"Abraham, a simple farmer, at a word from……" — Charles Studd
"Abraham, a simple farmer, at a word from the Invisible God, marched, with family and stock, through the terrible desert to a distant land to live among a people whose language he could neither speak nor understand! Not bad, that!"
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Charles Studd
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27 Quotes by Charles Studd
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How little chance the Holy Ghost has nowadays. The churches and missionary societies have so bound Him in red tape…
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Had I cared for the comments of people, I should never have been a missionary.
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Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a…
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The light that shines farthest shines brightest nearest home.
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Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration.
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For five years we never went outside our doors without a volley of curses from our neighbours.
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Christ wants not nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible.
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True religion is like the smallpox. If you get it, you give it to others and it spreads.
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I cannot tell you what joy it gave me to bring the first soul to the Lord Jesus Christ. I…
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I realized that my life was to be one of simple, childlike faith, and that my part was to trust,…
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Christ wants not nibblers of the possible, but grabbers of the impossible, by faith in the omnipotence, fidelity, and wisdom…
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My only joys therefore are that when God has given me a work to do, I have not refused it.
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The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States…
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And we're also remembering the guiding light of our Judeo-Christian tradition. All of us here today are descendants of Abraham,…
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I knew, however, that it would cost ten times what I had available in order to build a molecular beam…
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I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion.…
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We see in Islam a religion that traces its origins back to God's call on Abraham. We share your belief…
— George W. Bush
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