"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."
— C.S. Lewis
Source: "Christian Apologetics," in God in the Dock
Christ, important
Views: 430
"We have some labors and sorrows to bear, but they are everywhere; besides we must gain heaven by the sweat of our brow. If we should have to suffer martyrdom, it would be a great grace for the good God to bestow upon us. It is a thing to desire, not to fear; so, my dear parents, have no other solicitude for me than to pray for my salvation and that I may contribute to the salvation of others."
— Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
Source: Letter of Jean-Gabriel Perboyre to his father, China, August 22, 1837, in Life of Blessed John Gabriel Perboyre (trans. from the French; Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1894), pp. 191–192
Christ, Breath, God, China, Praise
Views: 273
"May God take hold of all His workers — natives and foreigners; and make all men with one purpose to know Jesus Christ, and to make Him known, to magnify Him in our bodies, or rather, let Him be magnified, whether by our life or death. Amen."
— Cecil H. Polhill-Turner
Source: Letter from China, in B. Broomhall (ed.), The Evangelisation of the World: A Missionary Band (1887)
Christ, love, heart, world, wealth and glory
Views: 189
"The preacher of the gospel proclaims everywhere those great truths which lie at the foundation of democratic principles, as for instance, the intrinsic value of each individual soul in the eyes of God and its latent power of sonship to the Highest; the brotherhood of man; and the Fatherhood of God. Then, in addition, he awakens in the minds of his hearers new conceptions of righteousness and sin, and puts before them higher moral ideals than any they have ever apprehended. Furthermore, he implants in their hearts new hope in regard to salvation and personal immortality."
— Francis Lister Hawks Pott
Source: The Emergency in China (1913), ch. "The Influence of Christianity"
"A few days were sufficient to transform this sad youth into one whose whole being, spirit, soul, and body, was irradiated with a new life. He read the Scriptures as one who found great treasure."
— Mildred Cable & Francesca French
Source: Through Jade Gate and Central Asia (1927), ch. XIV
Christ, Power, Life
Views: 148
"In social service the Christian women will be able to mold those outside of their immediate home sphere. Already an army of Bible-women and day school teachers are scattered throughout the length and breadth of the land and are bringing light and life to thousands of homes which would be otherwise cut off from all means of advancement, intellectual as well as spiritual; nurses, doctors, and higher grade teachers are also adding their quota of enlightenment and you have a leaven of immeasurable value in the development of the country."
— Ida Kahn (Kang Cheng)
Source: "The Place of Chinese Christian Women in the Development of China," The Chinese Recorder 50 (October 1919): 659–662
Christ, Life, Church, Illness, Cross, Service
Views: 102