The Mother Who Prayed While Her Son Read the Tract
In June 1849, seventeen-year-old Hudson Taylor wandered into his father's library in Barnsley, England, looking for something to pass the time. He picked up a...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 1:43-51.
In June 1849, seventeen-year-old Hudson Taylor wandered into his father's library in Barnsley, England, looking for something to pass the time. He picked up a gospel tract from a basket, intending only to read the story and skip the moral. Meanwhile, seventy miles away, his mother was visiting friends. That afternoon, she felt an inexplicable burden settle over her — a conviction that she must pray for her son's salvation.…
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