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==Back to England==
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Two developments in the late 1860s facilitated the missionary enterprise in China. The opening of the [[Suez Canal]] in 1869 and the development of the [[steamship]] reduced travel time from England to China from four months or more to less than two months.
Grief from Maria’s death, health problems, and the need to reorganize the home office of CIM caused Taylor to leave China in August 1871 to return to England. Accompanying him on the voyage was CIM missionary [[Jane Elizabeth Faulding]]. The two fell in love and were married on 28 November 1871 in London. In late 1872, the couple returned to China.
[[File:JennieFaulding1866.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Hudson Taylor married Jennie Faulding in 1871.]]
Back in England, Taylor was married to [[Jane Elizabeth Faulding]] who had been a fellow missionary since 1866. Hudson and “Jennie” returned to China in late 1872 aboard the MM Tigre. They were in [[Nanjing]] when Jennie gave birth to stillborn twins—a boy and a girl in 1873. Two years later, the Taylors were forced to return once again to England because of the death of the mission secretary and Blatchley.
During the winter of 1874 and 1875, Taylor was practically paralyzed from a fall he had taken on a riverboat while in China. In this state of crippling physical hindrance, Taylor confidently published an appeal for 18 new workers to join the work. When he did recover his strength, Jennie remained with the children, (including a new son, Ernest Hamilton, and a daughter Amy, as well as the orphaned daughter of fellow missionary [[George Duncan (missionary)|George Duncan]]). In 1876 Hudson Taylor returned to China, followed by the 18 requested missionaries. Meanwhile, in England, the work of General Secretary of the China Inland Mission was done by [[Benjamin Broomhall]], who had married Hudson’s sister, Amelia.
Hudson’s evangelical work in England profoundly affected various members of the famous [[cricket]]ing [[Studd brothers|Studd]] family, resulting in three of the brothers converting and becoming deeply religious; [[Charles Studd]] became a missionary to China along with fellow [[Cambridge University]] converts, known as the [[Cambridge Seven]].
From 1876 to 1878 Taylor travelled throughout inland China, opening missions stations. This was made possible by the signing on 13 September 1876 of the [[Chefoo Convention]], a settlement between Britain and China that made it possible for missionary work to take place legally in inland China. In 1878, Jennie returned to China and began working to promote female missionary service there. Their son Ernest Hamilton Taylor, who had been educated at [[Monkton Combe School]] and the Glasgow Institute of Accountants, joined them at the China Inland Mission in 1898 where he remained as a missionary for much of his working life. By 1881 there were 100 missionaries in the CIM.
[[File:Hudson Taylor.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Hudson Taylor about 1885.]]
Taylor returned to England in 1883 to recruit more missionaries, and he returned to China with a total of 225 missionaries and 59 churches. In 1887 their numbers increased by another 102 with [[The Hundred missionaries]], and in 1888 Taylor brought 14 missionaries from the United States. In the U.S. he traveled and spoke at many places, including the [[Niagara Bible Conference]] where he befriended [[Cyrus Scofield]], and Taylor filled the pulpit of [[Dwight L. Moody]] as a guest in Chicago. Moody and Scofield thereafter actively supported the work of the China Inland Mission of North America.
In 1897 Hudson’s and Maria’s only surviving daughter, Maria, died in [[Wenzhou]], leaving four little children and her missionary husband, [[John Joseph Coulthard]]. She had been instrumental in leading many Chinese women to Christianity during her short life.
Two developments in the late 1860s facilitated the missionary enterprise in China. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the development of the steamship reduced travel time from England to China from four months or more to less than two months.
Grief from Maria’s death, health problems, and the need to reorganize the home office of CIM caused Taylor to leave China in August 1871 to return to England. Accompanying him on the voyage was CIM missionary Jane Elizabeth Faulding. The two fell in love and were married on 28 November 1871 in London. In late 1872, the couple returned to China.
Back in England, Taylor was married to Jane Elizabeth Faulding who had been a fellow missionary since 1866. Hudson and “Jennie” returned to China in late 1872 aboard the MM Tigre. They were in Nanjing when Jennie gave birth to stillborn twins—a boy and a girl in 1873. Two years later, the Taylors were forced to return once again to England because of the death of the mission secretary and Blatchley.
During the winter of 1874 and 1875, Taylor was practically paralyzed from a fall he had taken on a riverboat while in China. In this state of crippling physical hindrance, Taylor confidently published an appeal for 18 new workers to join the work. When he did recover his strength, Jennie remained with the children, (including a new son, Ernest Hamilton, and a daughter Amy, as well as the orphaned daughter of fellow missionary George Duncan). In 1876 Hudson Taylor returned to China, followed by the 18 requested missionaries. Meanwhile, in England, the work of General Secretary of the China Inland Mission was done by Benjamin Broomhall, who had married Hudson’s sister, Amelia.
Hudson’s evangelical work in England profoundly affected various members of the famous cricketing Studd family, resulting in three of the brothers converting and becoming deeply religious; Charles Studd became a missionary to China along with fellow Cambridge University converts, known as the Cambridge Seven.
From 1876 to 1878 Taylor travelled throughout inland China, opening missions stations. This was made possible by the signing on 13 September 1876 of the Chefoo Convention, a settlement between Britain and China that made it possible for missionary work to take place legally in inland China. In 1878, Jennie returned to China and began working to promote female missionary service there. Their son Ernest Hamilton Taylor, who had been educated at Monkton Combe School and the Glasgow Institute of Accountants, joined them at the China Inland Mission in 1898 where he remained as a missionary for much of his working life. By 1881 there were 100 missionaries in the CIM.
Taylor returned to England in 1883 to recruit more missionaries, and he returned to China with a total of 225 missionaries and 59 churches. In 1887 their numbers increased by another 102 with The Hundred missionaries, and in 1888 Taylor brought 14 missionaries from the United States. In the U.S. he traveled and spoke at many places, including the Niagara Bible Conference where he befriended Cyrus Scofield, and Taylor filled the pulpit of Dwight L. Moody as a guest in Chicago. Moody and Scofield thereafter actively supported the work of the China Inland Mission of North America.
In 1897 Hudson’s and Maria’s only surviving daughter, Maria, died in Wenzhou, leaving four little children and her missionary husband, John Joseph Coulthard. She had been instrumental in leading many Chinese women to Christianity during her short life.
Taylor initial plan was to open up a mission station in an inland city remote from the temptations and foreign influence in Shanghai and Ningbo. He would then use that mission as a base to send workers on foot in the surrounding area to evangelize, distribute religious tracts, and seek converts and native leaders. His first effort to carry out that plan failed in Hangzhou. Instead, he began sending out missionaries to itinerate in villages and towns untouched by other missionary soccieties and foreign influence. Once the locals became accustomed to CIM missionaries, opportunities to convert people to Christianity would open up; Chinese converts would carry the message to new areas; and permanent missions could be established. All this was to be done in secrecy without informing British diplomats and officials in port cities and risking interference, as had happened in Hangzhou.
The response CIM missionaries got in their itinerations were “coldness, indifference, carelessness” The Chinese people were “proud, crude, callous, and annoying to the last degree.”
