Hudson Taylor's Small Audience
Story★★★★When Hudson Taylor was once advised to cancel an appointment on a stormy night in Birmingham, England, he replied, “I must go, even if there is no one but the doorkeeper.” Only a dozen showed up, but the meeting hummed with unusual spiritual power. Half of those present later became missionaries or gave their children as missionaries, and the rest were faithful supporters of China Inland Mission for years to come. 1 1 Warren W. Wiersbe and Lloyd M. Perry, The Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching and Preachers (Chicago: Moody Press, t 984), 242.
The point
Hudson Taylor kept his commitment despite a stormy night and small attendance, resulting in a meeting of unusual spiritual power that produced missionaries and mission supporters for decades.
Scripture
1 Corinthians 15:58
Audience
Adults
Tone
Inspiring · Hopeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 93 words