The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1905, Page 60

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The Lutheran Pioneer.

A Useful Life Ended.

On the 3d of June the Rev. J. Hudson Taylor,
the veteran missionary and founder of the famous
‘*China Inland Mission,’’ departed this life in China,

eyes he told us of the day when he left England,
his native land, on his voyage to China. His
mother, who from his birth had prayed that he
might consecrate his life to the service of God,
went with him to Liverpool to see her boy sail.

the land for whose spiritual welfare he had labored
for forty years. Many years ago we had the pleas-
ure of meeting and hearing the beloved missionary
during his hurried visit to our country. All that
met him could not but be deeply impressed with
the earnest zea] and great love for mission work
_ that filled his soul, especially for mission work
among the dark millions of China. With beaming

A Native Evangelist in China Preaching to His People.

They bowed together in prayer in his room on the ~
vessel, each bearing up bravely and cheerfully for
the sake of the other, until the weighing of the
anchor announced that she must go ashore. She
stood upon the pier smiling through her tears, and
waving him a farewell, but when the ship turned
her prow to the sea, a wail of anguish ascended
from her heart that reached his ears. ‘‘At that