Jesus Is

By Hudson Taylor

[Hudson Taylor was one of the greatest Christian missionaries of all time. He pioneered a mission work, China Inland Mission, which thrust the gospel into the interior of China. This is a letter to his sister, Amelia, written in October, 1869 from China.]

My own dear sister – So many thanks for your long dear letter . . . I do not think you have written me such a letter since we have been in China. I know it is with you as with me – you cannot, not you will not. Mind and body will not bear more than a certain amount of strain, or do more than a certain amount of work.

As to work, mine was never so plentiful, so responsible, or so difficult; but the weight and strain are all gone. The last month or more has been, perhaps, the happiest of my life; and I long to tell you a little of what the Lord has done for my soul.

I do not know how far I may be able to make myself intelligible about it, for there is nothing new or strange or wonderful – and yet, all is new! In a word: “Whereas I was blind, now I see.” Read the rest of this entry »