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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 the urgent need for a missionary revival within the church, calling for a departure from mere religious formalities and a genuine commitment to God's mission. He challenges believers to take personal responsibility for the work of God, urging them to sacrifice their comforts and live out their faith actively. Murray stresses that true spiritual understanding and empowerment come only through God's intervention, and he calls for a deep reflection on what individuals have truly given to the mission. The time has come for the church to awaken and fully engage in the work of spreading the Gospel.
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The Need for a Missionary Revival Is Urgent.
The incapacity to grasp spiritually the meaning of God’s command and his promise of the power of the Holy Spirit for our work, can only be cast out by a special intervention of God’s omnipotence. It is high time for the church to bestir herself; we have played at missions long enough. What we need is to cast aside the mask of all mere religiosity, all that is simply form and tradition, and to live at the height of our profession. Long enough have we patronized the work of God and interested ourselves in it as amateurs; what we want today is to make it our work, to feel each of us his personal responsibility, to spend and be spent for it – not what we possess and can spare, but our very selves. In reality what have we done? What have we given? What have we sacrificed? Where does this spirit show itself in the details of daily life? What discipline are we willing to submit to? What ease, what luxuries, have we denied ourselves? The need for a missionary revival is urgent. (Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 53)
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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.