Union and Communion

Name: Union and Communion
Author: 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: 1894
Category: Devotional
Length: 12k words · about 1 hour
Chapters: 9
Narration: 🎧 Volunteer Readers

About this book

J. Hudson Taylor's exposition of the Song of Songs, published in 1894. The founder of the China Inland Mission reads the Song as a picture of the believer's union and communion with Christ, moving from first awakening to mature fellowship and fruitfulness. Personal and devotional in tone, it reflects the inward life that sustained Taylor's long missionary service in China.