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Changing in the Dark
The document discusses the life and missionary work of Hudson Taylor, emphasizing his dedication to spreading Christianity in China. It highlights his unique approach, such as adopting Chinese dress and focusing on the interior of the country rather than associating with foreign interests. Taylor's determination is illustrated through a story of prayer that emphasizes faith and action.
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Changing in the Dark
- 1. CHANGING IN THE DARK Pr.Paulo RABELLO
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- 32. ➡ Evangelists andApologists ➡ Musicians, Artists and Writers ➡ Denominational Founders ➡ Pastors and Preachers ➡ Movers and Shakers ➡ Theologians ➡ Poets ➡ Missionaries ➡ Inner Travelers ➡ Activists ➡ Rulers ➡ Martyrs
- 33. ➡ Evangelists andApologists ➡ Musicians, Artists and Writers ➡ Denominational Founders ➡ Pastors and Preachers ➡ Movers and Shakers ➡ Theologians ➡ Poets ➡ Missionaries ➡ Inner Travelers ➡ Activists ➡ Rulers ➡ Martyrs
- 34. “China is notto be won for Christ by quiet, ease-loving men and women. The stamp of men and women we need is such as will put Jesus, China and souls first and foremost in everything and at every time; even life itself must be secondary.” Galli, M., & Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (p. 251). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
- 35. In September 1853, alittle three-masted clipper slipped quietly out of Liverpool harbor with Hudson Taylor, a gaunt and wild-eyed 21-year-old missionary, aboard. Galli, M., & Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (pp. 251–252). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
- 36. He was headedfor a country that was just coming into the Christian West’s consciousness; only a few dozen missionaries were stationed there. Galli, M., & Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (pp. 251–252). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
- 37. Galli, M., &Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (pp. 251–252). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. Taylor was born to James and Amelia Taylor, a Methodist couple fascinated with the Far East who had prayed for their newborn, “Grant that he may work for you in China.”
- 38. Galli, M., &Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (pp. 251–252). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. Years later, a teenage Hudson experienced a spiritual birth during an intense time of prayer as he lay stretched, as he later put, “before Him with unspeakable awe and unspeakable joy.”
- 39. Galli, M., &Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (pp. 251–252). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. He spent the next years in frantic preparation, learning the rudiments of medicine, studying Mandarin, and immersing himself ever deeper into the Bible and prayer.
- 40. Galli, M., &Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (pp. 251–252). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. His ship arrived in Shanghai, one of five “treaty ports” China had opened to foreigners following its first Opium War with England.
- 41. Galli, M., &Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (pp. 251–252). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. Almost immediately Taylor made a radical decision (as least for missionaries of the day): he decided to dress in Chinese clothes and grow a pigtail. His fellow Protestants were either incredulous or critical.
- 42. Galli, M., &Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (pp. 251–252). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. Taylor, for his part, was not happy with most missionaries he saw: he believed they were “worldly” and spent too much time with English businessmen and diplomats who needed their services as translators.
- 43. Galli, M., &Olsen, T. (2000). Introduction. In 131 Christians everyone should know (pp. 251–252). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. Instead, Taylor wanted the Christian faith taken to the interior of China. So within months of arriving, and the native language still a challenge, Taylor along with J. Edkins, set off for the interior, down the Huangpu River distributing Chinese Bibles and tracts.
- 44. When the famous missionaryHudson Taylor, first went to China, very close to the shore of cannibal islands the ship was becalmed, and it was slowly drifting shoreward unable to go about and the savages were eagerly anticipating a feast.
- 45. The captain cameto Mr. Taylor and besought him to pray for the help of God. “I will,” said Mr. Taylor, “provided you set your sails to catch the breeze.”
- 46. The captain declinedto make himself a laughing stock by unfurling in a dead calm. Taylor said, “I will not undertake to pray for the vessel unless you will prepare the sails.” And it was done.
- 47. While engaged inprayer, there was a knock at the door of his stateroom. “Who is there?” asked Taylor. The captain’s voice responded, “Are you still praying for wind?” “Yes.”
- 48. “Well, said thecaptain, you’d better stop praying, for we have more wind than we can manage.”