William Taylor (mai wa'azi a ƙasashen waje)

William Taylor (1821–1902) wani limamin cocin Methodist ne na Amurka, wanda a shekarar 1884 aka zaɓe shi ta Babban Taron Methodist a matsayin bishop a kan ayyukan Methodist a Afirka don Cocin Methodist Episcopal . Taylor ya shafe mafi yawan rayuwarsa ta girma yana yin ayyukan mishan a faɗin duniya. Ya fara hidimar mishan lokacin da taron ya tura shi ya kafa ayyukan mishan a California da kuma samar da ayyuka a San Francisco a lokacin da aka fara samun zinare a California a shekarar 1849. Sauran ayyukan mishan ɗinsa sun haɗa da kafa ayyukan mishan na tallafi kai tsaye a ƙasashe daban-daban game da duniya, inda ya kawo shi Ingila, Ireland, Indiya, Kudancin Amurka, Ostiraliya, New Zealand da Afirka, waɗanda duk ya rubuta game da su a cikin wallafe-wallafe da dama. Bayan shekaru da yawa yana aiki a matsayin mai wa'azin Methodist, an zaɓe shi Bishop na Afirka. Ya sami yabo kuma an san shi da gabatar da Methodist ta hanyar ayyukan mishan a ƙasashe da dama a duniya. An kuma yaba wa Taylor saboda gabatar da bishiyar eucalyptus zuwa California tare da iri da ya tattara yayin da yake aikin mishan a Ostiraliya.

 Asalin iyali 
An haifi Taylor a ranar 2 ga Mayu, 1821, a tsaunukan Blue Ridge na Virginia a gundumar Rockbridge .  a cikin Commonwealth of Virginia . William shine ɗan fari cikin 'ya'ya maza biyar da 'ya'ya mata shida, waɗanda Stuart Taylor da Martha Hickman suka haifa.    A cikin tarihin rayuwarsa, Story of My Life (1896), Taylor ya bayyana kakansa, James, a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan'uwa biyar waɗanda suka kasance "Scott-Irish na Tsohon Covenantor" waɗanda suka yi ƙaura daga County Armagh, Ireland, zuwa mulkin mallaka na Virginia, kimanin shekaru ɗari da talatin da suka gabata" (watau 1766). Iyalan Hickman sun fito ne daga asalin Ingila kuma sun zauna a Delaware a ƙarshen shekarun 1750. Iyalan biyu "sun yi yaƙi don 'yancin Amurka a juyin juya halin 1776", daga baya suka 'yantar da bayinsu.    Mahaifin Taylor, Stuart, " mai aikin fata ne kuma mai kula da kayan lambu - wanda aka yi la'akari da shi a matsayin ƙwararren injiniya a zamaninsa"; mahaifiyarsa "mace ce mai ƙera kowane irin zane". Ya ce, iyayen biyu suna da "ƙarfin jiki da tunani ... iliminsu na makarantar Turanci daidai yake da matsakaicin lokacinsu".  Taylor ya auri Isabelle Anne Kimberlin a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1846 bayan ya jira yarjejeniyar da aka amince da ita cewa zai yi wa coci hidima na tsawon shekaru huɗu. Taylor yana da 'ya'ya maza biyu da mata biyu, Morgan Stuart, Oceana, William Jr., da Charles Reid. Morgan ne kawai ya rayu har ya ga girma.

 Juyawa zuwa ga Almasihu 
Kafin William ya kai shekara goma, kakarsa ta koya masa Addu'ar Ubangiji kuma ta yi masa bayani cewa zai iya zama ɗan Allah. Yana da shekara goma yana sha'awar wannan dangantaka, amma bai san yadda zai same ta ba, a lokacin ne ya shiga "kwarewa mai zurfi ta addini", wanda aka tabbatar masa a shekara ta 1841 yana da shekara ashirin. Bayan ya ji labarin wani talaka Baƙar fata wanda ya sami ceto, ya yi mamakin dalilin da ya sa ba zai iya ba.  Ya ba da labari a cikin tarihin rayuwarsa,

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