Chapter I: Front Matter

A RETROSPECT

BY

J. HUDSON TAYLOR, M.R.C.S., F.R.G.S.

_Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee._

THIRD EDITION

TORONTO
CHINA INLAND MISSION
507 CHURCH STREET

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. THE POWER OF PRAYER 1
II. THE CALL TO SERVICE 7
III. PREPARATION FOR SERVICE 13
IV. FURTHER ANSWERS TO PRAYER 19
V. LIFE IN LONDON 24
VI. STRENGTHENED BY FAITH 30
VII. MIGHTY TO SAVE 35
VIII. VOYAGE TO CHINA 39
IX. EARLY MISSIONARY EXPERIENCES 45
X. FIRST EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS 49
XI. WITH THE REV. W. C. BURNS 57
XII. THE CALL TO SWATOW 70
"The Missionary Call": Words and Music 75
XIII. MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES 77
XIV. PROVIDENTIAL GUIDANCE 92
XV. SETTLEMENT IN NINGPO 98
XVI. TIMELY SUPPLIES 105
XVII. GOD A REFUGE FOR US 110
XVIII. A NEW AGENCY NEEDED 116
XIX. FORMATION OF THE C. I. M. 121
XX. THE MISSION IN 1894 126
THE MISSION IN 1902 128
STATIONS OF THE C. I. M. 131

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MAP OF CHINA

SHOWING THE STATIONS OF THE CHINA INLAND MISSION:
CORRECTED TO JUNE 1900 _To face page_ 131

ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Portrait of J. Hudson Taylor _Frontispiece_
2. The "Lammermuir" party _Facing "Contents"_
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3. Honorary banner presented to a missionary 1
4. A heavy road in North China 7
5. Salt junk on the Yang-tsi 13
6. Travelling by mule cart on "the great plain" 19
7. Ch'ung-k'ing, the Yang-tsi, and mountains beyond 24
8. Water gate and Custom house, Soo-chow 29
9. View on the Kwang-sin River 30
10. Temple and memorial portal 34
11. "Compassionate heart, benevolent methods" 35
12. Outside the wall of Gan-k'ing 38
13. The new girls school at Chefoo 39
14. Entrance to the Po-yang lake 44
15. A fair wind, at sunset, on the lake 45
16. A view on the grand canal 49
17. Down the Yang-tsi on a cargo boat 57
18. East gate and sentry box, Bhamô, Burmah 69
19. Farmhouse, with buffalo shed attached 70
20. A fishing village on the lake near Yünnan Fu 77
21. Teng-yueh, the westernmost walled city in China 91
22. A small temple near Wun-chau 92
23. Group of Christians at Lan-k'i, Cheh-kiang 97
24. A boat on the Red River, Tonquin 98
25. Students' quarters, Gan-k'ing Training Home 104
26. A Mandarin's sedan chair 105
27. A presentation banner (a mark of high respect) 110
28. View on the Po-yang lake 116
29. A village on the grand canal 121
30. The battlements of Pekin 126
31. Native woodcut of a landscape 131
32. Elder Liu and wife, Kwei-k'i 136

The hearty thanks of the Mission for the use of
photographs and sketches are hereby tendered to
Rev. George Hayes for Nos. 4 and 6; Dr. G.
Whitfield Guinness for Nos. 8, 12, 16, 25, and 28;
Miss Davies for No. 23; Mr. Thomas Selkirk for
Nos. 18 and 21; Mr. J. T. Reid for Nos. 14, 15,
and 27; Mr. J. S. Rough for No. 30; Mr. Grainger
for No. 19; Mr. E. Murray for No. 13, and also to
other friends unknown by name.