Actually Zwemer was quoting this:

The Gates of Time and Other Poems by Frederick George Scott

OUR DUTY The great world’s heart is aching, aching fiercely in the night, And God alone can heal it, and God alone give light; And the men to bear that message, and to speak the living word, Are you and I, my brothers, and the millions that have heard. Can we close our eyes to duty? Can we fold our hands at ease, 5 While the gates of night stand open to the pathways of the seas? Can we shut up our compassions? Can we leave one prayer unsaid, Till the lands which Hell has blasted have been quickened from the dead? We grovel among trifles and our spirits fret and toss, While above us burns the vision of the Christ upon the Cross; 10 And the blood of God is streaming from His broken hands and side, And the lips of God are saying, “Tell My brothers I have died.” O Voice of God, we hear Thee above the shocks of time, Thine echoes roll around us, and the message is sublime; No power of man shall thwart us, no stronghold shall dismay, 15 When God commands obedience and love has led the way.

My March 25th presentation....

To the two people who wanted to have a copy of my presentation on Saturday, March 25th, could you please comment on this post and I will respond.  Thank you.

Samuel Zwemer's poem

Here is a poem Zwemer quoted in his book Childhood in the Moslem World

The great world's heart is aching, aching fiercely in the night, 

And God alone can heal it, and God alone give light;

And the men to bear that message and to  speak the living word,

Are you and I , my brothers , and the millions that have heard.

Can we close our eyes to duty?  Can we fold our hands at ease,

While the gates of night stand open to the pathways of the seas?

Can we shut up our Compassions?  Can we leave our prayers unsaid

Til the lands which sin has blasted have been quickened from the dead? 

--a bit of Lillias Trotter's art.

Book recommendations from my presentation:

Free online:

A Sure Guide to Heaven (An Alarm to the Unconverted) by Joseph Alleine. Alleine was a model of Puritan evangelism for both Spurgeon and Whitefield, both of whom were used in the conversion of many.

Keeping the Heart by John Flavel

Links to where to get these books at a good price:

A Passion for the Impossible, a biography of Lillias Trotter, missionary to Algeria and artist.

Engaging Islam by Georges Houssney. Advice from a seasoned worker, full of stories of God working.

Tactics by Greg Koukl.  We have read most of it and are excited about asking questions.

The Enemy Within by Kris Lundgaard. Jerry Bridges says that every Christian who is is serious about holiness should read this book

The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert by Rosaria Butterfield. This book is very instructive on how to love and communicate with those that are very different than us.

Too Hard for God? by Charles Marsh, missionary to Algeria. You will be amazed by what God accomplished through this faithful man and his wife.

...another Jesus...one part anemia, one part effeminacy, two parts stoner-mystique"

Doug Wilson has the following thoughtful comments on the new "Son of God" movie:

Let me also begin these comments by saying that I will do my level best to keep the Second Commandment out of this. This not because the Second Commandment is irrelevant — indeed, that commandment lurks in the background of all Jesus movies, as the great unspoken explanation for why these movies are so consistently lame. It might help you follow these comments if you know that my general outlook on these things is akin to the views of the Scots Covenanters, and my idea of an ecclesiastical relic is a Claymoor hanging in the narthex. So you will have to grant me some leeway on the subject.
That said, and judging by the trailer — which is what they want us to judge by, right? — we have yet another Jesus who perpetuates our perennial and mule-headed idea that holiness consists of one part anemia, one part effeminacy, two parts stoner-mystique, and one part slight constipation, this time with a British accent. But I don’t want a Russell Brand Jesus.

See the entire article here:

http://dougwils.com/the-church/surface-appearances.html

Lizziejank writes about her family rethinking the Sabbath....

Back when I was in high school my Dad became convicted that we should be honoring the Lord’s Day more than we had been. Having grown out of a Jesus people kind of church that met in the parks sometimes, we were growing into Christian traditions that were much older and unfamiliar, and often seemed painfully stuffy.

Read the whole article here:
 http://www.feminagirls.com/2014/01/24/sabbath-hearts/

Doug Wilson on the film Mercy Rule

This is what Wilson says:

here is a movie for the whole family you really ought to check out. It is called Mercy Rule, and here is a link that explains how to get it. I have seen it — it really is fantastic. Make sure to check out the trailer at the link.

We are ordering it today!