“...but what grieved him most was his inability to love these people as Christ had loved them.”
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“His only solace and support was in the thought of that other man who had also tasted fear and trembling. And then there was joy in the thought that he was not alone.”
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“I was only giving expression to a sad reflection that was rising in my mind. Kichijiro was right in saying that all men are not saints and heroes. How many of our Christians, if only they had been born in another age from this persecution would never have been confronted with the problem of apostasy or martyrdom but would have lived blessed lives of faith until the very hour of death.”
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“If we did not believe that truth is universal, why should so many missionaries endure these hardships? It is precisely because truth is common to all countries and all times that we call it truth. If a true doctrine were not true alike in Portugal and Japan we could not call it true.”
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“The wisdom of peasants shows itself in their ability to pretend that they are fools.”
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