Portrait of Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor on the Love of God

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us.
— 1 John 4:10

11 quotations from Hudson Taylor on the Love of God, each traced to the exact paragraph it comes from. Follow any of them into the full text — free, and without an account.

Separation and Service 5

  1. When the Lord blesses His people with peace and plenty, it is His open Heart that moves His loving Hand.
  2. The Brightness of His Father's glory, the Sun of Righteousness, He came to manifest, as well as to speak of, the Father's love.
  3. We do not estimate our love-gifts by their intrinsic value, but rather by the love they express.
  4. God is not hard to please, nor is true human love, for it is a dim reflection of His own.
  5. Our true self-denial, self-emptying, and giving for Christ's cause practically show our real estimate of the value of the Cross of Christ, our real love for the Christ who was crucified for us.

Union and Communion 6

  1. The world can never be to her what it once was; the betrothed bride has learnt to love her LORD, and no other society than His can satisfy her.
  2. Despite all the unworthy fears of our poor hearts, Divine love is destined to conquer.
  3. How wondrous the grace that has made the bride of CHRIST to be all this to her Beloved!
  4. The love that has made her what she is, and now takes delight in her, is not a fickle love, nor need she fear its change.
  5. To the soul really rescued by grace, no bribe to forsake GOD’S love will be finally successful.
  6. Our love to GOD is secured by GOD’S love to us.