Hudson Taylor and the Exchanged Burden

In 1869, Hudson Taylor was breaking. The founder of the China Inland Mission carried the weight of seventy missionaries, dozens of stations across inland China, and the relentless opposition of a culture suspicious of foreigners. His health failed. His spirit crumbled. He described himself as crushed under a burden he could no longer bear. Then a letter arrived from a fellow missionary, John McCarthy, containing a single phrase that rewired everything: "Not by trying, but by trusting."…