Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Fishing

My creative juices have dried up during this warm spell so I went fishing in the Scribblings archives again and found the following post.  It was written three (3) years ago today.  With the exception of a couple of slight changes I have reproduced the post as it appeared on July 28th, 2007.  Your comments are welcomed.

Here it is:

O. K. friends, here are Sixteen Saints who I'd love to spend time with on a quiet summer afternoon. I've listed eight (8) women and eight (8) men who I would love to get to know better. Many are dead now but these would be my SIXTEEN SAINTS.

WOMEN:
  1. AMY CARMICHAEL
  2. ELISABETH ELLIOT (pictured)
  3. SUSANNA WESLEY
  4. RUTH BELL GRAHAM
  5. FANNY CROSBY
  6. ELIZABETH SKOGLUND
  7. FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL
  8. EVANGELINE FISHER (my grandmother)
MEN:
  1. JIM ELLIOT
  2. GEORGE MULLER
  3. CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
  4. D. L. MOODY
  5. ROBERT CLEAVER CHAPMAN
  6. BILLY GRAHAM
  7. ANDREW BONAR
  8. ROBERT MURRAY M'CHEYNE
  9. J. HUDSON TAYLOR
Oops, that makes seventeen. I neglected to add my hero, Hudson Taylor and I couldn't remove a name from the list so we have SEVENTEEN  SAINTS.

Of course I could add 50 more but this would be my list as of now. What about yours?

I'd be curious to read your list of Sixteen (or Seventeen) Saints. Go ahead! Make your list! God bless!
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3 comments:

  1. mercygracewordJuly 28, 2010 at 9:31 PM

    David,
    Definitely some crossover - Amy and Elizabeth for sure - also an unnamed woman from the Corinthians church Paul wrote to - lots of questions to ask her about 1 Cor. 11, 12, 13, 14 etc. :O) Also Anne Ross Cousins another great hymn writer, Isabel Kuhn, Noel Piper, Sarah (Abraham's wife), Jonathan Edward's wife Sarah.
    Men - George Mueller, Hudson Taylor, Samuel Rutherford, John Calvin, William Carey, Randy Alcorn, a Chinese House church pastor, and I want to think about the last selection.

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  2. ROBERT LLOYD RUSSELLJuly 29, 2010 at 12:38 PM

    Jim Elliot is mentioned number one in your Men list. I knew Jim Elliot well when I was a small boy - even living with him and his family for awhile.
    You and some of your listeners may be interested to know that a new book has just been released which contains his own words. Like his Journals it really shows his passion and love of his Savior.
    The book "JIM ELLIOT: A Christian Martyr Speaks To You" contains transcribed messages which he spoke prior to leaving for the mission field. I was privileged to transcribe and lightly edit the material
    May God continue to bless you and your ministry for Him.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 31, 2010 at 2:03 PM

    I hadn't heard of Chapman. Just read the summary on Wikipedia.

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