Hudson Taylor

May 26, 2014

Do we give sufficient attention to the theme of gaining Christ? It is our joy and privilege to know Him as God’s unspeakable gift, but none knew this more fully than the apostle Paul. But was he satisfied with this knowledge? Or was Paul’s soul-consuming desire, at all possible cost, to gain Christ; and thus to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings? Oh that Christ may be so known by us as a ‘living, bright reality’ that our one desire-our one absorbing heart-passion may be that we personally gain Christ – that we personally know Him as the apostle longed to do.

– Hudson Taylor –

February 2, 2014

I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient.

– Hudson Taylor –

October 1, 2012

I have nothing too precious for my Lord Jesus. He has asked for my very best; and I give, with all my heart, my very best to Him.

– Dr. Parker –
(worked with Hudson Taylor)

September 18, 2012

All God’s giants have been weak men, who did great things for God because they reckoned on His being with them.

– Hudson Taylor –

June 25, 2012

Self-denial surely means something far greater than some slight and insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences!

– Hudson Taylor –

April 27, 2012

Christ is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all.

– Hudson Taylor –

January 25, 2012

The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time, and in the right way, is the right fruit found on it. Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.

– Hudson Taylor –

January 5, 2012

Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success.

– Hudson Taylor –

December 26, 2011

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.

– Hudson Taylor –