J. Hudson Taylor

A mother's prayer: reminiscent of Augustine of Hippo, John Newton and many others, Hudson Tayor's mother prayed and prayed that her son's heart be touched and he become a Christian. One day whle his mother was out of town, a teenaged Hudson was rooting around the grounds of the family home when he found a pamphlet describing one man's conversion. He was touched and he asked God to come into his heart. Hudson Taylor devoted himself to prepare for ministry in China. Not only did he learn medicine, but he praciced it in one of the poorest sections of London so he would learn under adverse conditions. There are many other stories about him, and you can read them in any of the excellent biographies. These books have led many christians to become committed to Christ's cause: besides the untold converts in China as a direct result of his work, the continuing work done that years of communism couldn't stamp out, his life's work continues through his story. When his mother returned and he told her of his conversion, she surprised him greatly by telling him that she had been at prayer for him at that time and that she had come away from her prayer time with a sense of peace. James Hudson Taylor 1832-1905 Pioneer missionary. James Hudson Taylor was born in Barnsley, England. He was the son of a Methodist minister. After studying medicine and theology, he went to China in 1854 as a missionary under the auspices of the China Evangelization Society. In 1858, after working in a hospital for four years, he married the daughter of another missionary. He returned to England in 1860 and spent five years translating the New Testament into the Ningpo dialect. He returned to China in 1866 with 16 other missionaries and founded the China Inland Mission. In 1870 his wife and two of their children died of cholera. He remained in China and before his death established 205 mission stations with 84 missionaries from England, and 125,000 witnessing Chinese Christians. He died in Changcha, China, in 1905.