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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
Physician
Theologian
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J. Hudson Taylor
James Hudson Taylor
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