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The Lasting Contributions of a Wretched Worm
Was Carey right when he said, "I have done little for God"?
Dr. Timothy George is the founding dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a member of CHRISTIAN HISTORY's advisory board and author of Faithful Witness: The Life and Mission of William Carey (New Hope, 1991). | posted 10/01/1992 12:00AM
Inscribed on Carey’s Tomb is his simple epitaph—“A wretched, poor, and helpless worm, On Thy kind arms I fall.”
Long before his death at age 73, Carey had become a famous, even mythic, figure. Some of his acquaintances in England began collecting relics from his youth and early life: a cup from which he had drunk, a pair of shoes he had made, a wooden board advertising his cobbler business.
Carey would have none of it: “The less said about me the better,” he declared . And when he lay dying in 1834, he summoned fellow missionary Alexander Duff to his side and whispered, “Mr. Duff! You have been speaking about Dr. Carey, Dr. Carey; when I am gone, say nothing about Dr. Carey. Speak about Dr. Carey’s Savior.”
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Missionary Milestones
I believe Carey bears comparison with St. Francis or Martin Luther, persons of great faith who witnessed the death throes of one age and the birth pangs of another.
In particular, Carey and the Serampore Mission were catalysts for the Great Missions Century. Many ... To view this item, you must be a member of ChristianHistory.net.
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