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Below is just a portion of an article. As you are aware Hudson Taylor was one of the early Missionaries in China.
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James Hudson Taylor III
The record of God's grace in our family goes back nine generations. Over these years in the Lord's service, we have learned many lessons: the influence of decisions, the power of prayer, the importance of experiencing God's faithfulness in preparation for service, the importance of getting one's priorities right, and the privilege of partnership in service.
Decisions
The first James Taylor (1749-1795), a contemporary of John Wesley, lived in Barnsley, in the north of England. He wasn't a Christian, and couldn`t have cared less about spiritual things, except perhaps in one sense. Whenever Wesley or one of his circuit riders came to town, James Taylor would be there, pockets bulging with rotten eggs or tomatoes, determined to disrupt the meeting.
But one day as the young stonemason stood on the outskirts of the gathering crowd to listen to a circuit rider, the word of the Lord struck home: 'But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.' (Joshua 24:15) I don't know whether he threw any eggs that day, but I do know an arrow from God`s word had hit its mark.
Soon came his wedding day. It was 1 February 1776. Early that morning James slipped out into the fields away from the house to give careful thought to the occasion. As he pondered the step he was about to take, the words of Joshua 24:15 flashed into his mind. He thought, I don`t care to think about that. I want to think about my bride, Betty, and about today's big event. "But as for me and my house...we will serve the Lord." The words echoed on.
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