J. H. Oldham Quotes

United Kingdom, Missionary
1874 – 1969.

Joseph Houldsworth Oldham (1874–1969), known as J. H. or Joe, was a Scottish missionary in India, who became a significant figure in Christian ecumenism, though never ordained in the United Free Church as he had wished.

The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child.

J. H. Oldham
- Children
- Sleep
- Kiss
To attempt to commit the Church to social and political programs may be a short cut . . to escape from the more difficult and costly responsibility of submitting ourselves to those deeper changes of disposition and outlook which are in the end a much more powerful revolutionary force.

J. H. Oldham

Life for the Christian is a dialogue with God.

J. H. Oldham
- Life
- God
- Christian
Faith is an active creative force.

J. H. Oldham
- Faith
- Creative
- Force
Differences were meant not to divide but to enrich.

J. H. Oldham