Adoniram Judson Gordon
American hymnwriter (1836–1895)
Adoniram Judson Gordon (April 19, 1836 – February 2, 1895) was an American Baptist preacher, writer, composer, and founder of Gordon College.
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Quotes
edit- Doctrine is the frame-work of life; it is the skeleton of truth, to be clothed and rounded out by the living graces of a holy life. It is only the lean creature whose bones become offensive.
- Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 194.
- A mightier love for the Son of God, to overpower and subdue and lead captive these wayward and truant affections of the natural heart — this is what is needed.
- Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 396.
- Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness.
- Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 555.
- You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.
- More Than 27,000 Great Quotations To Inspire You! (Archived February 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine)
External links
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- A Short Biography of Adonirum Judson Gordon
- A Biography of A. J. Gordon with Letters and Illustrative Extracts Drawn from Unpublished or Uncollected Sermons & Addresses by his son, Ernest Barron Gordon (PDF Extract)