How Do You View Yourself?
I came across the following testimony of William Carey in my reading. I was amazed at his view of himself. I meet those who are “pridefully” humble and I have met those whose humility is genuine. I do not believe William Carey was “just saying this” for the preachers listening. I believe his success was due to his understanding that God was everything and he was nothing. May genuine humility exude from our lives as we preach the Gospel.
William Carey (1761-1834) was a Baptist missionary to India. He was a pastor in England before going to the mission field where he served the Lord for 41 years translating the Scriptures. He never returned to England. When he became ill with the disease that would kill him, he was asked to select the Biblical text to be used at his funeral. He replied, “Oh, I feel that such a poor sinful creature is unworthy to have anything said about him; but if a funeral sermon must be preached, let it be from the words, ‘Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.’” He also directed the following epitaph to be engraved on his gravestone:
WILLIAM CAREY, BORN AUGUST 17th, 1761:
DIED–
“A wretched, poor, and helpless worm
On Your kind arms I fall.”
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