July 13, 2013
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Adoniram Judson: "He was a man of prayer."
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Adoniram Judson: "He was a man of prayer."
Today is the 200th anniversary of Ann and Adoniram Judson arriving in Burma.
In his book "Life of Adoniram Judson" (New York: Edward O. Jenkins), 1883, Judson's son Edward shares this testimony of his father (p. 311):
He was a man of prayer. His habit was to walk while engaged in private prayer. One who knew him most intimately says that "His best and freest time for meditation and prayer was while walking rapidly in the open air. He, however, attended to the duty in his room, and so well was this peculiarity understood that when the children heard a somewhat heavy, quick, but well-measured tread, up and down the room, they would say, 'Papa is praying.' "
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O, LORD our God,
send forth your Holy Spirit to humble us and show us our insufficiency,
that we might not rely on ourselves, but on Christ,
that we might become men and women and boys and girls of prayer like Adoniram Judson,
and have this testimony:
"Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?"
(Song of Solomon 8:5a)* * *
* Please add your PRAYERS below as God's Holy Spirit leads you. *
Photo credits: Works found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adoniram_judson.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AnnHJudson.jpg / both {{PD-Art|PD-old-100}}.
HT: for the book text: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=vUsoAAAAYAAJ)
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