Some are jealous of being successors of the Apostles. I would rather be a successor of the Samaritan woman, who, while the Apostles went for meat and… - Hudson Taylor

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Some are jealous of being successors of the Apostles. I would rather be a successor of the Samaritan woman, who, while the Apostles went for meat and forgot souls, forgot her water pot in her zeal to spread the good tidings.

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About Hudson Taylor

James Hudson Taylor (May 21, 1832 – June 3, 1905), Christian missionary to China in the Methodist tradition, and founder of the China Inland Mission (renamed as Overseas Missionary Fellowship, OMF International in 1964). He served there for 51 years, bringing over 800 missionaries to the country resulting in 18,000 Chinese converts to Christianity. He was famous for his commitment to cultural sensitivity, wearing Chinese dress even though this was rare among missionaries of that time.

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Alternative Names: J. Hudson Taylor James Hudson Taylor J. H. Taylor
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We are taking our four little children, and I never need anyone to remind me that they need their breakfast . . . dinner . . . supper. And I cannot imagine that our heavenly Father is less able or less willing to remember His children’s needs, when He sends them forth to the end of the earth about His business.

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The vine . . . is not the root merely, but all - root, stem, branches, twigs, leaves, flowers, fruit: and Jesus is not only that: He is soil and sunshine, air and showers, and ten thousand times more than we ever dreamed, wished for, or needed.

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