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Love (pp.13-15)
Robert Chapman
"My business is to love others and not to seek that others shall love me."
He was a brilliant man from a wealthy home, yet he chose a life of poverty. He wanted to live and work with poor and uneducated people. By seeing Christ's love in a person who loved them, they could more readily believe the gospel message.
He found himself in the midst of a growing religious movement made up of many men and women with convictions similar to his own. Later he watched with grief as a portion of this movement turned inward and moved away from its initial love and openness. He was not strong enough to stop the wrenching apart, but as one of the few who were respected by many on both sides of the split, he was called upon to heal hurting souls and repair damaged congregations.
He became a missionary to missionaries. His home became a retreat for tired and discouraged Christian workers.
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