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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.

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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J. Hudson Taylor
James Hudson Taylor
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