Hudson Taylor

Posted by wagardner - 03/03/08 at 06:03:26 pm

John Pearson sent me the following quotes–I think that they are really worth reading: The cold was so great and other things so trying that I scarcely know what I was doing or saying at first.  Then, what it means to be so far from home, at the seat of war, and not able to understand or be understood by the people was fully realized.  Their utter wretchedness and misery, and my inability to help them or even point them to Jesus, powerfully affected me.  Satan came in as a flood, but there was One who lifted up a standard against him.  Jesus is here, and though unknown to the majority and uncared for by many who might know Him, He is present and precious to His own.

 

Hudson Taylor – early months in Shanghai, five years after his conversion.

 It was four or five months now since he had hunted for quarters on his first arrival without finding even a room available, and if anything the conditions seemed worse than before.  Nothing he could begin to think of was to be found, and but for a growing rest of heart in God, Hudson Taylor would have been almost in despair.  As it was, he was learning precious lessons of his own helplessness and of almighty strength.

 This makes me think of a great quote by a missionary friend in North Africa

 

“Neither jail nor death scare a preacher of the glorious gospel. For our lives are hidden forever with Christ. In fact, we welcome jail, expulsion, and death as the cost for preaching the gospel following the example of our father’s in the book of Acts. We do not seek prison or death but will accept it with joy if God allows it to come. Our prayer is not for safety but boldness.” 

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