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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
Translator
J. Hudson Taylor
James Hudson Taylor
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Christ liveth in me. And how great the difference...instead of bondage, liberty instead of failure, quiet victories within instead of fear and weakness, a restful sense of sufficiency in Another.
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If we wait till we run no risk, the gospel will never be introduced into the interior.
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I am so weak that I can hardly write, I cannot read my Bible, I cannot even pray, I can only lie still in God's arms like a little child, and trust.
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We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain let our lives manifest that it is so. We tell them that our home is above and that all these things are transitory. Does our dwelling look like it? O to live consistent lives!
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