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HUDSON TAYLOR (1832-1905) spent over 50 years in China and founded the China Inland Mission (CIM) which through faith and prayer saw hundreds of missionaries sent to Asia and countless lives changed.
This fantastic collection includes the full text of his known works:
• A RETROSPECT (1894) – a autobiographical reflection on his life and work in China [20 chapters]
• UNION AND COMMUNION (1893) – his famous commentary on the Song of Solomon
• SEPARATION AND SERVICE (1898) – his thoughts, based on Numbers 6 and 7 on service to the Lord.
• A RIBBAND OF BLUE (1899) – a series of 8 Bible Studies on ministry and spiritual growth.
• HUDSON TAYLOR IN EARLY YEARS: The Growth of a Soul (1911) – an in-depth biography of Hudson Taylor’s early years, chronicling up to age 27 (1859). [42 chapters]
• HUDSON TAYLOR AND THE CHINA INLAND MISSION: The Growth of a Work of God (1918) – continues the biography of his life, from age 27 until his death. [42 chapters]
• THE CHOICE SAYINGS OF HUDSON TAYLOR – a wonderful collection of Taylor’s poignant thoughts on life and ministry, organized around 19 subjects such as Prayer, Suffering, Fruitfulness, etc.
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Hudson Taylor (1832 - 1905)
Was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM) (now OMF International). Taylor spent 51 years in China. The society that he began was responsible for bringing over 800 missionaries to the country who began 125 schools and directly resulted in 18,000 Christian conversions, as well as the establishment of more than 300 stations of work with more than 500 local helpers in all eighteen provinces.Taylor returned to England in 1883 to recruit more missionaries speaking of China's needs, and returned to China, working now with a total of 225 missionaries and 59 churches. In 1887 their numbers increased by another 102 with The Hundred missionaries, and in 1888, Taylor brought 14 missionaries from the United States. In the US he travelled and spoke at many places, including the Niagara Bible Conference where he befriended Cyrus Scofield and later Taylor filled the pulpit of Dwight Lyman Moody as a guest in Chicago. Moody and Scofield thereafter actively supported the work of the China Inland Mission of North America.
James Hudson Taylor was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM) (now OMF International). Taylor spent 51 years in China. The society that he began was responsible for bringing over 800 missionaries to the country who began 125 schools and directly resulted in 18,000 Christian conversions, as well as the establishment of more than 300 stations of work with more than 500 local helpers in all eighteen provinces.
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.
Taylor was raised in the Methodist tradition but in the course of his life he was a member of the Baptist Westbourne Grove Church pastored by William Garrett Lewis, and he also kept strong ties to the "Open Brethren" such as George Muller. In summary his theology and his practice was non-sectarian.
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