Arthur Judson quotes

“Does any sane man imagine that the church could cease to be missionary and remain the church?”
-- Arthur Judson

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“The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.”

“Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.”

“I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.”

“A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.”

“The Church is not a showboat; it's a battleship.”

“Unless I am sure I am doing more at home to send the gospel abroad than I can do abroad, I am bound to go.”

“I feel it is my duty to plod on, while daylight shall last...”

Source : ADONIRAM JUDSON (1854). “RECORDS OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND ACHIEVEMENTS”, p.339

“I had the constitution of a missionary.”

Source : Alexandra Fuller (2014). “Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador Classic”, p.42, Pan Macmillan

“Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer.”