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Hudson Taylor - Growth of a Work of God
Hudson Taylor in 1893
The quotations in this post on the life of Hudson Taylor, founder of the China
Inland Mission, are taken from the second biographical book written by his
son Dr. Howard Taylor. The book is titled Hudson Taylor - Growth of a Work
of God.
Hudson Taylor had spent six years by this time in China ministering. At the
end of this period his health, which was never robust, was at such a low state
that he had to return to England. He was told by the physicians that he would
never be able to return to China again.
Upon arriving back in England he immediately set to work laboring to produce
a copy of the Scriptures in a language that the Chinese, and the missionaries,
could readily use. He also devoted himself to finishing his medical training.
For four years he labored day by day, entering into his journal a brief
summary of the days labor. For a man broken in health, he labored
prodigiously.
The burden for lost souls in China never left him, and he continued to seek the
Lord that He might raise up laborers for the mission field. Before another year
