Favorite Quotes from James Hudson Taylor
Christ is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all. -J. H. Taylor
I am a little servant of an illustrious Master. -J. H. Taylor
I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking Him to do His work through me. -J. H. Taylor
Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him. -J. H. Taylor
When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust. -J. H. Taylor
All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on God being with them. I myself, for instance, am not especially gifted, and am shy by nature, but my gracious and merciful God and Father inclined Himself to me, and when I was weak in faith He strengthened me while I was still young. He taught me in my helplessness to rest on Him, and to pray even about little things in which another might have felt able to help himself. -J. H. Taylor
There are three stages to every great work of God; first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.
-J. H. Taylor
Let us never forget that what we are is more important than what we do. -J. H. Taylor
The Lord is my shepherd.(Psalm 23:1) - Not was, not may be, nor will be. The Lord IS my shepherd. He is on Sunday, on Monday, and through every day of the week. He is in January, in December, and every month of the year. He is at home and in China. He is during peace or war, and in times of abundance or poverty. -J. H. Taylor
I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient. -J. H. Taylor
It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies -- whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart. -J. H. Taylor
It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.
-J. H. Taylor
Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so. -J. H. Taylor
God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him. -J. H. Taylor
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. -J.H.Taylor
God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him. -J. H. Taylor
God wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him. -J. H. Taylor
It is no small comfort to me to know that God has called me to my work, putting me where I am and as I am. I have not sought the position, and I dare not leave it. He knows why He places me here-whether to do, or learn, or suffer. -J. H. Taylor
Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us. -J. H. Taylor
Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to be troubled about, or to make trouble about. -J. H. Taylor
In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness. -J. H. Taylor
The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will. -J. H. Taylor
I am more than ever convinced that if we were to take the directions of our Master and the assurances He gave to His first disciples more fully as our guide, we should find them to be just as suited to our times as to those in which they were originally given. -J. H. Taylor
O Lord, how happy should we be
If we would cast our care on Thee,
If we from self would rest;
And feel at heart that One above,
In perfect wisdom, perfect love,
Is working for the best!
-J. H. Taylor
The consecration of all to our Master, far from lessening our power to impart, increases both our power and our joy in ministration. The five loaves and two fishes of the disciples, first given up to and blessed by the Lord, were abundant supply for the needy multitudes, and grew, in the act of distribution, into a store of which twelve hampers full of fragments remained when all were fully satisfied. We have, then, in this beautiful section, as we have seen, a picture of unbroken communion and its delightful issues. May our lives correspond! First, one with the King, then speaking of the King; the joy of communion leading to fellowship in service, to a being all for Jesus, ready for any experience that will fit for further service, surrendering all to Him, and willing to minister all for Him. There is no room for love of the world here, for union with Christ has filled the heart; there is nothing for the gratification of the world, for all has been sealed and is kept for the Master's use. Jesus, my life is Thine! And evermore shall be Hidden in Thee. For nothing can untwine Thy life from mine. -J. H. Taylor
Separation never comes from His side. He is always ready for communion with a prepared heart, and in this happy communion the bride becomes ever fairer, and more like to her Lord. She is being progressively changed into His image, from one degree of glory to another, through the wondrous working of the Holy Spirit, until the Bridegroom can declare: Thou art all fair, My love; And there is no spot on thee. And now she is fit for service, and to it the Bridegroom woos her; she will not now misrepresent Him. -J. H. Taylor
May we all, while living down here, in the world, but not of it, find our home in the heavenly places to which we have been raised, and in which we are seated together with Christ. Sent into the world to witness for our Master, may we ever be strangers there, ready to confess Him the true object of our soul's devotion.
-J. H. Taylor
I believe we are all in danger of accumulating—it may be from thoughtlessness, or from pressure of occupation—things which would be useful to others, while not needed by ourselves, and the retention of which entails loss of blessing. -J. H. Taylor
True love cannot be stationary; it must either decline or grow. -J. H. Taylor
We should never lose sight of the higher aspect of our work—that of obedience to God, of bringing glory to His Name, of gladdening the heart of our God and Father by living and serving as His beloved children.
-J. H. Taylor
I have grown older since then, but not wiser. I am more than ever convinced that if we were to take the directions of our Master and the assurances He gave to His first disciples more fully as our guide, we
should find them to be just as suited to our times as to those in which they were originally given.
-J. H. Taylor
There is no change in His love; He is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. To us He promises, "I will never leave thee, never fail thee, nor forsake thee"; and His earnest exhortation and command is, "Abide in Me, and I in you." -J. H. Taylor
Union with Christ, and abiding in Christ, what do they not secure? Peace, perfect peace; rest, constant rest; answers to all our prayers; victory over all our foes; pure, holy living; ever-increasing fruitfulness. All, all of these are the glad outcome of abiding in Christ. -J. H. Taylor
Wonderful thought! that God should desire fellowship with us; and that He whose love once made Him the Man of Sorrows may now be made the Man of Joys by the loving devotion of human hearts. -J. H. Taylor
I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how. That is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest positions He must give me His grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient.
-J. H. Taylor
You must go forward on your knees. -J. H. Taylor
The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time, and in the right way, is the right fruit found on it. Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus. -J. H. Taylor
It is the consciousness of the threefold joy of the Lord, His joy in ransoming us, His joy in dwelling within us as our Savior and Power for fruit bearing and His joy in possessing us, as His Bride and His delight; it is the consciousness of this joy which is our real strength. Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change. -J. H. Taylor
Since the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit's power might be manifested? We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too little to the source of power. -J. H. Taylor
To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, "Come to me and rest." But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is not, Go, labor on, as perhaps you imagine. On the contrary, it is stop, turn back, Come to me and rest. Never, never did Christ send a heavy laden one to work; never, never did He send a hungry one, a weary one, a sick or sorrowing one, away on any
service. For such the Bible only says, "Come, come, come." -J. H. Taylor
I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working. -J. H. Taylor
As our Father makes many a flower to bloom unseen in the lonely desert, let us do all that we can do, as under God's eye, though no other eye ever take note of it. -J. H. Taylor
All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love. -J. H. Taylor
Whatever is your best time in the day, give that to communion with God. -J. H. Taylor
We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it is so. We tell them that our home is above and that all these things are transitory. Does our dwelling look like it? O to live consistent lives! -J. H. Taylor
A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing. -J. H. Taylor
After proving God’s faithfulness for many years, I can testify that times of want have ever been times of spiritual blessing, or have led to them. -J. H. Taylor
An easy-going non-self-denying life will never be one of power. -J. H. Taylor
Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.
-J. H. Taylor
How sadly possible it is to delight in the rest of faith while forgetful to fight the good fight; to dwell upon the cleansing and the purity effected by faith, but to have little thought for the poor souls struggling in the mire of sin. -J. H. Taylor
I could not think that God was poor, that He was short of resources, or unwilling to supply any want of whatever work was really His. It seemed to me that if there were lack of funds to carry on work, then to that degree, in that special development, or at that time, it could not be the work of God. -J. H. Taylor
I know how much easier it is to lean on an arm of flesh than on the Lord; but I have learned too how much less safe it is. -J. H. Taylor
If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life. -J. H. Taylor
If you want blessing, make room for it. -J. H. Taylor
It is not lost time to wait upon God. -J. H. Taylor
Let but faithful labourers be found, who will prove faithful to God, and there is no reason to fear that God will not prove faithful to them. -J. H. Taylor
Let there be no reservation; give yourselves up fully and wholly to Him whose you are and whom you wish to serve in this work; and then there can be no disappointment. -J. H. Taylor
Nearness to God calls for tenderness of conscience, thoughtfulness in service, and implicit obedience.
-J. H. Taylor
Not infrequently our God brings His people into difficulties on purpose that they may come to know Him as they could not otherwise do. -J. H. Taylor
Our eyes must be upon the Lord, not upon His people. His means – not ours, not theirs, but His means are large; and to a faithful steward He will prove a faithful master. -J. H. Taylor
Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men. -J. H. Taylor
Pray for those you send, shield them by prayer. -J. H. Taylor
One difficulty follows another very fast – but God reigns, not chance. -J. H. Taylor
Satan may build a hedge about us and fence us in and hinder our movements, but he cannot roof us in and prevent our looking up. -J. H. Taylor
Self-denial surely means somethings far greater than some slight and insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences! -J. H. Taylor
Some are jealous of being successors of the Apostles. I would rather be a successor of the Samaritan woman, who, while the Apostles went for meat and forgot souls, forgot her water pot in her zeal to spread the good tidings. -J. H. Taylor
The Apostolic plan was not to raise ways and means, but to go and do the work. -J. H. Taylor
The highest service demands the greatest sacrifice, but it secures the fullest blessing and the greatest fruitfulness. -J. H. Taylor
The more we rest on this fact, – that we do not know the way we are going, but that we have a Guide who does know; that we do not know how to accomplish our service, but that He never leaves us to devise our own service; – the more restful does our life become. -J. H. Taylor
The missionaries should be men of apostolic zeal, patience, endurance, willing to be all things to all men. May the Lord raise up suitable instruments, and fit me for this work. -J. H. Taylor
The use of means ought not to lessen our faith in God; and our faith in God ought not to hinder our using whatever means He has given us for the accomplishment of His own purposes. -J. H. Taylor
There are three great truths, first, that there is a God; second, that He has spoken to us in the Bible; and third, that He means what He says. Oh, the joy of trusting Him! -J. H. Taylor
There is great danger of not, in happiness, finding our delight in the Lord. -J. H. Taylor
To know and to do His will – this is our safety; this is our rest. -J. H. Taylor
True devotion will rather ask to be allowed to give, and will count as loss all which may not be given up for the Lord’s sake. -J. H. Taylor
We believe that the time has come for doing more fully what He has commanded us; and by His grace we intend to do it. Not to try, for we see no Scriptural authority for trying. Try is a word constantly in the mouth of unbelievers, . . . far too often taken up by believers. In our experience, ‘to try’ has usually meant ‘to fail’. (The Lord’s) command is not ‘Do your best,’ but ‘Do it’. -J. H. Taylor
We have so often been disappointed that we must not be too sure of anything, save of God’s help and presence which He will never withhold. -J. H. Taylor
We may fail, do fail continually, but He never fails. -J. H. Taylor
We shall find that Separation to God is followed by Blessing from God; and that those who receive large blessing from Him, in turn render to Him acceptable Service; service in which God takes delight, and which He places in everlasting remembrance. -J. H. Taylor
What I have to watch against is impatience at waiting His time. -J. H. Taylor
Where the need is greatest let us be found gladly obeying the Master's command. For it is in the harvest-field, it is among the reapers, that we shall find Him. -J. H. Taylor
While unbelief sees the difficulties, faith sees God between itself and them. -J. H. Taylor
With God all things are possible, and no conviction ever takes place save by the almighty power of the Holy Ghost. The great need, therefore, of every Christian worker is to know God. -J. H. Taylor
Work is the outcome of effort; fruit, of life. -J. H. Taylor
You are not sent to preach death and sin and judgment, but life and holiness and salvation – not to be a witness against the people, but to be a witness for God – to preach the good news – Christ Himself.
-J. H. Taylor
Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. We know how the Lord Jesus became fruitful – not by bearing His Cross merely, but by dying on it. Do we know much of fellowship with Him in this? -J. H. Taylor
Argument almost always leaves behind a sore feeling in the heart of the one who has been worsted. By loving teaching, by Christ-like living, we are to win this people for our Lord. They do not understand what disinterested love and unselfishness mean: you are to go and live it among them. -J. H. Taylor
Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray, for prayer requires strength. -J. H. Taylor
I am so weak that I can hardly write, I cannot read my Bible, I cannot even pray. I can only lie still in God's arms like a little child, and trust. -J. H. Taylor
Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success. -J. H. Taylor
I am a little servant of an illustrious Master. -J. H. Taylor
I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking Him to do His work through me. -J. H. Taylor
Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him. -J. H. Taylor
When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust. -J. H. Taylor
All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on God being with them. I myself, for instance, am not especially gifted, and am shy by nature, but my gracious and merciful God and Father inclined Himself to me, and when I was weak in faith He strengthened me while I was still young. He taught me in my helplessness to rest on Him, and to pray even about little things in which another might have felt able to help himself. -J. H. Taylor
There are three stages to every great work of God; first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.
-J. H. Taylor
Let us never forget that what we are is more important than what we do. -J. H. Taylor
The Lord is my shepherd.(Psalm 23:1) - Not was, not may be, nor will be. The Lord IS my shepherd. He is on Sunday, on Monday, and through every day of the week. He is in January, in December, and every month of the year. He is at home and in China. He is during peace or war, and in times of abundance or poverty. -J. H. Taylor
I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient. -J. H. Taylor
It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies -- whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart. -J. H. Taylor
It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.
-J. H. Taylor
Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so. -J. H. Taylor
God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him. -J. H. Taylor
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. -J.H.Taylor
God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him. -J. H. Taylor
God wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him. -J. H. Taylor
It is no small comfort to me to know that God has called me to my work, putting me where I am and as I am. I have not sought the position, and I dare not leave it. He knows why He places me here-whether to do, or learn, or suffer. -J. H. Taylor
Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us. -J. H. Taylor
Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to be troubled about, or to make trouble about. -J. H. Taylor
In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness. -J. H. Taylor
The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will. -J. H. Taylor
I am more than ever convinced that if we were to take the directions of our Master and the assurances He gave to His first disciples more fully as our guide, we should find them to be just as suited to our times as to those in which they were originally given. -J. H. Taylor
O Lord, how happy should we be
If we would cast our care on Thee,
If we from self would rest;
And feel at heart that One above,
In perfect wisdom, perfect love,
Is working for the best!
-J. H. Taylor
The consecration of all to our Master, far from lessening our power to impart, increases both our power and our joy in ministration. The five loaves and two fishes of the disciples, first given up to and blessed by the Lord, were abundant supply for the needy multitudes, and grew, in the act of distribution, into a store of which twelve hampers full of fragments remained when all were fully satisfied. We have, then, in this beautiful section, as we have seen, a picture of unbroken communion and its delightful issues. May our lives correspond! First, one with the King, then speaking of the King; the joy of communion leading to fellowship in service, to a being all for Jesus, ready for any experience that will fit for further service, surrendering all to Him, and willing to minister all for Him. There is no room for love of the world here, for union with Christ has filled the heart; there is nothing for the gratification of the world, for all has been sealed and is kept for the Master's use. Jesus, my life is Thine! And evermore shall be Hidden in Thee. For nothing can untwine Thy life from mine. -J. H. Taylor
Separation never comes from His side. He is always ready for communion with a prepared heart, and in this happy communion the bride becomes ever fairer, and more like to her Lord. She is being progressively changed into His image, from one degree of glory to another, through the wondrous working of the Holy Spirit, until the Bridegroom can declare: Thou art all fair, My love; And there is no spot on thee. And now she is fit for service, and to it the Bridegroom woos her; she will not now misrepresent Him. -J. H. Taylor
May we all, while living down here, in the world, but not of it, find our home in the heavenly places to which we have been raised, and in which we are seated together with Christ. Sent into the world to witness for our Master, may we ever be strangers there, ready to confess Him the true object of our soul's devotion.
-J. H. Taylor
I believe we are all in danger of accumulating—it may be from thoughtlessness, or from pressure of occupation—things which would be useful to others, while not needed by ourselves, and the retention of which entails loss of blessing. -J. H. Taylor
True love cannot be stationary; it must either decline or grow. -J. H. Taylor
We should never lose sight of the higher aspect of our work—that of obedience to God, of bringing glory to His Name, of gladdening the heart of our God and Father by living and serving as His beloved children.
-J. H. Taylor
I have grown older since then, but not wiser. I am more than ever convinced that if we were to take the directions of our Master and the assurances He gave to His first disciples more fully as our guide, we
should find them to be just as suited to our times as to those in which they were originally given.
-J. H. Taylor
There is no change in His love; He is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. To us He promises, "I will never leave thee, never fail thee, nor forsake thee"; and His earnest exhortation and command is, "Abide in Me, and I in you." -J. H. Taylor
Union with Christ, and abiding in Christ, what do they not secure? Peace, perfect peace; rest, constant rest; answers to all our prayers; victory over all our foes; pure, holy living; ever-increasing fruitfulness. All, all of these are the glad outcome of abiding in Christ. -J. H. Taylor
Wonderful thought! that God should desire fellowship with us; and that He whose love once made Him the Man of Sorrows may now be made the Man of Joys by the loving devotion of human hearts. -J. H. Taylor
I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how. That is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest positions He must give me His grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient.
-J. H. Taylor
You must go forward on your knees. -J. H. Taylor
The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine; and at the right time, and in the right way, is the right fruit found on it. Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus. -J. H. Taylor
It is the consciousness of the threefold joy of the Lord, His joy in ransoming us, His joy in dwelling within us as our Savior and Power for fruit bearing and His joy in possessing us, as His Bride and His delight; it is the consciousness of this joy which is our real strength. Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change. -J. H. Taylor
Since the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit's power might be manifested? We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too little to the source of power. -J. H. Taylor
To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, "Come to me and rest." But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is not, Go, labor on, as perhaps you imagine. On the contrary, it is stop, turn back, Come to me and rest. Never, never did Christ send a heavy laden one to work; never, never did He send a hungry one, a weary one, a sick or sorrowing one, away on any
service. For such the Bible only says, "Come, come, come." -J. H. Taylor
I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working. -J. H. Taylor
As our Father makes many a flower to bloom unseen in the lonely desert, let us do all that we can do, as under God's eye, though no other eye ever take note of it. -J. H. Taylor
All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love. -J. H. Taylor
Whatever is your best time in the day, give that to communion with God. -J. H. Taylor
We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it is so. We tell them that our home is above and that all these things are transitory. Does our dwelling look like it? O to live consistent lives! -J. H. Taylor
A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing. -J. H. Taylor
After proving God’s faithfulness for many years, I can testify that times of want have ever been times of spiritual blessing, or have led to them. -J. H. Taylor
An easy-going non-self-denying life will never be one of power. -J. H. Taylor
Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.
-J. H. Taylor
How sadly possible it is to delight in the rest of faith while forgetful to fight the good fight; to dwell upon the cleansing and the purity effected by faith, but to have little thought for the poor souls struggling in the mire of sin. -J. H. Taylor
I could not think that God was poor, that He was short of resources, or unwilling to supply any want of whatever work was really His. It seemed to me that if there were lack of funds to carry on work, then to that degree, in that special development, or at that time, it could not be the work of God. -J. H. Taylor
I know how much easier it is to lean on an arm of flesh than on the Lord; but I have learned too how much less safe it is. -J. H. Taylor
If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life. -J. H. Taylor
If you want blessing, make room for it. -J. H. Taylor
It is not lost time to wait upon God. -J. H. Taylor
Let but faithful labourers be found, who will prove faithful to God, and there is no reason to fear that God will not prove faithful to them. -J. H. Taylor
Let there be no reservation; give yourselves up fully and wholly to Him whose you are and whom you wish to serve in this work; and then there can be no disappointment. -J. H. Taylor
Nearness to God calls for tenderness of conscience, thoughtfulness in service, and implicit obedience.
-J. H. Taylor
Not infrequently our God brings His people into difficulties on purpose that they may come to know Him as they could not otherwise do. -J. H. Taylor
Our eyes must be upon the Lord, not upon His people. His means – not ours, not theirs, but His means are large; and to a faithful steward He will prove a faithful master. -J. H. Taylor
Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men. -J. H. Taylor
Pray for those you send, shield them by prayer. -J. H. Taylor
One difficulty follows another very fast – but God reigns, not chance. -J. H. Taylor
Satan may build a hedge about us and fence us in and hinder our movements, but he cannot roof us in and prevent our looking up. -J. H. Taylor
Self-denial surely means somethings far greater than some slight and insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences! -J. H. Taylor
Some are jealous of being successors of the Apostles. I would rather be a successor of the Samaritan woman, who, while the Apostles went for meat and forgot souls, forgot her water pot in her zeal to spread the good tidings. -J. H. Taylor
The Apostolic plan was not to raise ways and means, but to go and do the work. -J. H. Taylor
The highest service demands the greatest sacrifice, but it secures the fullest blessing and the greatest fruitfulness. -J. H. Taylor
The more we rest on this fact, – that we do not know the way we are going, but that we have a Guide who does know; that we do not know how to accomplish our service, but that He never leaves us to devise our own service; – the more restful does our life become. -J. H. Taylor
The missionaries should be men of apostolic zeal, patience, endurance, willing to be all things to all men. May the Lord raise up suitable instruments, and fit me for this work. -J. H. Taylor
The use of means ought not to lessen our faith in God; and our faith in God ought not to hinder our using whatever means He has given us for the accomplishment of His own purposes. -J. H. Taylor
There are three great truths, first, that there is a God; second, that He has spoken to us in the Bible; and third, that He means what He says. Oh, the joy of trusting Him! -J. H. Taylor
There is great danger of not, in happiness, finding our delight in the Lord. -J. H. Taylor
To know and to do His will – this is our safety; this is our rest. -J. H. Taylor
True devotion will rather ask to be allowed to give, and will count as loss all which may not be given up for the Lord’s sake. -J. H. Taylor
We believe that the time has come for doing more fully what He has commanded us; and by His grace we intend to do it. Not to try, for we see no Scriptural authority for trying. Try is a word constantly in the mouth of unbelievers, . . . far too often taken up by believers. In our experience, ‘to try’ has usually meant ‘to fail’. (The Lord’s) command is not ‘Do your best,’ but ‘Do it’. -J. H. Taylor
We have so often been disappointed that we must not be too sure of anything, save of God’s help and presence which He will never withhold. -J. H. Taylor
We may fail, do fail continually, but He never fails. -J. H. Taylor
We shall find that Separation to God is followed by Blessing from God; and that those who receive large blessing from Him, in turn render to Him acceptable Service; service in which God takes delight, and which He places in everlasting remembrance. -J. H. Taylor
What I have to watch against is impatience at waiting His time. -J. H. Taylor
Where the need is greatest let us be found gladly obeying the Master's command. For it is in the harvest-field, it is among the reapers, that we shall find Him. -J. H. Taylor
While unbelief sees the difficulties, faith sees God between itself and them. -J. H. Taylor
With God all things are possible, and no conviction ever takes place save by the almighty power of the Holy Ghost. The great need, therefore, of every Christian worker is to know God. -J. H. Taylor
Work is the outcome of effort; fruit, of life. -J. H. Taylor
You are not sent to preach death and sin and judgment, but life and holiness and salvation – not to be a witness against the people, but to be a witness for God – to preach the good news – Christ Himself.
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Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing. We know how the Lord Jesus became fruitful – not by bearing His Cross merely, but by dying on it. Do we know much of fellowship with Him in this? -J. H. Taylor
Argument almost always leaves behind a sore feeling in the heart of the one who has been worsted. By loving teaching, by Christ-like living, we are to win this people for our Lord. They do not understand what disinterested love and unselfishness mean: you are to go and live it among them. -J. H. Taylor
Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray, for prayer requires strength. -J. H. Taylor
I am so weak that I can hardly write, I cannot read my Bible, I cannot even pray. I can only lie still in God's arms like a little child, and trust. -J. H. Taylor
Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success. -J. H. Taylor