heathen

• If ever I have to distribute tracts in another world, I am going to wrap a piece of soap in every one, for I am more and more convinced that the surest way to heaven for the heathen is the Soapy Way. —  The Lady of the Decoration
• He always gives the explanation before the incident; but so, for the matter of that, does the Gospel of St. John. For Bernard Shaw, as for the mystics, Christian and heathen (and Shaw is best described as a heathen mystic), the philosophy of facts is anterior to the facts themselves. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of George Bernard Shaw, by Gilbert K. Chesterton.
• Again:--"The conversion of the heathen is the object which above all others I wish to pursue. —  Life of William Carey
• Well, I have God, and His Word is sure; and though the superstitions of the heathen were a million times worse than they are, if I were deserted by all, and persecuted by all, yet my hope, fixed on that sure Word, will rise superior to all obstructions, and triumph over all trials. —  Life of William Carey
• And I have also been puzzled with this thought--if God has some method of revealing Christ to the heathen that we know not of, why are Christians so anxious to send the Gospel to the heathen That thought has never occurred to me," replied Betty, "because our reason for going forth to preach the Gospel to the heathen is the simple one that God commands us to do so. —  Twice Bought

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