Adoniram Judson Part — 2
His Motivation
“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead”
(2 Corinthians 5:14).
“Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me”
(Acts 20:1).
Like the Apostle Paul, the two mighty motivations which sustained Mr. Judson in his sufferings for Christ and thrust him out in a ceaseless quest for souls were:
1. The desperate need of a perishing people.
2. The love of Christ.
In a letter pleading for missionary reinforcements, he speaks of “the sin of turning a deaf ear to the plaintive cry of tens of millions of immortal beings, who by their darkness and misery, cry day and night, ‘Come to our rescue, ye bright sons and daughters of America. Come and save us, for we are sinking into hell.’ ”
