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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 all things originate from God and ultimately return to Him, underscoring that the chief purpose of humanity is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. He explains that glorifying God involves making known His glory and yielding ourselves as instruments for His will. By recognizing that everything is from and through God, our surrender becomes more natural, leading us to fulfill our purpose of glorifying Him. Murray encourages believers to minister with the strength God provides, ensuring that all glory is directed to Him through Jesus Christ.
God Claims All
3. God Claims All. ‘To him are all things.’ The end ever returns to the beginning. All that comes forth from God returns to God. In the very nature of things, as all is of God and through God, all must be to him for his sake and glory. To the question, What is the chief end of man? There can be no higher answer than: To glorify God and enjoy him for ever. And how can man glorify him? Simply by making known what a glorious being he is, by proving that he is worthy to be honoured, trusted and obeyed. And this, again, is done very specially by just yielding ourselves to God to work in us all his will. As Peter says, ‘If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth, that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ.’ There is no higher way of glorifying God than being his passive instrument, waiting for him to work in us, doing our work as of the ability which God giveth. The more we know that all is of God, and all through God, the more spontaneous will be the surrender of all to God. Our one aim will be to glorify God. And in glorifying God we shall enjoy him. (Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 69)
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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.