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Title: A Retrospect

Author: James Hudson Taylor

Release Date: October 1, 2008 [EBook #26744]

Language: English

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A RETROSPECT

BY

J. HUDSON TAYLOR, M.R.C.S., F.R.G.S.

_Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee._

THIRD EDITION

TORONTO
CHINA INLAND MISSION
507 CHURCH STREET

[Illustration: THE "LAMMERMUIR" PARTY. _See page 125._]

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. THE POWER OF PRAYER 1
II. THE CALL TO SERVICE 7
III. PREPARATION FOR SERVICE 13
IV. FURTHER ANSWERS TO PRAYER 19
V. LIFE IN LONDON 24
VI. STRENGTHENED BY FAITH 30
VII. MIGHTY TO SAVE 35
VIII. VOYAGE TO CHINA 39
IX. EARLY MISSIONARY EXPERIENCES 45
X. FIRST EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS 49
XI. WITH THE REV. W. C. BURNS 57
XII. THE CALL TO SWATOW 70
"The Missionary Call": Words and Music 75
XIII. MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES 77
XIV. PROVIDENTIAL GUIDANCE 92
XV. SETTLEMENT IN NINGPO 98
XVI. TIMELY SUPPLIES 105
XVII. GOD A REFUGE FOR US 110
XVIII. A NEW AGENCY NEEDED 116
XIX. FORMATION OF THE C. I. M. 121
XX. THE MISSION IN 1894