John Mott
John Mott
John Raleigh Mottwas a long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Associationand the World Student Christian Federation. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace. He shared the prize with Emily Balch. From 1895 until 1920 Mott was the General Secretary of the WSCF. Intimately involved in the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948, that body elected him as a...
fields housing massive open school seen turn
I've seen open fields turn into massive housing tracts, ... And when I was in school, there were only two gangs.
bummed next people tend
You're working out, you're training. It's development for next year. If people don't play, then tend to get bummed out.
call fun gives valley
I always thought it would be something fun to do, ... Every call is different. But I'd say being from the valley gives me an edge.
prayer college men
The men that will change the colleges and seminaries here represented are the men that will spend the most time alone with God... It takes time for the fires to burn. It takes time for God to draw near and for us to know that He is there. It takes time to assimilate His truth.
prayer men fundamentals
We fail to prevail with unconverted men because of our more fundamental failure to prevail with God in prayer.
social-work christianity evangelism
Evangelism without social work is deficient; social work without evangelism is impotent.
prayer fields overcoming
Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.
prayer world missions
The history of missions is a history of prayer. Everything vital to the success of the world's evangelization hinges on prayer.
generations
No other generation but ours can evangelize the present generation.
prayer spirit pentecost
From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power.
prayer real order
In order to have real prayer and action to change things, we must have conviction as to the need of prayer and action. In order to have conviction as to the need of prayer and action, we must have knowledge.
prayer light agency
It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy.
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As the President has indicated, my life has been a life of travel - for 60 years constantly moving over the wide world on journeys which first and last have taken me to 83 countries, and, what is more significant, to most of them again and again.