Oswald J. Smith quotes...

"Oh God, strip me of all that hinders the filling of thy Holy Spirit."-Oswald J. Smith"I believe the greatest thing I need is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. If only I had that, I know God would use me."-Oswald J. Smith"This last month I have felt the burden of a city. Its great sorrow has pressed in on my soul. Its vice and sin have bowed me upon my knees in tears. I cried and cried to God to have mercy on the poor fallen girls; and the burden is crushing."-Oswald J Smith

three-fold commitment at 23 years of age:1. I will think no thought, speak no word and do no deed unworthy of a follower of Jesus Christ.2. I will give my life for service in any prt of the world, and in any capacity God wills that I should labour.3. I will endeavour to do God's will from moment to moment, as He reveals it to me.

"I wish there were more Sundays in the year that I might preach all the sermons and messages God gives me."-Oswald J. Smith

"My greatest joy is the transformed lives around me."-Oswald J. Smith

"I have been reading the life of George Whitefield and it has set my soul aflame. His zeal, his prayer life, his preaching- how he inspires me! I now rise at 6:30 each morning and spend an hour in prayer and Bible study, and again an hour at night. And yet how ashamed I feel as I read of the fervor of Whitefield."-Oswald J. Smith

"The world is my parish; even if I live in one place, I must reach out to the whole world. I must go that I can send others."-Oswald J. Smith"The supreme task fo the church is the evangelization of the world."-Oswald J. Smith"Missions is not to be confined to an organization within the church. It is the chief work of the whole church."-Oswald J. Smith

"Great success is always followed by great conflict and testing."-Oswald J. Smith

"Those who have been used of God had to pay a terrific price."-Oswald J. Smith

"Much of my prayer life has been characterized by humiliation and confession."-Oswald J. Smith

"Though I have often failed Him, He has never failed me, nor have I ever been tempted to turn back."-Oswald J. Smith

"God- make me a conquering man, and enable me to conquer myself. I have seen the vision and for self I cannot live."-Oswald J. Smith

"Somehow I feel that all the past has been nothing more than a preperation for the future."-Oswald J. Smith

"Woe is me if I preach not the Gospel."-Oswald J. Smith

"The Lord did not tell us to build beautiful churches, but to evangelize the world."-Oswald J. Smith

"The church that does not evangelize will fossilize."-Oswald J. Smith

"I simply endeavoured to do the job to which God called me and He did the rest."-Oswald J. Smith

"We can't paint the auditorium; they need Bibles in the philippines!"-Oswald J. Smith

"So much to do and so little time."-Oswald J. Smith"Life is less than worthless till my all I give."-Oswald J. Smith

"The greatest need of Christians. The greatest need of the church, has not changed. More than ever today we need the unction of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit first came on the apostles, there was boldness, power, conviction and conversion. The people came gladly; they continued steadfastly; they praised God. When the Holy Spirit takes control in a church, there will be blessing and unity and power. Souls will be saved. The Gospel will go out. There will be a spiritual work. Perennial revival is only possible where there is continous brokeness of heart."-Oswald J. Smith