Hudson Taylor

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James Hudson Taylor (May 21, 1832 – June 3,1905), Christian missionary to China, and founder of the China Inland Mission (renamed as Overseas Missionary Fellowship, OMF International [1] in 1964 and based in Singapore), served there for 51 years, bringing over 800 missionaries to the country and personally baptizing an estimated 50,000 converts. He was famous for his commitment to cultural sensitivity, wearing Chinese dress even though this was rare among missionaries of that time. His mission was non-denominational in practice and accepted members from all Protestant groups, including individuals from the working class and single women as well as multinational recruits. Hudson Taylor has been referred to as one of the most significant figures in the history of China in the 19th Century - foreign or native. The China Inland Mission was responsible for the widest Christian evangelistic campaign since the first century when Paul the Apostle brought Christian teaching to Europe. Ruth Tucker summarizes his accomplishments in her book From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: “No other missionary in the nineteen centuries since the Apostle Paul has had a wider vision and has carried out a more systematized plan of evangelizing a broad geographical area than Hudson Taylor (p. 173).”

[edit] Youth and Early Work

Taylor was born into a Christian home in Barnsley, England, the son of a chemist/pharmicist and Methodist lay preacher James Taylor and his wife, Amelia (Hudson), but as a young man he moved away from the beliefs of his parents. At 17, upon reading an evangelistic pamphlet, he became a Christian, and in December of 1849, he committed himself to going to China as a missionary. About this time, he began studying the languages of Mandarin, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. In 1851, he moved to a poor neighborhood in Kingston Upon Hull during a medical apprenticeship with Dr. William Hardey, and began preparing himself for a life of faith and service, devoting himself to the poor and having faith that God would provide for his needs. In 1852 he began studying medicine at the Royal London Hospital in the Whitechapel, London, in preparation for working in China. The great interest awakened in England about China through the civil war, which was then erroneously supposed to be a mass movement toward Christianity, together with the glowing but exaggerated reports made by Karl Gützlaff concerning China's accessibility, led to the founding of the China Evangelization Society, to the service of which Hudson Taylor offered himself.

[edit] First Time in China

After leaving England on September 19, 1853, before completing his medical studies, Taylor arrived in Shanghai, China, on March 1, 1854, (after a nearly disastrous voyage aboard the Dumfries through an Easterly passage near Pulau Buru). In China, he was immediately faced with civil war, throwing his first year there into turmoil. He went on 18 preaching tours starting in 1855, and was often poorly received by the people, even though he brought with him medical supplies and skills. He made a decision to adopt the native Chinese dress, however, and was able to gain an audience without creating a scene. He distributed thousands of Chinese gospel tracts and portions of Scripture in and around Shanghai. During his stay in Shanghai he also adopted and cared for a Chinese boy named Hanban. After working together with a Scottish evangelist, William Burns, of the English Presbyterian Mission in Shantou, Taylor found that all his medical supplies, being stored in Shanghai, had been destroyed by a fire. Furthermore, in October 1856, he was robbed of nearly everything he owned.

In 1857, upon receiving a letter from George Müller, Taylor and his co-worker John Jones (missionary) decided to resign from the mission board which sent them, the Chinese Evangelization Society, and instead work independently in what came to be called the Ningpo Mission. Four Chinese men joined them in their work: Ni Yongfa, Fang Nenggui, Wang Laijun, and Qiu Guogui.

In 1858, he married Maria Jane Dyer, the orphaned daughter of the Rev. Samuel Dyer of the London Missionary Society, who had been a pioneer missionary to the Chinese in Penang, Malaysia. Maria lived and worked at a school for girls in Ningbo which was run by one of the first female missionaries to the Chinese, Mary Ann Aldersey. As a married couple they took care of an adopted boy named Tianxi in Ningbo. They had a baby of their own that died late in 1858. Their first surviving child, Grace Dyer Taylor, was born in 1859. Shortly after she was born, the Taylors took over all of the operations at the hospital in Ningbo that had been run by Dr. William Parker. In addition to this they cared for a young Chinese girl named Ensing and five other Chinese boys.

In a letter to his sister Amelia Hudson (Taylor) Broomhall he wrote in 1859, "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 too much for such a precious Saviour?"

Because of health problems, in 1860 Taylor decided to return to England for a furlough. The Taylors sailed back to England aboard the tea clipper Jubliee along with their daughter, Grace and a young Chinese Christian man named Wang Laijun, who would help with the Bible translation work that would continue in England.

[edit] Family and China Inland Mission

Taylor used his time in England to continue his work, in company with the Rev. Frederick Foster Gough of the Church Missionary Society translating the New Testament into a romanized Ningbo dialect for the British and Foreign Bible Society. He completed his diploma (and a course in midwifery) at the Royal London Hospital with the Royal College of Surgeons in 1862, and with Maria's help, wrote a book called China: Its Spiritual Need and Claims in 1865 which was much used in calling forth sympathy for China and volunteers for the mission field, who began to go out in 1862, the first being James Joseph Meadows. He traveled extensively around the British Isles speaking at churches and promoting the needs of China. At home in London he also ministered at Newgate Prison. During this time he became friends with Charles Haddon Spurgeon, who pastored the Metropolitan Tabernacle and became a life-long supporter of Taylor.

Their second child, a son, was born in London, Herbert Hudson Taylor, in 1861. More children were born to the Taylors in 1862 (Frederick Howard Taylor), in 1864 (Samuel Dyer Taylor), and in 1865 (Jane Dyer Taylor- who died at birth).

On June 25, 1865, at Brighton, Taylor definitely dedicated himself to God for the founding of a new society to undertake the evangelization of inland China. founding the China Inland Mission together with William Thomas Berger. In less than one year, he had accepted 24 missionaries and raised $13,000. In early 1866 Taylor published the first edition of the Occasional Paper of the China Inland Mission which later became China's Millions. On May 26,1866, after over five years of working in England, Taylor and family set sail for China with their new missions team aboard the Lammermuir (clipper). A four-month voyage was considered speedy at the time. While in the South China Sea and also the Pacific Ocean the ship was nearly sunk but survived 2 typhoons. They arrived safely in Shanghai on September 30th 1866.

[edit] The Lammermuir Party

The arrival of the largest party of missionaries ever sent to China - as well as their intent to be dressed in native clothing - gave the foreign settlement in Shanghai much to talk about and some criticism began for the young China Inland Mission. The party donned Chinese clothing, notwithstanding - even the women missionaries - which was deemed semi-scandalous at the time. When other missionaries sought to preserve their British ways, Taylor was convinced that the Gospel would only take root in Chinese soil if missionaries were willing to affirm the culture of the people they were seeking to reach. He argued, from the example of the Apostle Paul, “Let us in everything unsinful become like the Chinese, that by all means we may save some.”

They traveled down the Grand Canal to make the first settlement in the war torn city of Hangzhou. Another daughter was born to them in China (Maria Hudson Taylor). Taylor began practicing much sought-after medical work and preaching every day under an exhausting schedule. Hundreds came to hear and be treated. Meanwhile, some of the other missionaries went visiting the Chinese from house to house and a young Jane Elizabeth Faulding found a listening ear wherever she went, almost. Conflicts within the team limited their effectiveness, but when Taylor's daughter Grace Dyer Taylor died of meningitis in 1867, the team united and sorted out their discord after witnessing Taylor place the cares of his fellow missionaries above even the concern that he had for his ailing daughter.

[edit] Riot in Yangzhou

In 1868 the Taylors took a party of missionaries up to Yangzhou to start a new work. But problems continued in 1868, when their mission compound in Yangzhou was attacked, looted and burned. Despite the violence and injuries, no one was killed. Unfortunately, the international outrage at the Chinese for the attack on these British nationals (and the subsequent arrival of the British Navy) caused also the China Inland Mission and Hudson Taylor to be criticised for evangelizing with "gunboats". Taylor knew that he would hear this accusation again and resolved to not call upon the authorities in the same way for help. Even so, they returned to Yangzhou later that year, impressing the natives with their perseverance and making many converts.

In 1869 Hudson was influenced by a book called Christ Is All by Stephen Higginson Tyng given to him by a fellow missionary. He referred to his new understanding of abiding in Christ for the rest of his life. ”God has made me a new man!” were his words.

[edit] Loss of Maria

1868 brought another child (Charles Edward Taylor) into the Taylor family, and in 1870, Taylor and his wife made the difficult decision to send their older three surviving children (Bertie, Freddie, and Maria - Samuel died earlier that year) home to England. That same year, Noel was born, though he died of malnutrition and deprivation two weeks later due to Maria's inablity to nurse him. Taylor's wife Maria died several days later, with the official cause of death being cholera. Her death shook Taylor deeply, and in 1871, his own health began deteriorating further, leading to his return to England later that year to recuperate and take care of business items.

[edit] Continued Work

While there, he was married to Jane Elizabeth Faulding who had been a fellow missionary since 1866. Hudson and Jennie returned to China in late 1872 aboard the MM Tigre. They were in Nanjing when Jennie gave birth to stillborn twins - a boy and a girl in 1873. Two years later, the Taylors were forced to return once again to England because of the death of their children's caretaker, Emily Blatchley. During the winter of 1874 and 1875 Taylor was basically paralyzed from a fall he had taken on a river boat while in China. In this state of crippling physical hinderance, Taylor published an appeal for 18 new workers to join the work. When he did recover his strength, Jennie remained with the children, (including a new son & daughter Ernest Hamilton Taylor & Amy H. Taylor, as well as the orphaned daughter of fellow missionaries the Duncans) and in 1876 Hudson Taylor returned to China and the 18 followed him. Meanwhile, in England, the work of General Secretary of the China Inland Mission was done by Benjamin Broomhall, who had married Hudson's sister, Amelia.

It was at this time that Hudson's evangelical work in England profoundly affected various members of the famous cricketing Studd family, resulting in three of the brothers converting and becoming deeply religious themselves; one of them, Charles Studd (the famous England Ashes cricketer) himself became a missionary to China along with fellow Cambridge Universtity converts, known as the Cambridge Seven.

From 1876-1877 Taylor traveled throughout inland China, opening missions stations. This was made possible by the September 13, 1876 signing of the Chefoo Convention, a settlement between Britain and China that made it possible for mission work to occur in inland China. In 1878, Jane Elizabeth Faulding returned to China and began working to promote female missionary activity in China. By 1881 there were 100 missionaries in Taylor's young missions organization. In 1883 Taylor returned to England to recruit more missionaries and raise more money, and returned to China, working now with a total of 225 missionaries and 59 churches. In 1887 their numbers increased by another 102, and in 1888, Taylor brought 14 missionaries from the United States. In the USA he travelled and spoke at many places, including the pulpit of Dwight Lyman Moody in Chicago, who actively supported the work of the China Inland Mission of North America.

In 1897 Hudson & Maria's only surviving daughter, Maria Hudson (Taylor) Coulthard the wife of James Joseph Coulthard died in Wenzhou, leaving four little children and her missionary husband. She had been instrumental in leading many Chinese women to Christianity during her short life.

[edit] Anti-foreign Violence in 1900

News of the Boxer Rebellion and the resulting disruption of missionary work in 1900 distressed him, even though it led to further interest in missions in the area and additional growth of his China Inland Mission. Though the CIM suffered more than any other mission in China (58 missionaries, 21 children), Taylor refused to accept payment for loss of property or life, to show the ‘meekness and gentleness of Christ’. Though criticised by some, he was commended by the British Foreign Office, whose minister in Beijing donated £200 to the CIM, expressing his ‘admiration’ and sympathy. The Chinese were also touched by Taylor’s attitude.

[edit] Author

Hudson Taylor authored several books near the end of his life. Union and Communion (1893). A Retrospect (1894). Separation and Service (1898). and A Ribband of Blue (1899).

[edit] Final Years

Due to health issues, Taylor remained in Switzerland, semi-retired. In 1900, D E Hoste was appointed the Acting General Director, and in 1902, Taylor resigned. His wife, Jane Elizabeth Faulding died of cancer in 1904 in Chevalleyres, Switzerland, and in 1905, with only several months to live, Taylor returned to China for the eleventh and final time. There he visited Yangzhou and Chinkiang and other cities, before dying suddenly while reading at home in Changsha. He was buried with his first wife Maria in Chinkiang, China, near the Yangtze River.

The small Protestant cemetery in Chinkiang was destroyed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Red Guards in China. Today there are industrial buildings over the site. However, the marker for Hudson Taylor was stored away in a museum storage for years. His great-grandson, Rev. James Hudson Taylor III (戴紹曾牧師) found the marker and was able to help a local Chinese church re-erect it within their building in 1999.

His re-erected tombstone reads: Sacred to the memory of the Rev. J. Hudson Taylor, the revered founder of the China Inland Mission. Born May 21, 1832, Died June 3, 1905 "A MAN IN CHRIST" 2 Cor. XII:2 This monument is erected by the missionaries of the China Inland Mission, as a mark of their heartfelt esteem and love.

[edit] Legacy

The beginning of "Faith-Missions" (the sending of missionaries with no promises of temporal support - but instead a reliance "through prayer to move Men by God") has had a wide impact among evangelical churches to this day. After his death, China Inland Mission gained the notable distinction of being the largest Protestant mission agency in the world. The biographies of Hudson Taylor inspired generations of Christians to follow his example of service and sacrifice. Notable examples are: missionary to India Amy Carmichael, Olympic Gold Medalist Eric Liddell, twentieth-century missionary and martyr Jim Elliot as well as international evangelists Billy Graham and Luis Palau.

Descendants of James Hudson Taylor continue his full-time ministry today in Chinese communities in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Rev. James Hudson Taylor III (戴紹曾牧師) and his son Rev. James Hudson Taylor IV (戴繼宗牧師) are now based in Hong Kong providing full-time Chinese ministries. Rev. James Hudson Taylor IV married a Taiwanese woman, Ms. Kuo Yue-Min (柯悅敏), the first Chinese member of the Taylor family.

[edit] Theology

Taylor was raised in the Methodist tradition but in the course of his life he was a member of a Baptist church, and he also kept strong ties to the "Open Brethren". In summary his theology and practice was non-sectarian.

[edit] Chronology

Birth to Age 21 1832 to 1853

Brother, William died about 1840 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Converted to Christianity June 1849 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Began medical studies, in hopes of going to China May 1850 in Kingston-Upon-Hull, England
Baptized 1851 in Kingston-Upon-Hull, England
Moved 2 September 1852 in London
Brother, Theodore died before 1853 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England

First Time in China 1854

Sailed for China aboard the Dumfries as an agent of the Chinese Evangelization Society 19 September 1853 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England
The Dumfries arrived 1 March 1854 in Shanghai, China
First inland missionary itineration December 1854 in China
Hanban adopted, 1855 in Shanghai, China
First home "inland" for six weeks October 1855 in Chongming (Tsungming) Island, China
Seven months with the William Chalmers Burns 1855-1856 in China
Sailed to Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong, China aboard the Geelong 12 March 1856
Moved October 1856 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Tianxi adopted, 1857 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Resigned from the Chinese Evangelization Society June 1857 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Ningpo Mission started after June 1857 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Married to "Tai Ma-li-ya" Maria Jane Dyer, 20 January 1858 in Presbyterian Compound, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Baby Taylor born and died October 1858 in Ningpo Mission House, "Wu-gyiao-deo" Lake Head or Bridge Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
"Dai Cun-en" Grace "Gracie" Dyer Taylor born 31 July 1859 in Ningpo Mission House, "Wu-gyiao-deo" Lake Head or Bridge Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Undertook charge of Dr. William Parker’s hospital with Maria, September 1859 in outside Salt Gate, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Moved with Maria, September 1859 in outside Salt Gate, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Ensing adopted, before 1860 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Makes first appeal for helpers 16 January 1860 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
5 Chinese boys adopted, before June 1860 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Moved for 2 weeks with Maria, about June 1860 in Shanghai, China

Life in London 1860 to 1866

Sailed to England (via Cape of Good Hope) on furlough aboard the Jubilee with Maria, Grace and Wang Laijun, 19 July 1860 in Shanghai, China
The Jubilee arrived 20 November 1860 in Gravesend, England
Settled 20 November 1860 in 63 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London, England
Completed the revision of a version of the New Testament in the colloquial of Ningbo for the British and Foreign Bible Society 1860-1865
"Dai Cun-ren" Herbert "Bertie" Hudson Taylor born 3 April 1861 in 63 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London
Moved with Maria, after 9 April 1861 in #1 Beaumont Street, London
Earned diploma of Member of the Royal College of Surgeons 1862 in Royal London Hospital, London
"Dai Cun-yi" Frederick "Freddie" Howard Taylor born 25 November 1862 in #1 Beaumont Street, London
"Dai Cun-li" Samuel "Sammie" Dyer Taylor born 24 June 1864 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Moved with Maria, 6 October 1864 in #30 Coborn Street, London
Decided to Found the China Inland Mission, 25 June 1865 in Brighton Beach, Sussex, England
"China: Its Spiritual Need and Claims", October 1865 in London
Daughter Jane Dyer Taylor died at birth 7 December 1865 in #30 Coborn Street, London
Occasional Paper of the China Inland Mission Number 1 is published, 12 March 1866 in London

Return to China 1866 to 1871

Sailed to China (via the Cape of Good Hope) aboard the Lammermuir with Maria and four children, 26 May 1866 in East India Docks, London
Arrived in China aboard the Lammermuir 29 September 1866 in Shanghai, China
Settled with the Lammermuir party, December 1866 in 1 Xin Kai Long (New Lane), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
"Dai Cun-ai" Maria "Marie" Hudson Taylor born 3 February 1867 in 1 Xin Kai Long (New Lane), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Daughter Grace Dyer Taylor died 23 August 1867 in temple at Pengshan, near Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Begins tour of mission stations 28 January 1868 in southern Zhejiang, China
Returns from tour of mission stations 24 February 1868 in southern Zhejiang, China
Moved with Maria, 1 June 1868 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Survived riot with Maria, 22 August 1868 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Moved with Maria, after 22 August 1868 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
Moved with Maria, 16 November 1868 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
"Dai Cun-zhi" Charles Edward Taylor born 29 November 1868 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
Moved with Maria, 1869 in Ningpo Mission House, "Wu-gyiao-deo" Lake Head or Bridge Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Family holiday until 5 jun 1869 with Maria, 20 May 1869 in Putuo Island, Zhejiang, China
Entered into The Exchanged Life: — ”God has made me a new man!” 4 September 1869 in China
Son Samuel Dyer Taylor died 4 February 1870 in aboard a boat in the Yangtze River near Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
Moved with Maria, before 7 July 1870 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
Noel Taylor born 7 July 1870 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
Son Noel died 13 days after birth 20 July 1870 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
"Tai Ma-li-ya" Maria Jane Dyer died 23 July 1870 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
Moved after 30 July 1870 in 1 Xin Kai Long (New Lane), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Visited 6 October 1870 in Hong Kong, China
Visited 1871 in Putuo Island, Zhejiang, China
Sailed to Guangzhou on furlough aboard the M M Volga 5 August 1871 in Shanghai, China

Furlough and Remarriage 1871 to 1872

Sailed to Marseilles on furlough via Siagon, Ceyon, Aden, Suez aboard the MM Ava after 5 August 1871 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Arrived in England 25 September 1871 in from Marseilles, France (via Paris to London)
Married to "Fu Guniang" Jane Elizabeth "Jennie" Faulding, 28 November 1871 in Regent's Park Chapel, London
Occupied, 15 January 1872 in 6 Pyrland Road, Islington, London

Third Time in China

Sailed to China aboard the M M Tigre with Jennie, 9 October 1872 in Marseilles, France (via Paris from London)
M M Tigre arrived, 28 November 1872 in Shanghai, China
Baby son & daughter (twins) Taylor stillborn 13 April 1873 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Falls from steps in a river boat and hurts spine May 1874 in China
Miss Emily Blatchley died 26 July 1874 in 2 Pyrland Road, Islington, London
Sailed to England on furlough with Jennie, 30 August 1874

Recovering in England 1874 to 1876

Arrived, 15 October 1874 in England
Winter. paralyzed 1874-1875 in London
An appeal for eighteen workers is published January 1875 in London
"Dai Cun-xin" Ernest Hamilton Taylor born 7 January 1875 in 2 Pyrland Road, Islington, London
China's Millions Vol. 1, No. 1, published July 1875 in London
"Dai Ai Mei" Amy H. Taylor born 7 April 1876 in London Islington, London
Sailed to China 8 September 1876

Fourth Time in China

Arrived 22 October 1876 in China
General Missionary Conference 10 May 1877 in Shanghai, China
Sailed to England 9 November 1877
Arrived 20 December 1877 in England, UK
Mary "Millie" "Caroline" Jane Bowyer Duncan adopted, before 25 December 1877 in England, UK
Travel August 1878 in Switzerland
Sailed to China 24 February 1879

Fifth Time in China

Arrived 22 April 1879 in China
Arrival & reunion with Jennie, 8 May 1879 in Yantai (Cheefoo), Shandong, China
First visit August 1880 in Guangxin (Kwangsin) River, Jiangxi, China
Mother died July 1881 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Father died November 1881 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
Leaves for England 6 February 1883 in Yantai (Cheefoo), Shandong, China
Sailed to England on furlough 10 February 1883
Arrived 27 March 1883 in England
Sailed to China 20 January 1885

Sixth Time in China

Arrived 3 March 1885 in China
Second visit May 1886 in Guangxin (Kwangsin) River, Jiangxi, China
Pastor Hsi set apart 5 August 1886 in Shanxi, China
Visits nine provinces before November 1886 in China
First meeting of China Council, Appeal for the Hundred 13 November 1886 in China
Sailed to England 9 January 1887
Arrived 18 February 1887 in England, UK
Addressed the Keswick Meeting after February 1887 in Keswick, England
Sailed to USA aboard the S.S. Etruria 23 June 1888
Arrived 1 July 1888 in USA
Sailed to China from Vancouver, Canada via Yokohama, Japan 5 October 1888

Seventh Time in China

Arrived 30 October 1888 in Shanghai, China
Sailed to England via France 12 April 1889
Arrived in England 21 May 1889
Arrived 6 July 1889 in New York City, New York, USA
Sailed to England 17 August 1889
Arrived 24 August 1889 in England, UK
"To Every Creature" published October 1889 in London
Sailed to Sweden, Norway, and Denmark1 November 1889
Returned 5 December 1889 in England, UK
Sailed to China 17 March 1890 in Shanghai, China

Eighth Time in China

Arrived 27 April 1890 in Shanghai, China
Preaches opening sermon at General Missionary Conference 7 May 1890 in Shanghai, China
Sailed to Australia 26 August 1890
Sailed to China 20 November 1890
Arrived 21 December 1890 in Shanghai, China
Arrived with Jennie, March 1892 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sailed to England via Canada with Jennie, 10 May 1892
Arrived with Jennie, 26 July 1892 in England
Addressed the Keswick Meeting 1893 in Keswick, England
"Union and Communion" published 1893 in England
Visits April 1893 in Germany
Visits again August 1893 in Germany
"A Retrospect" autobiography published 1894 in England
Provided testimony to the Royal Commission on Opium as an opponent of the trade. before 14 February 1894 in England
Sailed to China via USA aboard the RMS Germanic with Jennie, 14 February 1894 in Liverpool & Queenstown, England
Arrived aboard the RMS Germanic with Jennie, 24 February 1894 in Ellis Island, New York, New York, USA
Speaks at Students' Conference after 24 February 1894 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ninth Time in China

Arrived with Jennie, 17 April 1894 in Shanghai, China
Travel through heart of China after May 1894 in China
Left China for India with Jennie, February 1896
Return to China with Jennie, April 1896
Sailed to Italy aboard the Oceania (M. M. Oceanien?) with Jennie, 2 May 1896
Arrives at Brindisi, Italy and visits Germany en route to England with Jennie, before 17 June 1896
Arrived, 17 June 1896 in England, UK
Addressed the Keswick Convention after 17 June 1896 in Keswick, England
Visits August 1896 in Sweden, Norway, & Germany
Visits William Thomas Berger before March 1897 in Cannes, France
Visits before July 1897 in Germany
Visits with Jennie, about July 1897 in Switzerland
Daughter Maria Hudson Taylor died 28 September 1897 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Sailed to USA with Jennie, 24 November 1897
Arrived with Jennie, 18 December 1897 in USA
"Separation and Service" published 1898 in England

Tenth Time in China

Arrived with Jennie, 15 January 1898 in Shanghai, China
Visits 20 April 1898 in Yantai (Cheefoo), Shandong, China
Return to Shanghai 9 May 1898 in Shanghai, China
Visits after May 1898 in Lushan (Kuling), Jiangxi, China
Returns October 1898 in Shanghai, China
"A Ribband of Blue, and other Bible Studies" published 1899 in England
Conference, 16 January 1899 in Chongquing, Sichuan, China
Returned 6 April 1899 in Shanghai, China
Visits for the last time 24 May 1899 in Yantai (Cheefoo), Shandong, China
Attends China Council meetings 28 June 1899 in Shanghai, China
Visits 18 July 1899 in Moganshan, Zhejiang, China
Returned for last days of active service 1 September 1899 in Shanghai, China
Sailed to Australia with Jennie, 25 September 1899
Sailed to New Zealand from Australia with Jennie, 5 January 1900
Sailed to USA from New Zealand with Jennie, 20 March 1900
Arrived, 5 April 1900 in San Francisco, USA
Addressed the Ecumenical Missions Conference after 5 April 1900 in Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, USA
Sailed to England from USA with Jennie, 9 June 1900
Arrived, 19 June 1900 in England, UK
Retired with Jennie, after 19 June 1900 in Davos, Switzerland
Resigned as Director of the China Inland Mission November 1902
"Fu Guniang" Jane Elizabeth "Jennie" Faulding died 31 July 1904 in Chevalleyres, Switzerland
Sailed to USA (New York City) aboard the RMS Baltic 15 February 1905 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Arrived aboard the RMS Baltic March 1905 in New York City, New York, USA
Sailed to China from San Francisco, USA 23 March 1905

Eleventh & Final Time in China

Arrived 17 April 1905 in Shanghai, China
Died 3 June 1905 in Changsha, Hunan, China
Buried 9 June 1905 in Protestant Cemetery (no longer existing) in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China

[edit] See also

Protestant missionaries in China

China Inland Mission missionaries in China

[edit] External links

[edit] References

China, its spiritual need and claims : with brief notices of missionary effort, past and present / by J. Hudson Taylor London : J. Nisbet, 1865
The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge... New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1911
The Story of the China Inland Mission Volume I; Mary Geraldine Guinness, Morgan & Scott, 1894
The Story of the China Inland Mission Volume II; Mary Geraldine Guinness, Morgan & Scott, 1894
Hudson Taylor & The China Inland Mission Volume One: In Early Years; The Growth of a Soul; Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor, China Inland Mission, London, 1911
Hudson Taylor & The China Inland Mission Volume Two: The Growth of a Work of God; Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor, China Inland Mission, London, 1918
The Jubilee Story of the China Inland Mission; Marshall Broomhall, Morgan & Scott, 1915
Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret; Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor, China Inland Mission, London, 1932
Hudson & Maria; Pioneers In China; John Pollock, 1964
Hudson Taylor & China’s Open Century Volume One: Barbarians at the Gates; Alfred James Broomhall; Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1982
Hudson Taylor & China’s Open Century Volume Two: Over the Treaty Wall; Alfred James Broomhall; Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1982
Hudson Taylor & China’s Open Century Volume Three: If I Had a Thousand Lives; Alfred James Broomhall; Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1982
Hudson Taylor & China’s Open Century Volume Four:: Survivors’ Pact; Alfred James Broomhall; Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1983
Hudson Taylor & China’s Open Century Volume Five: Refiner’s Fire; Alfred James Broomhall; Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1984
Hudson Taylor & China’s Open Century Volume Six: Assault On The Nine; Alfred James Broomhall; Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1988
Hudson Taylor & China’s Open Century Volume Seven: It Is Not Death To Die; Alfred James Broomhall; Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1989
From Jerusalem to Iriyan Jaya; Dr. Ruth Tucker, Zondervan
Hudson Taylor: A Man In Christ; Roger Steer, Paternoster, 1990
It Is Not Death to Die; Jim Cromarty, Christian Focus, 2001
George Muller of Bristol; A.T. Pierson
Christ Alone - A Pictorial Presentation of Hudson Taylor's Life and Legacy; OMF International, 2005
Griffiths, Valerie, Not Less Than Everything, Monarch Books & OMF International, Oxford, 2004
(Leslie T. Lyall. A Passion for the Impossible: The Continuing Story of the Mission Hudson Taylor Began. London: OMF Books, 1965, 37.)de:Hudson Taylor

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