Jason G. Duesing > Quotes

“Better, my brethren, [to] wear out and die within three years than live forty in slothfulness.”
― Jason G. Duesing, Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary

“Neither the tears of his mother and sister nor the hopes and dreams of his father could deter him from his call to go to the nations for Jesus’ sake.”
― Jason G. Duesing, Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary

“Judson once remarked, “It is possible my life will be spared; if so, with what [zeal] shall I pursue my work! If not—His will be done. The door will be open for others who will do the work better.”10”
― Jason G. Duesing, Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary

“The poor Burmans are entirely destitute of those consolations and joys which constitute our happiness; and why should we be unwilling to part with a few fleeting, inconsiderable comforts, for the sake of making them sharers with us in joys exalted as heaven, durable as eternity! We cannot expect to do much, in such a rough, uncultivated field; yet, if we may be instrumental in removing some of the rubbish, and preparing the way for others, it will be a sufficient reward. I have been accustomed to view this field of labor, with dread and terror; but I now feel perfectly willing to make it my home the rest of my life.”
― Jason G. Duesing, Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary

“One of the most pathetic pages in the history of Christian missions is that which describes the scene when Judson was finally released and returned to the mission house seeking Ann, who again had failed to visit him for some weeks. As he ambled down the street as fast as his maimed ankles would permit, the tormenting question kept repeating itself, “Is Ann still alive?” Upon reaching the house, the first object to attract his attention was a fat, half-naked Burman woman squatting in the ashes beside a pan of coals and holding on her knees an emaciated baby, so begrimed with dirt that it did not occur to him that it could be his own. Across the foot of the bed, as though she had fallen there, lay a human object that, at the first glance, was no more recognizable than his child. The face was of a ghastly paleness and the body shrunken to the last degree of emaciation. The glossy black curls had all been shorn from the finely-shaped head. There lay the faithful and devoted wife who had followed him so unwearily from prison to prison, ever alleviating his distresses and consoling him in his trials. Presently Ann felt warm tears falling upon her face and, rousing from her daze, saw Adoniram at her side.12”
― Jason G. Duesing, Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary

“One statement recorded from that convention summarizes well the life of Adoniram Judson, guided by the Spirit and the Word: The mighty significance of the Judson spirit is not the fact that when a missionary is left alone with his Bible he becomes a Baptist, but the significant thing is that when a Baptist is left alone with his Bible he becomes a missionary.”
― Jason G. Duesing, Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary

“The mighty significance of the Judson Spirit is not the fact that when a missionary is left alone with his Bible he becomes a Baptist, but the significant thing is that when a Baptist is left alone with his Bible he becomes a missionary.”
― Jason G. Duesing, Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary

“Such a man as Carey is more to me than bishop or archbishop: he is an apostle.”
― Jason G. Duesing, Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary

“The emphasis on the translation of Scripture as an essential part of missions represents the predominate methodology employed during the early years of the modern missions movement.”
― Jason G. Duesing, Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary