How To Be Patient In Tribulation
PATIENT IN TRIBULATION
by Dr. Harold Sala
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” -Romans 12:12
If ever a man was patient in tribulation it was William Carey, who as a missionary to India, pioneered the modern missionary movement. Carey was born in England to a modest mother and father, a yeoman, which meant that he probably owned a small piece of ground.
Unable to either send his son away to school or to pass on an inheritance to him, he apprenticed young William to a shoemaker, who died before Carey had finished his apprenticeship.
In the early 1800’s, it was difficult, if not nearly impossible, for someone of such lowly birth and status to ever gain recognition, yet Carey eventually did, being recognized by institutions and even governments for his work as a linguist and a social reformer.
William Carey was an unlikely candidate for success, if ever there was one.
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