At twenty-one years old, Hudson Taylor left England for a land torn by war and largely closed to the gospel. He possessed little money, few human advantages, and no promise of an easy future. But he had learned to depend upon a God who could not fail.
Determined to reach the people of inland China, Taylor adopted Chinese clothing, learned the language, traveled dangerous rivers, entered hostile cities, and endured loneliness, sickness, poverty, riots, and heartbreaking loss. Again and again, when every human resource seemed exhausted, he discovered that God’s provision had only begun.
Yet this is more than the story of extraordinary journeys and narrow escapes. It is the story of a man being shaped by faith—a man learning to surrender his burdens, rest in Christ, and leave the consequences of obedience with God. From that quiet trust grew the China Inland Mission and a movement that carried the gospel far beyond China’s coastal cities.
