穌的教導,
In more recent times the modern missionary movement received nearly all its direction and initial impetus from those in the Calvinistic and Puritan tradition. The list includes such men as William Carey, John Ryland, Henry Martyn, Robert Moffat, David Livingstone, John G. Paton, John R. Mott, and many others. For all these the doctrines of grace were not an appendage to Christian thought but were rather that which was central and which most fired and gave form to their preaching and missionary efforts.
This, of course, is precisely why I am reviewing this history—to show that the doctrines known as Calvinism are not something that emerged late in church history but rather are that which takes its origins in the teachings of Jesus, which has been found throughout the church in many periods, and which has always been characteristic of the church at its greatest periods of faith and expansion. It follows from this that the church of Jesus Christ will again see great days when these truths are widely proclaimed, and proclaimed fearlessly.
近代以來,現代傳教運動幾乎所有的方向和最初的推動力都來自加爾文主義和清教傳統。該名單包括威廉·凱里、約翰·賴蘭、亨利·馬丁、羅伯特·莫法特、大衛·利文斯通、約翰·G·佩頓、約翰·R·莫特等。對於所有這些,恩典教義並不是基督教思想的附屬物,而是最核心的教義,最能激發並賦予他們的傳講和傳道事工努力的形式。
當然,這正是我回顧這段歷史的原因——為了表明加爾文主義的教義並不是在教會歷史中後期出現的,而是起源於耶穌的教義,而耶穌的教義在整個教會中都可以找到。教會在許多時期都是如此,這始終是教會在信仰和擴張最偉大時期的特徵。由此可見,耶穌基督的教會將再次看到這些真理被廣泛宣講、並且無所畏懼地宣講的偉大日子。