Similarities Between Taylor And Mary Slessor

Taylor and Mary Slessor. After their amazing work, as missionaries, many others wanted to be just like them and go wherever they desire just as Taylor and Slessor did. Many people still look up to these amazing missionaries. These missionaries have many differences and similarities that make them so unique as missionaries. Mary Slessor was born in 1848 in a struggling family while Hudson Taylor was born in 1832 and lived in a middle class family. In Slessor’s early life as a child she had it really hard. She had barely any education and wanted to learn really bad. Although, someone like Hudson Taylor already had a lot of education as a young child. Mary Slessor was finally able to get some education and actually became a teacher. Having the education that he had already had, Hudson Taylor was to be a doctor. When Mary Slessor wanted to be a missionary, her desire was to go to Calabar which most missionaries did not want to go to. Hudson Taylor’s desire was to go to China. He studied about China even before he went which showed how determined he was. In Calabar, Mary was usually treating the sick, teaching the bible, and visiting different places around Africa. It was said in research that one of Taylor’s reasons for being a missionary in China was to seek Gods will on Earth. In …show more content…
People were so surprised when Mary Slessor had stood up for the women that would have had been whipped 100 times. She ended changing it to only 10 whips which had saved these two women. Hudson Taylor was so caring to the Chinese. One of the biggest similarities between them was that both wanted to go to these dangerous places that others don’t dare to go. By the time of Taylor’s death this mission board had over 800 missionaries. Same with Slessor, because this “girl” had gone somewhere so dangerous many other people wanted to be just like that and go to