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Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.
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Andrew Murray emphasizes that God's heart is dedicated to the salvation of all people, demonstrated through the gift of His Son and Spirit. He encourages believers to become fellow-laborers in God's work, reminding them that His grace is sufficient for every command. Murray believes that a genuine missionary revival is achievable, as God desires to transform the hearts of His children to prioritize the kingdom of Christ. This revival, starting with believers, will lead to a powerful overflow of salvation and service to the unsaved. He calls for earnest prayer and commitment to this mission.
God’s Heart Is Set on the Salvation of Men and Women.
God’s heart is set on the salvation of men and women; the gift of his Son and Spirit is the proof of it. God’s heart is set upon making us fellow-labourers, sharers in the glory and blessedness of his work. For every command the promise holds good: ‘My grace is sufficient for thee.’ To the last great command, ‘every creature’, obedience is possible. Do let us believe that a missionary revival is possible. God is able. God longs so to transform the hearts of his children that the kingdom of Christ shall be the absorbing passion of their lives. He will do it for those who cry to him for it. As he does this others will be wakened and blessed too. And instead of, as in most revivals, the conversion of sinners only bringing a temporary warmth and rousing, without leading them into the life of full consecration, the revival that begins with God’s children, and aims at nothing less than leading them each to make the extension of the kingdom the one object and joy of their existence, will soon overflow on the unsaved at home and abroad, and the new birth will bring them into an atmosphere of health and service in the power of the Spirit. Such a revival is possible. (Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 55)
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Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.