My work is a very peculiar [unique] one; in many respects it has, and can have no precedent. It may be called an experiment; to a certain extent it is so. And by God's help it shall be, as it is being, faithfully made. (James Hudson Taylor)

My work is a very peculiar [unique] one; in many respects it has, and can have no precedent. It may be called an experiment; to a certain extent it is so. And by God's help it shall be, as it is being, faithfully made.

James Hudson Taylor

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