William Carey Quotes
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I went to India as a missionary to save England from spiritual collapse.
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I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.
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If the biographer gives me credit for being a plodder, he will describe me justly. Anything beyond this will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.
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...even on the low ground of common sense I seemed to be called to be a missionary. Is the kingdom a harvest field? Then I thought it reasonable that I should seek to work where the work was most abundant and the workers fewest.
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It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.
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I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with God.
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To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him.
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We have only to keep the end in view, and have our hearts thoroughly engaged in the pursuit of it, and means will not be very difficult.
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I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, "Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God
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I will venture to go... but remember that you must hold the ropes.
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Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.
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A Christian minister is a person who in a peculiar sense is not his own; he is the servant of God, and therefore ought to be wholly devoted to Him.
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Those who would be employed in propagating the Gospel should be familiar with the doctrines he is to combat and the doctrines he is to teach, and acquire a complete knowledge both of the Sacred Scriptures and of these philosophical and mythological dogmas which form the souls of the Buddhist and Hindu Systems.
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Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.
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To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.
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I feel it my duty to plod on while daylight last.
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You have been saying much about Dr. Carey and his work. When I am gone, say nothing about Dr. Carey; speak about Dr. Carey's Saviour.
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The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer.
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We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for.
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I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.
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There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead. Therefore, we must go forward.
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Surely it is worthwhile to lay ourselves out with all our might in promoting the cause and kingdom of Christ.
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Every Christian should live life with an open Bible and an open map.
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, a little before his departure, commissioned his apostles to Go, and teach all nations; or, as another evangelist expresses it, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. This commission was as extensive as possible, and laid them under obligation to disperse themselves into every country of the habitable globe, and preach to all the inhabitants, without exception, or limitation. They accordingly went forth in obedience to the command, and the power of God evidently wrought with them.