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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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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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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To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him.
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To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.
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Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.
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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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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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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'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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Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.
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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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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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I will venture to go... but remember that you must hold the ropes.
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I feel it my duty to plod on while daylight last.
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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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Every Christian should live life with an open Bible and an open map.
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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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The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer; and it is in this way, we have the greatest reason to suppose, that the glorious out-pouring of the Spirit, which we expect at last, will be bestowed.