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James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905). Born on May 21, 1832, in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, to a Methodist chemist and lay preacher, Hudson Taylor was a British missionary, evangelist, and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM, now OMF International). Converted at 17 through his mother’s prayers and a tract, he committed to missionary work, studying medicine and Mandarin in London before sailing to China in 1853 with the Chinese Evangelisation Society. Disillusioned by coastal-focused missions, he adopted Chinese dress and ventured inland, founding CIM in 1865 to prioritize unreached areas without soliciting funds, relying on prayer. Taylor’s preaching led to thousands of conversions, establishing 300 mission stations and training 849 missionaries by 1905. Despite personal tragedies—losing his first wife, Maria Dyer, in 1870, four children, and second wife, Jennie Faulding, in 1904—he persevered, authoring China: Its Spiritual Need and Claims (1865) and Union and Communion (1894). Known for his motto “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply,” he inspired global missions. Taylor retired to Switzerland but returned to China, dying on June 3, 1905, in Changsha. He said, “God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.”
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Charles Simeon preaches on the significance of anamnesis, which involves awakening the mind to guilt before God and realizing the hindrance sin creates in our communion with Him. The Old Covenant focused on remembering sins through sacrifices, while the New Covenant emphasizes remembering our Savior's sacrifice. The Levitical system highlighted the need for constant sacrifices, but the Gospel offers complete remission of sins through Christ. Believers are encouraged to reflect on their sins, deepen their repentance, and increase their vigilance against sin, all while growing in love and gratitude towards their Savior.
Exchanged Life
"When my agony of soul was at its height a sentence in a letter was used to remove the scales from my eyes, and the Spirit of God revealed the truth of our oneness with Jesus as I had never known it before . . . ‘But how do you get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting on the Faithful One.’ As I read I saw it all! ‘If we believe not, He abideth faithful.’ I looked to Jesus and saw (and when I saw, oh, how the joy flowed!) that He had said, ‘I will never leave you.’ ‘Ah, there is rest!’ I thought. I’ll strive in vain to rest in Him. I’ll strive no more. For has He not promised to abide with me––never to leave me, never to fail me? And, He never will!" How do we get this strength? We get it by fixing our eyes on Jesus. Hebrews 12:1-3 Amplified Bible reads: Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony of the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance––unnecessary weight––and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us, looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher, [bringing it] to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. [Ps. 110:1]. Just think on Him Who endured from sinners such grievous opposition and bitter hostility against Himself––reckon up and consider it all in comparison with your trials––so that you may not grow weary or exhausted, losing heart and relaxing and fainting in your minds.
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James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905). Born on May 21, 1832, in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, to a Methodist chemist and lay preacher, Hudson Taylor was a British missionary, evangelist, and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM, now OMF International). Converted at 17 through his mother’s prayers and a tract, he committed to missionary work, studying medicine and Mandarin in London before sailing to China in 1853 with the Chinese Evangelisation Society. Disillusioned by coastal-focused missions, he adopted Chinese dress and ventured inland, founding CIM in 1865 to prioritize unreached areas without soliciting funds, relying on prayer. Taylor’s preaching led to thousands of conversions, establishing 300 mission stations and training 849 missionaries by 1905. Despite personal tragedies—losing his first wife, Maria Dyer, in 1870, four children, and second wife, Jennie Faulding, in 1904—he persevered, authoring China: Its Spiritual Need and Claims (1865) and Union and Communion (1894). Known for his motto “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply,” he inspired global missions. Taylor retired to Switzerland but returned to China, dying on June 3, 1905, in Changsha. He said, “God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.”