Quote#Wisdom
Some are jealous of being successors of the Apostles. I would rather…
Quote byHudson Taylor · 1832–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (Hudson Taylor’s Choice Sayings: A Compilation from His Writings and Addresses. London: China Inland Mission, n.d., 69)..
English (original)
Some are jealous of being successors of the Apostles. I would rather be a successor of the Samaritan woman, who, while the Apostles went for meat and forgot souls, forgot her water pot in her zeal to spread the good tidings.
— Hudson Taylor
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