Dr. Grant and the mountain Nestorians / by Rev. Thomas Laurie, surviving associate in that mission... with portrait, map of the country, illustrations, etc.
- Thomas Laurie
- Date:
- 1853
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Dr. Grant and the mountain Nestorians / by Rev. Thomas Laurie, surviving associate in that mission... with portrait, map of the country, illustrations, etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![hope that the grain of wheat, if it fall into the ground and die, will not remain alone.” The writer can almost see him as, after one of our bereave- ments, in Mosul, he stole gently into the room, and, in his quiet way, half afraid to renew grief, and yet longing to comfort, repeated that same thought, intimating that, just as the seed must die in order to produce the increase, so the body just laid in the grave would not only rise again, but rise with others, brought to the enjoyment of eternal life through its death. He adds: Pray for me, that G od would keep me from sloth [he is feeble, and suffers exceedingly from the heat of summer] ; remove from me entirely the love of the world ; and enable me, in my loneliness, to be perfect in his service; for I am all alone. I long to impart to others that which God has given me, and that is, the revelation of his dear Son, sent down from heaven, cruci- fied in my stead, that he might save me from the wrath to come. How shall I describe the greatness of my obligation to praise him for this grace ? One thing I know, and that is, that eveiy- fhing is from God, even faith also. Salvation is from the mercy of God in Christ. All is from him, and by him, to whom be glory and blessing forever ! “ Dear brother, the work is great, and we have no power to turn a single soul to God. The sorrow and grief of my heart does not cease while I see so many souls without the knowledge of the Lord Jesus, and every day some of them dying without turning to Christ. What Christian can see or hear of such a sight, and not weep ? Pray for me, that I may have grace to instruct, and that they may believe ! ” * 11 a letter dated Sept. 30, 1849, he gives the following account of himself: “ 1 was born in the year 1816. My parents were poor; and, with the neglect of spiritual things so universal here, they taught me nothing except the way in which I was. to earn my bread.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2935190x_0420.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
