The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-11
Golden Anniversary OF
Great Organization
Is Observed
FOUNDED ON
FAITH ALONE
But j. Hudson Taylor
Lived to See His Nis-
ION MaterialiZe
BY TIE RELIGIOUS RAmeLsR.

BY TIE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.
The s,ass taa American lS-'
nans have ia Asia is fr s.y oroesa
TO mind by tho ftueth auuFsy
anry. nov being cefebrate. Of H
China Inland mission ste irEss
Of all The mtsrdeaominatoaal au'
international ms gnary societies
In every par @, his lard at
well as OF the British empire r6es.
are supporters OF th.- organization
which. although uan aH-d o-
"falm" basis has never taken a
backward step Tor .acs o. fu-ls .a
80 years. and which noE spends
in China the .ouslJefeb BIZ budget 20.
100000 year and maintains @
force OF ,0fs missionaries 41l g.
7s5 native helpers AN t.is has
been wrought through the nitia-
tive OF one man, the la;e Rev J
Hudson Taylor. who bad hesud
him no board no church Lo society
A story book character Is impart
ed 20 the romantic history of This
great enterprise by The fac 'hat
Il r. the outErowth OF one mans
zeal In daring 10 10 what si 'ee
missionary experts and leaders of
his time said could not he torr
and In doing IL all ip a simple faith
which f. so unworldly that hard
headed" men would call IL 'anat-
cal Az the history IS summarized
in 1.-THE Missionary Review ~ thp
World" by the Rev Henry IS Eros;
Of Philadelphia, who 70 the Aueri
can director OF the work the 81
years reveal what the late DIT a
T. Plerson would call modern mir
acie OF missions
Hudson Taylor. whose name IS
sure OF shining place IN the ultr
mate histories ~ the new China
frst went 10 that country iu 1858.
under the Chinese EvangeiizatioG
society Four Years later he began
independent work iu the Province
OF Chekiang. m e time when only
one OF the interior provinces o.
China had been entered by Prote-
taut misslonaries. and eleven ~ fae
provinces were closed 70 Christian
work. Broken health sent me young
zealot back 20 his home .in England
in 1860, where he remained si1
years
WHAT one man 8ares dream i-
private may have greater con-e
quence ia history than 'he Ceiiber
ations Of parliament or rho &C
tons OF an army or navy on
June "a. 1865. Hudson Taylor whl
upon the beach az Brighton bad
spiritual experience which result
cd IN the purpose ~ tho cvaugel
zation % interior China
That was thc birthday ~ tt
China Inland mission which @ tt
80 years since hss baptized mar
than 10000 Chinese and spent SO
10000
After his vision Hudson Taylo
sought IN vain 20 have fhe grea
UNCONVENTIONAL mission boards q
Britain take SIP work III milan
China. what 'he established o
ganizations. with me wealthy an
powerful churches hch'nd then
felt they could not DO this a~dor
prophet % pioneering with 10 cor
stituency, has since seen vrough
The nrst rs missionarie= % m
China Inland mission went ou' wit
Hudson TAYLOR in 1868. less TIA
year after his spiritual ii1min'
ton on the sands OF Brighton so
this number has increased to nor
than a thousand
The famous missionary 800 fh
North American Indians John 2
Tot. used 20 say Prayer and pain
through faith IN Jesus Christ "a
accomplish anything THAT apho
tenn orpresses tho genius ~ Hu
son Taylor's work Tie gufortoo
TO support his mission On faith b
prayer So missionary ie promise
stated salary Ye' The money ha
always come in FOR n steadily q
creasiug work
Pains" ns wen as prayer" y
into the missions organization 10
business arrangements are as c'
act az 70 everthinc depcu1ej upo
commercial saFacitv Tire systet
% bookbccplne rcrNpe aad n,
knotldagmen' of contribution
Nelaborets ana Nu@ute Nnne q
the ofher mission. n Ctu4 uiair
tain such eN elaborate system 10
provisioning and oguIpplrr rs mi.
sion stations. az such rref and 'ratr
ms homes Tor see missionaries q
such schools f0r mis orrr.r chI
aren, as the China Inland missior
v srent SCHOOLS 'or Vhitc cmldrc