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A Retrospect

A Retrospect

by J. Hudson Taylor

James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) was an English missionary who founded the China Inland Mission in 1865. Sailing for China as a young medical missionary, he adopted Chinese dress, pressed the gospel into the interior provinces, and recruited hundreds of workers on the principle of trusting God for supplies without guaranteed salaries. His Retrospect and other writings remain classics of faith missions, and his burden shaped Protestant missions in China for generations.

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First published
1884
Category
Biography
Length
36k words · about 2 hours
Chapters
21
Narration
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About this book

J. Hudson Taylor's autobiographical account of his early life and call to China. Taylor describes his conversion, his medical and spiritual preparation, his first voyage out, and the steps that led to the founding of the China Inland Mission. It is a modest, faith-filled record of how God led a young man step by step.

Contents

  1. J. Hudson Taylor, M.R.C.S., F.R.G.S · Contents · Illustrations · Chapter I
  2. Chapter II · The Call to Service
  3. Chapter III · Preparation for Service 🔒
  4. Chapter IV · Further Answers to Prayer 🔒
  5. Chapter V · Life in London 🔒
  6. Chapter VI · Strengthened by Faith 🔒
  7. Chapter VII · Mighty to Save 🔒
  8. Chapter VIII · Voyage to China 🔒
  9. Chapter IX · Early Missionary Experiences 🔒
  10. Chapter X · First Evangelistic Efforts 🔒
  11. Chapter XI · With the Rev. William Burns 🔒
  12. Chapter XII · Called to Swatow 🔒
  13. Chapter XIII · Man Proposes, God Disposes 🔒
  14. Chapter XIV · Providential Guidance 🔒
  15. Chapter XV · Settlement in Ningpo 🔒
  16. Chapter XVI · Timely Supplies 🔒
  17. Chapter XVII · God a Refuge for Us 🔒
  18. Chapter XVIII · A New Agency Needed 🔒
  19. Chapter XIX · The Formation of the C. I. M 🔒
  20. Chapter XX · The Mission in 1894 🔒
  21. Stations of the China Inland Mission · 1900 🔒

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