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# Edward Norris Kirk

(1802–1874)   Missionary

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Edward Norris Kirk was a missionary.

## Quick Facts About Edward Norris Kirk

Born August 14, 1802

Died March 27, 1874

Profession Missionary

## About Edward Norris Kirk

American Christian missionary, pastor, teacher, evangelist and writer... \| Edward Norris Kirk, was a Christian missionary, pastor, teacher, evangelist and writer in the Presbyterian, Congregational and revivalist traditions in the US. He founded the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York, following a schism at the Second Presbyterian Church in the same city, and late

##  Quotes by Edward Norris Kirk

> [Your great employment is to bring the individual souls of men to Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norris-kirk/your-great-employment-is-to-bring-the-individual-souls-of-men-to/)

Edward Norris Kirk

[Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/)

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> [Other books we may read and criticise. To the Scriptures we must bow the entire soul, with all its faculties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norris-kirk/other-books-we-may-read-and-criticise-to-the-scriptures-we-must-bow/)

Edward Norris Kirk

[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/)

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> [A refusal to believe that God loves us is the unbelief which destroys the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norris-kirk/a-refusal-to-believe-that-god-loves-us-is-the-unbelief-which-destroys/)

Edward Norris Kirk

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/edward-norris-kirk-66275_believe_a-refusal-to-believe-that-god-loves-us-i_1938745.jpg)

> [Brethren, the Deity was not revealed to gratify our curiosity, or to increase our pride of intellect, but to bring us into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-norris-kirk/brethren-the-deity-was-not-revealed-to-gratify-our-curiosity-or-to/)

Edward Norris Kirk

[Affection](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affection/)

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