Hudson Taylor

Hardship, Loss, and Steady Faith

Life in China was not easy.

Hudson faced illness, political unrest, and deep personal loss. His first wife, Maria Dyer Taylor, whom he met in China, died in 1870 along with one of their children. Several of his children also died young.

Still, he continued.

By the 1880s, the China Inland Mission had sent hundreds of missionaries across China. They traveled by boat, mule, and foot into remote provinces.

Hudson often said, “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.”

But his faith was tested repeatedly — through famine, violence, and eventually the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, when many missionaries were killed. CIM workers suffered greatly, yet the mission survived.

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