances at long last let<br />
Hudson Taylor see the lie of the land, and from Maria<br />
Dyer he obtained permission to write to her guardian,<br />
her uncle Mr. Tarn, in England. This was in July, 1857,<br />
but no reply could be expected before the end of November.<br />
<strong>The</strong> prospect did not appear hopeful, for both knew<br />
that Miss Aldersey would leave no stone unturned to bias<br />
Mr. Tarn's mind. <strong>The</strong> months of waiting which ensued<br />
could not fail to be a time of acute and anxious suspense.<br />
Nor was this all, for in other ways Hudson Taylor
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