James Hudson Taylor A Retrospect
(J. Hudson Taylor. A Retrospect. Philadelphia: China Inland Mission, n.d., 41).
“Our eyes must be upon the Lord, not upon His people. His means – not ours, not theirs, but His means are large; and to a faithful steward He will prove a faithful master.”
(A.J. Broomhall. Hudson Taylor and China’s Open Century, Book Five: Refiner’s Fire. London: Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1985, 382).
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