One of China's Christians: Pastor Hsi of North China: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

One of China's Christians: Pastor Hsi of North China, credited to Mrs. Howard Taylor, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of One of China's Christians: Pastor Hsi of North China by Mrs. Howard Taylor. Read in English by MaryAnn. The second of two volumes telling the life story of Pastor Hsi, a Confucian scholar from Shanxi province in Northern China who became a Christian in the 1870s. Shortly after his conversion, those around Pastor His started to notice a difference. He gave up his opium pipe and sought reconciliation with estranged family members, a step unheard of in an honor-based society. His desire to help other opium addicts led him to start a series of “refuges”, which in turn became the seeds of the first churches in Shanxi province. Pastor His was a man of prayer who lived out the power of the gospel in a culture seeped in the ancestor worship and darkness. His life was not without mistakes and regrets, but in reading his story, Christians today can be inspired by a faithful follower of Jesus who lived in the power of the Spirit and helped to plant the church which continues to faithfully follow Jesus in the China of today. (Summary by MaryAnn)

Recording facts

• Recording title: One of China's Christians: Pastor Hsi of North China
• Author credits: Mrs. Howard Taylor
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 10:19:03

Catalogue topics

• christian
• Confucius
• demon
• taoism
• opium
• shanxi
• buddism
• china inland mission

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 00 - Preface — 18:44
2. 01 - The Great Change — 14:45
3. 02 - Conqueror of Demons — 8:17
4. 03 - Early Success and Failure — 11:03
5. 04 - Growing in Grace — 14:32
6. 05 - Starving the Village Idols — 6:21
7. 06 - Under-shepherds: A Problem — 13:22
8. 07 - Light on the Problem — 25:11
9. 08 - Finding his Life-Work — 26:04
10. 09 - A Visit to the Capital — 20:29
11. 10 - How the Work Spread — 25:20
12. 11 - How God Provided — 25:53
13. 12 - A Fresh Advance — 20:53
14. 13 - Reinforcements — 16:10
15. 14 - Not against Flesh and Blood — 16:55
16. 15 - For the Work of the Ministry — 28:44
17. 16 - West of the River — 26:00
18. 17 - A Winter's Work at Hung-tung — 27:02
19. 18 - Through Fire and through Water — 41:42
20. 19 - A Wealthy Place — 34:23
21. 20 - The Burden and Heat of the Day — 53:03
22. 21 - The Refuges as Mission Stations — 25:10
23. 22 - The Middle Eden — 42:34
24. 23 - Ready to Depart — 55:11

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