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If in the sight of God you cannot say you are sure that you have a special call to stay at home, why are you disobeying the Saviour's plain command to go?

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Hudson Taylor
Age: 73 †
Born: 1832
Born: May 21
Died: 1905
Died: June 3
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Missionary
Non-Fiction Writer
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J. Hudson Taylor
James Hudson Taylor
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