"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"
Christ, religion, tolerance, morality, faith, hope, Heavenly Father, presence
Views: 182
"Between the solemn urgency of the last great command of the risen Saviour to His disciples to preach the Gospel to every creature, and the practice of many who call Him Lord, there is a discrepancy which may well provoke thought. With Him it was the one great work above all others, and that its difficulties might not dismay those to whom it was committed, He assured them of His power, and for their comfort, promised His own presence. Did He make too much of the work, or do His people make too little? One of the two it must be; which is it?"
— Benjamin Broomhall
Source: The Evangelisation of the World: A Missionary Band — A Record of Consecration, and an Appeal, Introduction to the First Edition
The Great Commission, preaching the gospel, to all nations, light, darkness.
Views: 193
"Devello Z. Sheffield (1841–1913) was sent to China by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and reached Tongzhou in 1869. Finding little success in direct preaching, he turned to education; in 1893 the Tongzhou schools were reorganized as the North China College, and he served as its president until 1909. He wrote numerous Chinese textbooks, including Universal History (1881) and a Political Economy (1896). In 1895 he was attacked by two men and left with more than thirty wounds; after recovering, he petitioned for the release of the attacker who was still in custody."
— Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia, "Devello Z. Sheffield" (citing Smith 1913, Latourette 1935, Paterno 1970, et al.)
Private property, God, people, finance, justice, love, selfishness
Views: 226
"You go out to a village and sit down by a group. The people are always keen to hear, and so friendly. … and you have the fullest opportunity of telling the story which always seems to be better for the telling—the story of the Cross. … God grant that every cubic inch of one's being may be used to tell of Jesus and His love … The time is short, and we have only one life to lay at the feet of our Master."
— Stanley Peregrine Smith
Source: Letter from P'ing-yang Fu, Shansi (1885), in B. Broomhall, ed., The Evangelisation of the World: A Missionary Band (1887), p. 46
People, reputation, China, Jesus, Christ, soul, wealth.
Views: 174
"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
"In the summer of 1885 J. W. Stevenson of the China Inland Mission spent days with Hsi at P'ing-yang, and long afterwards recalled: "To him God was a reality. In everything and always, he dealt with God. … It was impossible to be with Hsi without having prayer. His first instinct in everything was to turn to God. Long before daylight, those summer mornings, I used to hear him in his room across the courtyard, praying and singing by the hour together. Prayer seemed the very atmosphere of his life, and he expected and received the most evident answers.""
— Mrs. Howard Taylor (biographer)
Source: Pastor Hsi: One of China's Christians (1903), ch. 15, "For the Work of the Ministry"
Life, prayer, ritual, breath, God, request
Views: 188