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I am a missionary, heart and soul.

David Livingstone

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David Livingstone
Age: 60 †
Born: 1813
Born: March 19
Died: 1873
Died: May 1
Explorer
Geographer
Missionary
Physician Writer
Researcher
Blantyre
Lanarkshire
Heart
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May the time come when rich men and great men would think it an honor to support whole stations of missionaries in Africa, instead of spending their money on hounds and horses.
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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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Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.
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People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.
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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 will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.
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All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.
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Creeping with awe to the verge, I peered down into a large rent which had been made from bank to bank of the broad Zambezi, and saw that a stream of a thousand yards broad leaped down a hundred feet [30 m] and then became suddenly compressed into a space of fifteen to twenty yards.
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It is far easier to travel than to write about it.
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He who died for us, and Whom we ought to copy, did more for us than we can do for any one else. He endured the contradiction of sinners. We should have grace to follow in His steps.
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Death alone will put a stop to my effort!
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Fastings and vigils without a special object in view are time run to waste.
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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'll go anywhere as long as it's forward.
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.... the brisk exercise imparts elasticity to the muscles, fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain, the mind works well, the eye is clear, the step is firm, and a day's exertion always makes the evening's repose thoroughly enjoyable.
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I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.
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Though there is antipathy in the human heart to the gospel of Christ, yet when Christians make their good work shine, all admire them. It is when great disparity exists between profession and practice that we secure the scorn of mankind.
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I will try and remember always to approach God in secret with as much reverence in speech, posture, and behavior as in public. Help me, Thou who knowest my frame and pitiest as a father his children.
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Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond
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Oh, that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.
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