James Gilmour quotes
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“I thought it reasonable that I should seek the work where the work was the most abundant and the workers fewest.”
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“But I go out as a missionary not that I may follow the dictates of common sense, but that I may obey that command of Christ, 'Go into all the world and preach.' He who said 'preach,' said also, 'Go ye into and preach,' and what Christ hath joined together let not man put asunder.”
-- James GilmourSource : James Gilmour (1892). “James Gilmour of Mongolia: His Diaries, Letters and Reports”
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“I go out as a missionary not that I may follow the dictates of common sense, but that I may obey that command of Christ.”
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“This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction, and, as far as I can see, those to whom it was first delivered regarded it in that light, so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my going forth is a matter of obedience to a plain command; and in place of seeking to assign a reason for going abroad, I would prefer to say that I have failed to discover any reason why I should stay at home.”
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“The ten days we passed there [at Ta Chêng Tzu], we were the song of the drunkard and the jest of the abjects; but the peace of God passes all understanding, and that kept my heart and mind. We put a calm front on, put out our stand daily, and carried ourselves as if nothing had happened. The great thought of my mind in these days, - and the great object of my life, - is to be like Christ. As He was in the world, so we are to be. He was in the world to manifest God; we are in the world to manifest Christ.”
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“To me the soul of an Indian seemed as precious as the soul of an Englishman, and the Gospel as much for the Chinese as for the European.”
-- James GilmourSource : James Gilmour (1892). “James Gilmour of Mongolia: His Diaries, Letters and Reports”
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“This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction; so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my going forth is a matter of obedience to a plain command.”
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“...in place of seeking a reason for going abroad, I would prefer to say that I have failed to discover any reason why I should stay at home.”
-- James GilmourSource : James Gilmour (1892). “James Gilmour of Mongolia: His Diaries, Letters and Reports”
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“Do not we rest in our day too much on the arm of flesh? Cannot the same wonders be done now as of old? Do not the eyes of the Lord still run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those who put their trust in Him? Oh, that God would give me more practical faith in Him! Where is now the Lord God of Elijah? He is waiting for Elijah to call on Him.”
-- James Gilmour
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“We prefer one room in Rangoon to six in Boston. We feel that we are highly blessed.”
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“An apostolic missionary must have both heart and tongue ablaze with charity.”
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“I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life.”
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“Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.”
Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert, 1935.
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“When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.”
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“I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.”
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“I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.”
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“A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.”
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