112 Quotes by Hudson Taylor

A few nights after his conversion he asked how long this Gospel had been known in England. He was told that we had known it for some hundreds of years."What!" said he, amazed; "is it possible that for hundreds of years you have had the knowledge of those glad tidings in your possession, and yet have only now come to preach it to us? My father sought after the Truth for more than twenty years, and died without finding it. Oh, why did you not come sooner?

God does not permit persecution to arise without sufficient reason...He was leading us by a way that we knew not; but it was none the less His way.

The cold, and even the hunger, the watchings and sleeplessness of nights of danger, and the feeling at times of utter isolation and helplessness, were well and wisely chosen, and tenderly and lovingly meted out. What circumstances could have rendered the Word of God more sweet, the presence of God more real, the help of God more precious?

God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.

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

HUDSON TAYLOR – THE PROGRESSION OF A MISSIONARY CALL:As child, at age 5: When I am a man, I mean to be a missionary and go to China.As a young man:I feel I cannot go on living unless I do something for China.Late in life, as a veteran missionary:If I had 1,000 lives, I’d give them all for China.

There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says.

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

If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life.