Hudson taylor testimony

I wasn&#;t going to mention Hudson Taylor because I felt most people would know of him, but in looking at an old post of some of his quotes, a friend commented that she hadn&#;t read anything about him.

His is one of the premier missionary stories (though he would cringe to hear anyone say that) both because of his example in his walk with the Lord and his influence on missionary thought and outreach.

One day as a boy he came across a tract in his father&#;s office.

He casually sat down to read it, and at that the same time his mother, some seventy miles away, felt an urgent burden to pray for her son. As Hudson read, he puzzled over the phrase &#;the finished work of Christ,&#; wondering what it meant, what was &#;finished.&#; He realized Christ had accomplished everything needed for his salvation, all his efforts at &#;trying&#; to be a Christian were for naught: all he had to do was believe.

His mother prayed for hours until she felt sure that her prayers h