The autobiography of Hudson Taylor
J. Hudson Taylor's life radically changed the Christian church. His faith and godliness inspired countless believers to extraordinary faith and passion for Christ. He has been called one of the four or five most influential foreigners who came to China in the 19th century for any purpose, religious or secular. Few who read his story will remain content with the state of their own faith. His increasing thirst for God is contagious.
This new modern language edition of his autobiography is for today's believers - to discover his model of faith, obedience, humility and dependence on God.
Taylor was known for his sensitivity to Chinese culture and zeal for evangelism. He adopted wearing native Chinese clothing even though this was rare among missionaries of that time. Under his leadership, the CIM was singularly non-denominational in practice and accepted members from all Protestant groups, including individuals from the working class and single women as well as multinational recruits. Primarily because of the CIM's campaign against the Opium trade, Taylor has been referred to as one of the most significant Europeans to visit China in the 19th Century. Historian Ruth Tucker summarises the theme of his life:
No other missionary in the nineteen centuries since the Apostle Paul has had a wider vision and has carried out a more systematised plan of evangelising a broad geographical area than Hudson Taylor.
Taylor was able to preach in several varieties of Chinese, including Mandarin, Chaozhou, and the Wu dialects of Shanghai and Ningbo. The last of these he knew well enough to help prepare a colloquial edition of the New Testament written in it
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