J Hudson Taylor Quotes & Sayings

The less I spent on myself and the more I gave to others, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become. — Hudson Taylor

God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him. — James Hudson Taylor

Oh, for eloquence to plead the cause of China, for a pencil dipped in fire to paint the condition of this people. — Hudson Taylor

Nearly twenty years before, Hudson Taylor had written in an editorial: "All God's giants have been weak men, who did great things for God because they reckoned on His being with them." As he looked at himself, Hudson Taylor saw nothing but weakness; but as generations of Christians have studied Taylor's life, they have become acquainted with a man who dared to believe the Word of God and, by faith, carried the gospel to inland China - and saw God work wonders! "Want of trust is at the root of almost all our sins and all our weaknesses," he wrote in that same editorial, "and how shall we escape it but by looking to Him and observing His faithfulness. The man who holds God's faithfulness will not be foolhardy or reckless, but he will be ready for every emergency. — Warren W. Wiersbe

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

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — James Hudson Taylor

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? Can we do enough for such a precious Saviour? — James Hudson Taylor

All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them. — James Hudson Taylor

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. — James Hudson Taylor

Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success. — Hudson Taylor

Consider six or eight hours a day sacred to the Lord and His work, and let nothing hinder your giving this time (to language study and practice) till you can preach fluently and intelligibly. — Hudson Taylor

If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life. — Hudson Taylor

Dream a dream so big that unless God intervenes it will fail. — Hudson Taylor

Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to be troubled about, or to make trouble about. — James Hudson Taylor

Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action. — Hudson Taylor

Abiding in Jesus isn't fixing our attention on Christ, but it is being one with Him ... A man is abiding just as much when he is sleeping for Jesus, as when he is awake and working for Jesus. Oh, it is a very sweet thing to have one's mind just resting there. — Hudson Taylor

Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so. — James Hudson Taylor

God's work is not man working for God; it is God's own work, though often wrought through man's hands. — Hudson Taylor

I have always been on speaking terms with God, especially now. God and I just had a few weeks of silence. 'Tis over now. — Jennifer Hudson Taylor

With God all things are possible, and no conversion ever takes place save by the almighty power of the Holy Ghost. The great need, therefore, of every Christian worker is to know God. — Hudson Taylor

Were it not for the consciousness of Christ in my life, hour by hour, I could not go on. But He is teaching me the glorious lessons of His sufficiency, and each day I am carried onward with no feeling of strain or fear of collapse. — Hudson Taylor

You do not need a great faith, but faith in a great God. — Hudson Taylor

Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up. — Hudson Taylor

Brother, if you would enter that Province, you must go forward on your knees. — Hudson Taylor

The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross. — Hudson Taylor

Unless there is the element of extreme risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith — Hudson Taylor

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? — Hudson Taylor

When we work, we work. When we pray, God works. — Hudson Taylor

Writer's block isn't always a problem. It can be a process of writing that helps us write better. — Jennifer Hudson Taylor

God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him. — James Hudson Taylor