Union and Communion: Thoughts on the Song of Solomon
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Hudson Taylor gave his life up to be a footnote in God’s story of worldwide redemption. He first arrived in China in the spring of 1854 and founded the China Inland Mission in 1865. In total Taylor spent 51 years preaching and teaching in China. In contrast to other missionaries of the time who also brought a gospel of Western culture, Taylor immersed himself in Chinese culture. He wore Chinese clothes, ate Chinese food, and wrote and spoke in several Chinese dialects. 150 years later, thanks in no small part to one willing middle-class Englishman, there are as many evangelical Christians in China as there are in America.
This volume contains Hudson Taylor’s, Union and Communion: Thoughts on the Song of Solomon.
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Key Features
- Includes Taylor’s thoughts on the Song of Solomon
- Contains materials ideal for students, teachers, and pastors
- Creates a portrait of the life and work of a great missionary to China
Top Highlights
“Let us never forget that what we are is more important than what we do; and that all fruit borne when not abiding in Christ must be fruit of the flesh, and not of the Spirit. The sin of neglected communion may be forgiven, and yet the effect remain permanently; as wounds when healed often leave a scar behind.” (Page 17)
“Are we not all too apt to seek Him rather because of our need than for His joy and pleasure? This should not be.” (Page 14)
“The speaker has had her eyes opened to behold His beauty, and longs for a fuller enjoyment of His love.” (Page 8)
“There is no time so profitably spent as the early hour given to Jesus only. Do we give sufficient attention to this hour? If possible, it should be redeemed; nothing can make up for it. We must take time to be holy! One other thought. When we bring our questions to GOD, do we not sometimes either go on to offer some other petition, or leave the closet without waiting for replies? Does not this seem to show little expectation of an answer, and little desire for one? Should we like to be treated so? Quiet waiting before God would save from many a mistake and from many a sorrow.” (Page 15)
“When the heart submits, then Jesus reigns. And when Jesus reigns, there is rest.” (Page 13)
- Title: Union and Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon
- Author: James Hudson Taylor
- Edition: Third Edition
- Publishers: Morgan & Scott, China Inland Mission
- Print Publication Date: 1914
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 84
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon › Meditations
- Resource ID: LLS:UNIONCMMNN
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-24T01:21:25Z
About Hudson Taylor
Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) was one of the most important missionaries of the nineteenth-century. He studied medicine as a youth and, in 1853, he offered himself as the first missionary of the Chinese Evangelisation Society. He first travelled to China at the age of 21. He was poorly received by the people he preached to in Shanghai, until he decided to adopt native Chinese clothes and the queue hairstyle. In 1857 he cut ties with the Chinese Evangelisation Society and began working independently. He married Maria Jane Dyer, a fellow missionary, in 1858. In 1860, Taylor and his family returned in England where he regrouped and, in 1865, founded the non-denominational China Inland Mission. In 1866, Taylor returned to the field with the largest missionary party ever sent to China, emphasizing immersion in Chinese culture. After more than 50 years of service in China, in 1905, Hudson Taylor died at his home in the Hunan province of China.