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Education has been given us from above for the purpose of bringing to the benighted the knowledge of the Saviour.
David Livingstone
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David Livingstone
Age: 60 †
Born: 1813
Born: March 19
Died: 1873
Died: May 1
Explorer
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Blantyre
Lanarkshire
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Shall I tell you what supported me through all those years of exile among a people whose language I could not understand and whose attitude towards me we always uncertain and often hostile? It was this: Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
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All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk - who will help to heal this open sore of the world.
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I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.
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Fastings and vigils without a special object in view are time run to waste.
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Death alone will put a stop to my effort!
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Fear God and work hard.
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It is far easier to travel than to write about it.
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I'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.
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It is my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to His service.
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Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.
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I will go anywhere, provided it is forward.
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I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.
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Without Christ, not one step with Him, anywhere!
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If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?
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I'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the will of God.
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Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond
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All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.
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I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything will advance the interests of that kingdom, it shall be given away or kept only in reference to whether giving or keeping will most promote the glory1 of him to whom I owe all my hopes in time and eternity.
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It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our lives are devoted as having some sinister object in view.
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The islands above the falls are covered with foliage as beautiful as can be seen anywhere. Viewed from the mass of rock which overhangs the fall, the scenery was the loveliest I had seen.
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