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If I had a thousand pounds, China should have it. If I had a thousand lives, China should have them. No! Not China, but Christ. Can we do too much for Him?

Hudson Taylor

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Hudson Taylor
Age: 73 †
Born: 1832
Born: May 21
Died: 1905
Died: June 3
Bible Translator
Missionary
Non-Fiction Writer
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Theologian
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J. Hudson Taylor
James Hudson Taylor
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Oh, for eloquence to plead the cause of China, for a pencil dipped in fire to paint the condition of this people.
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When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.
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The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.
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When the heart submits, then Jesus reigns. When Jesus reigns, there is rest.
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As our Father makes many a flower to bloom unseen in the lonely desert, [let us] do all that we can do, as under God's eye, though no other eye ever take note of it.
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