‘You’re just out of date,’ said a young Pastor Bate
To one of our faithful old preachers
Who had carried for years, in travail and tears,
The Gospel to poor, sinful creatures.
‘You still preach on Hades, and shock cultured ladies
With your barbarous doctrine of blood;
You’re so far behind, you’ll never catch up.
You’re a flat tire stuck in the mud.’
For some little while a wee bit of a smile
Enlightened the old preacher’s face,
Being made the butt of a ridiculous cut
Did not ruffle his sweetness and grace.
Then he turned to young Bate, so suave and sedate,
‘Catch up, did my ears hear you say?
Why I couldn’t succeed if I doubled your speed;
My friend, I’m not going your way.’
poem by famous cricket star Charles T. Studd (1860-1931) who gave up his
sports career to be a missionary in the Congo
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Dr Bob Griffin
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“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”