General Stories

  • J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 6)

    J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 6)

    Arranged from the book, “Hudson Taylor And The China Inland Mission. The Growth Of A Work Of God” by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor. Missionary J. Hudson Taylor would sometimes say: “There are commonly three stages in work for God: first, impossible; then difficult; then done. How many estimate difficulties in the light of…

  • J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 5)

    J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 5)

    Arranged from the book, “Hudson Taylor And The China Inland Mission. The Growth Of A Work Of God” by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor. After being away from China, caring for affairs of the China Inland Mission in his homeland of England for over a year, Hudson Taylor was ready to return to the…

  • J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 4)

    J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 4)

    Arranged from the book, “Hudson Taylor And The China Inland Mission. The Growth Of A Work Of God” by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor. In his missionary service in China, J. Hudson Taylor was initiating some new practices and procedures, some of which caused misunderstanding and even opposition. One such was that he and…

  • J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 3)

    J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 3)

    Arranged from the book, “Hudson Taylor And The China Inland Mission, The Growth Of A Work Of God” by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor. J. Hudson Taylor and his wife and children departed from Britain in May 1866, bound for China, where Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had served as missionaries for one term. Accompanying…

  • J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 2)

    J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 2)

    Arranged from the book, “Hudson Taylor And The China Inland Mission, The Growth Of A Work Of God” by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor. Assured of God’s leading to him to return to China to open up the vast unreached interior to the Gospel, Hudson Taylor began without delay to make preparations. With the…

  • J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 1)

    J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), In China For God (Part 1)

    Arranged from the book, “Hudson Taylor And The China Inland Mission, The Growth Of A Work Of God” by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor. “It was Sunday, June 25, a quiet summer morning by the sea. Worn out and really ill, Hudson Taylor had gone to friends at Brighton [England] and…had wandered out alone…

  • Increased Prayer For Missions By Octavius Winslow

    Increased Prayer For Missions By Octavius Winslow

    Increased fervent prayer is essential to the success of Christian missions. We can make no advance in our work, without prayer. We can strike no effective blow upon the kingdom of darkness, without prayer. We can recover no territory from the lost empire, without prayer. Our missionaries receive their commissions, and go forth to…

  • Focusing On Christ

    Focusing On Christ

    By Rich Carmicheal What a privilege it is to share with you this new issue with a special focus upon our Lord Jesus Christ and the life and hope that we have in Him! The Herald staff is so grateful for the precious messages the Lord has provided and for the way He has…

  • Faith To Labor With God

    Faith To Labor With God

    Expect God To Help Us Do What He Wants Us To Do By W. C. Moore The desperate conditions we face today – far from suggesting discouragement – should rather be a clarion challenge to our faith in God, something that will sting us into action that we may – and shall, meet the…

  • Divine Strength For Life And Service

    Divine Strength For Life And Service

    By Alexander MacLaren (1826 – 1910) “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and He will make me to walk upon mine high places…” (Hab. 3:18-19). Without any attempt to…

  • Faith In An Hour Of Anxiety

    Faith In An Hour Of Anxiety

    By D. M. Panton “Casting all your care upon Him, because He careth for you” (1 Pet. 5:7). We need to ponder for a moment exactly what it is we are to cast upon God. There is a carefulness, a prudent devotion to duty, which God has cast on us. For example, Paul says:…