Produced by Free Elf, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Music files created by Linda Cantoni.(This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Full-color map generously provided by The Missionary E-texts Archive at http://www.missionaryetexts.org [Illustration: Signature: J. Hudson Taylor.] A RETROSPECT BY J. HUDSON TAYLOR, M.R.C.S., F.R.G.S. _Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee._ THIRD EDITION TORONTO CHINA INLAND MISSION 507 CHURCH STREET [Illustration: THE "LAMMERMUIR" PARTY. _See page 125._] CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. THE POWER OF PRAYER 1 II. THE CALL TO SERVICE 7 III. PREPARATION FOR SERVICE 13 IV. FURTHER ANSWERS TO PRAYER 19 V. LIFE IN LONDON 24 VI. STRENGTHENED BY FAITH 30 VII. MIGHTY TO SAVE 35 VIII. VOYAGE TO CHINA 39 IX. EARLY MISSIONARY EXPERIENCES 45 X. FIRST EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS 49 XI. WITH THE REV. W. C. BURNS 57 XII. THE CALL TO SWATOW 70 "The Missionary Call": Words and Music 75 XIII. MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES 77 XIV. PROVIDENTIAL GUIDANCE 92 XV. SETTLEMENT IN NINGPO 98 XVI. TIMELY SUPPLIES 105 XVII. GOD A REFUGE FOR US 110 XVIII. A NEW AGENCY NEEDED 116 XIX. FORMATION OF THE C. I. M. 121 XX. THE MISSION IN 1894 126 THE MISSION IN 1902 128 STATIONS OF THE C. I. M. 131 * * * * * MAP OF CHINA SHOWING THE STATIONS OF THE CHINA INLAND MISSION: CORRECTED TO JUNE 1900 _To face page_ 131 ILLUSTRATIONS