Adoniram Judson Gordon

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Adoniram Judson Gordon

Adoniram Judson Gordon (April 19, 1836 – February 2, 1895) was an American Baptist preacher, writer, composer, and founder of Gordon College.

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  • Doctrine is the frame-work of life; it is the skeleton of truth, to be clothed and rounded out by the living graces of a holy life. It is only the lean creature whose bones become offensive.
    • Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 194.
  • A mightier love for the Son of God, to overpower and subdue and lead captive these wayward and truant affections of the natural heart — this is what is needed.
    • Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 396.
  • Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness.
    • Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 555.

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