In Matthew 28:18-20 the Lord Jesus Christ says:

“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore GO and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.'”

I am wondering how many  people went, because they read the following:

“But the meeting was drawing to a close; the ‘foreign teacher’ had ceased speaking. Looking round upon the audience with the instinct of one accustomed to lead in such matters, Nyi rose  in his place and said with simple directness:

‘I HAVE LONG SOUGHT THE TRUTH, AS DID MY FATHER BEFORE ME, BUT WITHOUT FINDING IT. I HAVE TRAVELLED FAR AND NEAR, BUT HAVE NEVER SEARCHED IT OUT. IN CONFUCIANISM, BUDDHISM, TAOISM, I HAVE FOUND NO REST; BUT I DO FIND REST IN WHAT WE HAVE HEARD TO-NIGHT. HENCEFORTH  I AM A BELIEVER IN JESUS.’

He it was who, talking with Mr. Taylor, unexpectedly raised a question the pain of which was not easily forgotten.

‘How long have you had the glad tidings in England?’ he asked all unsuspectingly. The young missionary was ashamed to tell him, and vaguely replied that it was  several hundreds of years.

‘What’, exclaimed Nyi in astonishment, ‘several hundreds of years! Is it possible that you have known about Jesus so long, and only now have come to tell us?’

‘My father sought the truth for more than twenty years,’ he continued sadly, ‘and died without finding it. O , WHY DID YOU NOT COME SOONER?'”

(CAN YOU READ THAT WITHOUT TEARS IN YOUR EYES?)

Hudson Taylor in early years

The growth of a soul

Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor

pages 441-443

I read the the above as a young believer and I have never forgotten the words:

“OH,WHY DID YOU NOT COME SOONER?”

I WENT TO THAILAND!