China.” His father was a chemist (American translation: druggist) by trade and was very active as a Methodist preacher in his district. Often the local pastors would gather at the Taylor table to discuss their work, and young Hudson would listen with keen interest. “I used to love to hear them talk,” he recalled years later. “Theology, sermons, politics, the Lord’s work at home and abroad, all were discussed with so much earnestness and intelligence. It made a great impression upon us as children.”