The Power to Endure
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
One of the most frequently quoted verses in the whole of the Bible is that verse in which the prophet Isaiah speaks of the results of waiting upon God. “That they wait upon the Lord,” he says, “shall renew their strength.” In this pamphlet, published after the first year fighting in World War II, Jones’ reiterates the need for Christian ministers and churches to remember that strength, to “endure”—to keep the faith and the work of the faithful going strong—during times of hardship.
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Key Features
- Provides biblical insight and practical application
- Focuses on staying strong during times of hardship
- Includes completely searchable content linked to the other resources in your Logos library
Top Highlights
“No big thing is ever going to be accomplished, no great life is ever going to be lived, without this power to endure, this ability to ‘walk without being faint.’” (Page 6)
“You have enthusiasm but have you the power to endure?’” (Page 7)
“It is a finer proof of the sustaining grace of God that it enables a man to ‘run without being weary’ than it is that it enables him to ‘mount up with wings as eagles.’ But the finest proof of all of the power of that grace lies here, that when a man has no longer breath to run, it enables him still to ‘walk without being faint.’ That is the splendid climax of the whole. The prophet has said the last word about the sufficient grace of God, when he says that when the soaring and the running are all over, it still keeps a man trudging it along the narrow way of duty and sacrifice, step after step, day after day, without halting or wavering, ‘walking without being faint.’” (Page 4)
About John Daniel Jones
John Daniel Jones (1865–1942) was a Congregational minister, preacher, and popular author. He earned his MA from Owen’s College, Manchester, and his BD from St. Andrews in 1889. He was later awarded honorary DD degrees from the universities of St. Andrews, Manchester, and Wales. In 1888 he became minister of Richmond Hill Church, Bournemouth, where he remained until his retirement. It was from that pulpit where most of his popular sermons were delivered and where he earned the nickname “Archbishop of Congregationalism.” His church at Richmond Hill was considered to be one of the most renowned of nonconformist congregations in the whole country of England.
