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Prayer is self-discipline. The effort to
realize the presence and power of God stretches the sinews of the soul and
hardens its muscles. To pray is to grow in grace. To tarry in the presence of
the King leads to new loyalty and devotion on the part of the faithful
subjects. Christian character grows in the secret-place of prayer. - Samuel
Marinus Zwemer
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Prayer is self-discipline. The effort to realize the presence and power of God stretches the sinews of the soul and hardens its muscles. To pray is to grow in grace. To tarry in the presence of the King leads to new loyalty and devotion on the part of the faithful subjects. Christian character grows in the secret-place of prayer. - Samuel Marinus Zwemer
Samuel Marinus Zwemer (April 12, 1867 – April 2, 1952), nicknamed The Apostle
to Islam, was an American missionary,
traveler, and scholar. He was born at Vriesland, Michigan. In 1887 he received an
A.B. from Hope College, Holland,
Mich., and in 1890, he received an M.A. from New Brunswick Theological Seminary,
New Brunswick, N. J.. His other degrees
include a D.D. from Hope College in 1904, a L.L.D. from Muskingum
College in 1918, and a D.D. from Rutgers
College in 1919.
After
being ordained to the Reformed Church ministry by the Pella,
Iowa Classis in 1890, he was a missionary at Busrah, Bahrein, and at
other locations in Arabia
from 1891 to 1905. He was a member of the Arabian Mission (1890–1913). Zwemer
served in Egypt
from 1913 to 1929. He also traveled widely in Asia Minor,
and he was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London.
In
1929 he was appointed professor of missions and professor of the history of
religion at the Princeton Theological Seminary,
where he taught until 1937. He had married Amy Elizabeth Wilkes on May 18,
1896. He was famously turned down by the American Missionary Society, which
resulted in him going overseas alone. He founded and edited the publication The
Moslem World for 35 years. He was influential in mobilizing many Christians
to go into missionary work in Islamic countries.
Zwemer
retired from active work on the faculty of Princeton College Seminary at the
age of seventy, but continued to write and publish books and articles as well
as doing a great deal of public speaking. Zwemer died in New York City at the
age of eighty-four.
According
to Ruth A. Tucker, Ph.D.,
Samuel Zwemer's converts were "probably less than a dozen during his
nearly forty years of service" and his "greatest contribution to
missions was that of stirring Christians to the need for evangelism among
Muslims".
O Lord, our God, You have commanded us to be as perfect as You, God are perfect: graft into our hearts, we pray, a continual desire to obey Your will. Lead us and teach us day by day what You would have us to do, and give us courage, strength, gentleness and forbearance to fulfil the same. May we never, for love of ease, decline the path set before us, nor for the fear of shame, turn away from it. We ask these for the honour and glory of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen..........
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The history of missions is the history of
answered prayer. From Pentecost to the Haystack meeting in New England and from
the days when Robert Morrison landed in China to the martyrdom of John and
Betty Stam, prayer has been the source of power and the secret of spiritual
triumph. - Samuel Marinus Zwemer
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SOURCE: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/544964]
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OTHER LINKS:
Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies
Open Arms to the Muslim World - The
Story of Samuel Zwemer
“Mould me and make me after
your will. While I am waiting, yielded and still.”
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