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  (A LARGER CHRISTIAN LIFE) 11. ENLARGED WORK
  by A.B. Simpson
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"Enlarge the place of thy tent." Isa. liv: 2a About one hundred years
ago a humble Baptist preacher stood in an English pulpit and announced
this text at the opening of what was perhaps the first Missionary
Convention of modern times. He then proposed the two following divisions
as the themes of his discourse. 1. Attempt great things for God. 2.
Expect great things from God. And then from these two propositions,
themselves inspiring enough to impel the whole missionary movement, he
proceeded to preach a sermon which became the watchword of the greatest
Christian movement, since Apostolic days. That was the birthday of
modern missions. Soon he himself was a missionary in Calcutta, and today
an army of missionaries is girdling the world and about to multiply more
and more every year until the Master comes. The preacher had been one of
those whom the Lord delights to use-one of the weak things, and the
things that are despised. A humble cobbler, he had supported himself by
toiling all day long at his last, but while his hands were busy, his
heart was out upon the world, and his eyes were often upon the maps that
lined the walls of his workshop, and the calculations and plans for the
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