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Missionary

Hudson Taylor, born on May 21, 1832 and died on June 3, 1905, was a renowned missionary from the United Kingdom. He arrived in China in 1860 and dedicated his life to spreading the Christian Gospel. Taylor is known for his steadfast faith, selfless dedication, and respect for Chinese culture.

Famous Hudson Taylor Quotes

“God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.”

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“Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them.”

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“God's work is not man working for God; it is God's own work, though often wrought through man's hands.”

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“Would that God would make hell so real to us that we cannot rest; heaven so real that we must have men there, Christ so real that our supreme motive and aim shall be to make the Man of Sorrows the Man of Joy by the conversion to him of many.”

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“God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.”

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“Would that God would make hell so real to us that we cannot rest; Heaven so real that we must have men there.”

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“All God's giants have been weak men and women who have gotten hold of God's faithfulness.”

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“Learn to move man, through God, by prayer alone”

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Book:A Retrospect: The Story Behind My Zeal for Missions

Source: A Retrospect: The Story Behind My Zeal for Missions

“Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men.”

Men Real Gods Will Gauges Real Power

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“Are you in a hurry, flurried, distressed? Look up! See the Man in the Glory! Let the face of Jesus shine upon you—the face of the Lord Jesus Christ. Is He worried, troubled, distressed? There is no wrinkle on His brow, no least shade of anxiety. Yet the affairs are His as much as yours.”

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“Abiding in Jesus isn't fixing our attention on Christ, but it is being one with Him... A man is abiding just as much when he is sleeping for Jesus, as when he is awake and working for Jesus. Oh, it is a very sweet thing to have one's mind just resting there.”

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“All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them.”

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“I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.”

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“When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men through God by prayer alone.”

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Author:Hudson Taylor

About the Author

Born: May 21, 1832
Died: June 3, 1905
Known for: Missionary
Quotes: 97

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A Retrospect: The Story Behind My Zeal for MissionsRelated source material

The Story of the China Inland MissionRelated source material

Union and CommunionRelated source material

China's Spiritual Need and ClaimsRelated source material

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