Missionary Faith by Edward A. Lawrence, D.D.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jun 7, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 23.

Missionary Faith

By Edward A. Lawrence, D.D.

Missionary Faith.—The faith of the missionary should be a sound faith, having in itself the promise of life and healthy development; a positive faith, not distrusting and consuming itself, but aggressive and dominant in its hold upon others, persuasive of their minds, and constructive of both character and faith for the new church. It should be a deep faith, laying hold upon God; a biblical faith, resting on the foundation of Jesus Christ and His apostles; a broad faith, comprehensive enough to include Asiatic as well as European schools of theology; a simple faith, suited to the intelligence of a strange people and an infant church; a reverent faith, not dogmatizing beyond the limits of revelation; and a well-proportioned faith, placing main emphasis upon the central and fundamental features of the Gospel.—Edward A. Lawrence, D.D.