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Hudson Taylor in Early Years: The Growth of a Soul

Hudson Taylor in Early Years: The Growth of a Soul

Frederick Howard Taylor (1862–1946), also known as F. Howard Taylor, was a British pioneer Protestant Christian missionary to China, author and speaker. He was the second son of James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, and Maria Jane Dyer. Source: Wikipedia (summarized; CC BY-SA)

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First published
1911
Category
Biography
Length
194k words · about 13 hours
Chapters
43

About this book

Taylor traces Hudson Taylor’s early life and the formation of his character, from his family’s Christian influence to his conversion through faith in Christ’s finished work. The account follows his call to China, his training in faith and prayer, and his efforts to bring the gospel to places where Christ has not been named, showing a life shaped by trust in God and concern for those unreached.

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. For Me and My House
  3. Unto Children's Children
  4. Set Apart Unto the Lord
  5. Nurture and Admonition
  6. The Finished Work of Christ 🔒
  7. Here Am I ; Send Me 🔒
  8. The New Starting Point 🔒
  9. No Good Thing Will He Withhold 🔒
  10. That I May Win Christ 🔒
  11. From Faith to Faith 🔒
  12. If It Be Thou, Bid Me Come 🔒
  13. Nothing Certain, Except 🔒
  14. The Lord Will Provide 🔒
  15. Light at Last 🔒
  16. I Will Never Leave Thee 🔒
  17. Arrival and First Experiences 🔒
  18. Make It a Place of Springs 🔒
  19. Building in Troublous Times 🔒
  20. A Way of Escape 🔒
  21. The First Evangelistic Journey 🔒
  22. Our Plans of Usefulness 🔒
  23. Not Where Christ Was Named 🔒
  24. A Vision of His Life-work 🔒
  25. Emptied from Vessel to Vessel 🔒
  26. Some Better Thing 🔒
  27. A Parish of a Million 🔒
  28. As Rivers of Water in a Dry Place 🔒
  29. Under the Shadow of the Almighty 🔒
  30. Stedfast, Unmoveable 🔒
  31. On Whom the Mantle Fell 🔒
  32. My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts 🔒
  33. Who Shutteth and No Man Openeth 🔒
  34. By a Way That They Knew Not 🔒
  35. The God That Is Enough 🔒
  36. Ebenezer and Jehovah Jireh 🔒
  37. Joy Cometh in the Morning 🔒
  38. Perfect in One 🔒
  39. Our Joy and Crown of Rejoicing 🔒
  40. Fishers of Men 🔒
  41. What Hath God Wrought 🔒
  42. A Wealthy Place 🔒
  43. Above All That Ye Ask or Think 🔒

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