【祈禱之手】

德國藝術大師AlbechtDurer有一幅名畫『祈禱之手』，這幅畫的背後有一則愛與犧牲的故事。

十五世紀時，在德國的一個小村莊裡，住了一個有十八個孩子的家庭，父親是一名冶金匠為了維持一家生計，他每天工作十八個小時。

生活儘管窘迫逼人，然而這個家庭其中兩個孩子卻有一個同樣的夢想。他們是法蘭西斯和亞爾伯，兩人都希望可以發展自己在藝術方面的天份。

不過他們也瞭解到父親無法在經濟上供他們兩到藝術學院讀書。

晚上，兩兄弟在床上討論一番後，得到一個結論：以擲銅板決定─勝方到藝術學院讀書，敗方則到礦場工作賺錢；四年後，在礦場工作的那一個再到藝術學院讀書，由學成畢業那一個賺錢支持。結果，弟弟亞爾伯勝出。

亞爾伯在藝術學院表現很突出，他的作品比教授的還要好。

而當他畢業後，並沒有忘記他的承諾，立刻返回自己的村莊，尋找四年來一值在礦場工作，供他讀書的哥哥法蘭西斯。

他返回家鄉那一天，家人為他準備了盛宴，慶祝他學成歸來。席間，亞爾伯起立答謝法蘭西斯幾年來對他的支持『現在輪到你了，哥哥，我會全力支持你到藝術學院攻讀，實現你的夢想！』

親友目光都轉移到法蘭西斯身上，只見法蘭西斯兩行眼淚直流。他垂下頭，邊搖頭邊說：『不..不....』

他站起來，望著心愛的弟弟亞爾伯，握著他的手說：『看看我雙手，四年來在礦場工作，毀了我的手，關節動彈不得，現在我的手連舉杯為你慶賀也不可能，何況是揮動畫筆或雕刻刀呢？弟弟，太遲了....不過看到你能實現你的夢想，我十分高興。』

幾天後，亞爾伯不經意的看到法蘭西斯跪在地上，合起他那粗糙的手祈禱著：「主啊！我這雙手已無法讓我實現成為藝術家的夢想，願您將我的才華與能力加倍賜於我弟弟亞爾伯。」

原本對哥哥已十分感激的亞爾伯，見到這一幕立刻決定繪下哥哥的這一雙手。

時至四百五十年後的今天，亞爾伯‧丟勒的速寫、素描、水彩畫、木刻、銅刻可以在世界各地博物館找到；不過最為人熟悉的，莫過於他的『祈禱之手』。

  

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一位愛心永存的聖徒 一 慕安得烈 Andrew Murray (1828-1917)

慕安得烈的個性極為虔誠，似乎隨身瀰漫著禱告的氣氛，他好像永遠在敬拜的袍子裡。凡是跟他交談的人，即使隨便聊聊家常，也忘不了他那引人深思的一瞥。

少年時的慕安得烈稟承了先人及家庭耳濡目染的虔敬，孕育了往後堅毅的基督徒品格，這名活潑但智慧洋溢的蘇格蘭小男孩，注定將要蒙召向世人宣講聖道，接續其祖先用清潔的良心事奉神，二十歲生辰時他被教會破例按立聖職。他對主熱愛，對會友屬靈生命強烈關心。他事奉的特徵，乃是熱戀靈魂，懇切萬分，人們從各方團集來聽這位奇妙的青年傳道，許多人因他的信息得救。在他一生的巔峰時期，他的講壇就像磁石，激動了千萬人的心。對他而言，永恆的世界極其真實，決非出於臆測；在他的心目中，屬靈的事支配著屬世的事。禱告即是與不可見的神交通，為別人代求，與世界各地神的教會，共同患難與歡樂。

慕安得烈差派千百名宣教士，也奉獻自己的兒女去開拓聖工。慕氏的家庭蒙神厚待，妻子聰明賢惠，協助他推動其平生心繫的基督教教育事工。他是善顧家庭的良夫和八個子女的慈父。慕安得烈在世八十八年，寫下二百四十冊動人心弦的書籍和數不清的單張，並以十五種不同的語言發行世界各地。

A Saint filled with Eternal Love – Andrew Murray was born in 1828 - 1917

Murray was highly devout by personality seemingly filled with an aura of praying. He was liked totally permeated in the robe of worship forever. Whoever conversed with him even just a casual chit-chat, he left people with an unforgettable and provoking glance.

Young Murray inherited a strong influence from his ancestors and family on devoutness, breeding his subsequent unyielding Christian character. This lively but intelligently filled Scottish fellow was destined and being called to preach the holy Word to the world in continuance of his ancestors serving God with a pure conscience. Through making an exception by his church, he was ordained to become a minister at the age of 20. He was so passionate for God and intensely concerned of the spiritual life of his fellow church members. His ministry was characterised by his zealous love for souls and people from all over the places were attracted to gather for his wonderful preaching. Many received salvation through his messages. During the peak period of his life, his podium was liked a magnet inciting the hearts of millions of people. To him, the eternal world was so real that it was no speculation. In his heart, those spiritual matters were dictating the worldly affairs. Prayer was to communicate with the invisible God, interceding for others and the churches all around the globe through adversity and joy together.

Murray sent out thousands of missionaries and also dedicated his children to pioneer ministry. His family was so abundantly blessed with a prudent wife assisting him to drive forward his life-long heart-felt Christian education ministry. He was a good husband looking after his family well and a kind father of eight children. Murray lived for 88 years, wrote 240 touching books and numerous tracts which were published in 15 different languages all over the world.

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窮人的天使古柏 一 Anthony Ashley Cooper.安東尼．亞斯雷．古柏 (生於1801 – 1885)

《法政捍衛者的憂傷與榮耀》古柏 誠心告白

緩緩地踏上議會講台，低頭
靜靜地撫拭講台堅硬的棱角，
「主啊！我在這裡，請祢剛強我的心，
為祢，
為基督徒的良知，
為那些在礦場日夜被壓榨的孩子，
為貧民區那一批最可憐無助的窮人，
為被綁在泥牆像是野獸的精神病患，
為那些窒息在煙囪裡的男孩，
為流浪在外，辛苦一生卻沒有房子居住的勞工，
為那些缺乏教育與尊重，淪為罪犯、偷竊的無賴、妓女，……
為我的國家
願這議會講台，成為我心深處蒙祢悦納的祭壇。
我知道這個光明堂皇的議會才是人類最骯髒、最腐化、最貶抑人性的地方。
但是，祢若呼召我，即使政治舞台是最髒的地方，仍願意去。
並且願意付上代價，傾家蕩產，在所不惜。
祇要為你，為窮人贏得這一仗。」

The angel of the poor - Anthony Ashley Cooper was born 1801 – 1885.
In “Sorrow and Glory of Great Heroes in Law and Politics”, Cooper sincerely confessed in his heart as he slowly stepped his way to the pulpit with his head down and his fingers gently touching the hard corners of the podium in the Parliament.
“ Oh Lord ! Here I am, please strengthen my heart,
For you,
For the conscience of Christians,
For those children who are being suppressed in the quarry day and night,
For those poor groups who are most helpless and pitiful in the slum,
For those mental patients who are liked beast tied up to the wall,
For those men who suffocate in the chimney,
For those wandering workers who labour so hard all their life but never have a house to live,
For those who are deprived of education and respect, perish to become criminals, stealing rogue, prostitutes,….
For my country,
Hoping from my deepest heart the pulpit of this Parliament becomes the altar pleasing and acceptable to you.
I know this glamorous Parliament is really the most filthy, corruptible and derogatory place in mankind.
Nevertheless, if you call me, I am still willing to go into the political arena despite its most filthy place.
But also willing to pay at all cost, ruined without hesitation.
Only for you, for the poor to win this battle.

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向毒品宣戰勇士 一 席勝魔 (1835 - 1896)

席勝魔，原名席子直。出生在山西省臨汾縣西莊村一個書香富家，父母皆行醫。他從小就受到了良好的教育，長大後不僅繼承了父母的醫術，還在十六歲結婚前就中了秀才。靠著行醫和包攬詞訟，他過著非常優裕的生活。由於髮妻早死，又無兒女，使他在哀痛之餘，感到人生的虛空，開始尋求人生真諦。雖然鑽研了儒、釋、道三教經典，卻仍然找不到生死的答案。孔夫子的教訓雖好，卻止不住他靈魂的飢渴，照不亮墳墓的黑暗，更無法使傷心者得到安慰。而佛教除了使他感覺一切皆空之外，再無其它幫助。道教更使他身受其害，因爲修煉道教的長生術，弄得他體羸氣衰，意志消沉，最後竟至染上鴉片煙癮，淪為煙鬼，不僅無法繼續行醫，連父母傳給他的田産也無心管理，以致自己的家業與前途皆被鴉片煙所吞噬，陷入悲慘、貧賤之境地而不能自拔，他就這樣做了十年鴉片煙的奴隸。

席子直機玄巧合下認識李修善牧師，欣然應李氏之邀，成為他的中文教師。他教李修善讀四書五經的同時，他也在李修善的指導下，開始閱讀聖經。慢慢地，這位驕傲的士大夫被聖經上的話語強烈地吸引住了。一個秋夜，席子直跪倒在地，把聖經恭敬地放在面前。當他讀到耶穌在客西馬尼園中獨自憂傷悲痛向天父禱告時，他那關閉已久的心門被打開了。剎那間，聖靈感動他，使他從心裡相信："耶穌愛我，耶穌是為我捨命"。至此他完全降服，接受耶穌基督作他的救主。受洗後的第一件事就是戒毒，但過程中一點也不容易，他認識到這是屬靈的爭戰，他再三懇求聖靈降臨搭救他，使他脫離魔鬼的一切轄制。戰勝惡魔後，他將家裡的偶像全部焚毀，此擧在村引起極大的轟動。此後，他改名爲"勝魔"。1886年，席勝魔由戴德生（Hudson Taylor）率領的牧師團按立爲牧師。他把自己所有的一切，包括時間、金錢、家庭、朋友和自己的生命，全都放在祭壇上面。他兼具秀才和牧師兩種身份，有豐富的中國傳統文化知識，也有豐富的基督教知識，在兩者的融合上他作出獨到的貢獻。他還寫了很多膾炙人口的白話詩，清新典雅，配上樂曲，唱起來琅琅上口，深受信徒們喜愛。

A Warrior declared war on drugs — Xi Sheng Mo was born in 1835 - 1896

Xi Sheng Mo, whose birth name was Xi Zi Zhi, was born in a literary class family located in Western Zhang village near Lin Fen County, Shanxi Province. His parents were both practising medical doctors. Young Xi received excellent education which helped to inherit his parents’ medical skills. He became a scholar when he was 16 years of age prior to his marriage. He was making a comfortable living as a medical doctor and litigation mediator. Due to his early death of his wife and without children, he was deeply bereaved and felt emptiness in life. He began to seek the true meaning of life. Though he researched into the classic books of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, he was still unable to find the answer to life and death. The teaching of Confucius though was good, it could not quench the thirst in his soul. Nor lighten the darkness of the grave or bring comfort to the broken hearted. Buddhism only made him feel vanity and offered nothing else. Taoism was even causing harm to his body because of practicing Taoist longevity. The practice instigated deficiency syndrome inside his body leading him to suffer from depression, and finally he was addicted to opium and became a heavy smoker. He could not continue practicing medicine and became so self-occupied that he neglected the land assets as inherited from his parents. In the end, Xi’s family business and his future were swallowed by opium. He was unable to pull himself up but felt into total misery and destitution as an opium addict for a decade.

It was a total coincidence that Xi came to know Pastor David Hill and accepted his invitation to have become his Chinese teacher. While teaching on The Four Books and Five Classics, he started to read bible under the instruction of Hill. Gradually this proud doctor was intensely attracted by the word in the Bible. One night in the Autumn, Xi knelt down on the floor with his Bible before him. He was reading the passage when Jesus was so grieved alone in Gethsemane praying to heavenly Father, his long-closed heart was once again opened. All of a sudden, he was touched by the Holy Spirit to believe in his heart that “Jesus loves him and died for him.” He was in total submission and received Jesus Christ to be his Saviour. The first thing he did after water baptism was to go through detoxification which was not easy. He recognised the reality of spiritual warfare and pleaded with Holy Spirit to rescue him from the claws of satan. After his victory, he burned up all the idols in his house which caused quite a sensation in the village. Thereafter he renamed himself as “Sheng Mo” meaning victory over the devils. In 1886, he was ordained as pastor by Hudson Taylor. He gave everything, including time, money, family, friends, and his own life on the altar. Xi was both a scholar and pastor and with his rich combination of Chinese traditional culture and knowledge along with deep knowledge of Christianity, he made unique contribution. Xi wrote many popular vernacular poetry, fresh and elegant, accompanied by catchy music and singing. This made him popular among believers.

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燃燒生命為聖經 一 William Tyndale 丁道爾威廉 (1494 － 1536)

威廉自幼受到良好教育，在牛津大學取得碩士，並熟悉八種語言，成為歐洲一名極傑出的學者。本來他可以優越過一生，但為了翻譯原文聖經而變為被當時教廷追捕的逃亡者。最後在羅馬審判受審，他原有機會不被處死只要他放棄翻譯聖經。但他拒絕妥協，教會將他判以異端之名，囚禁十七個月，直到被判，被火燒死之前，威廉仍為英國禱告，威廉的死看起來是個挫敗，但他朋友接續他未完的舊翻譯，2年後，英王終於同意每間教會均可有一本英文聖經供人自由閱讀。

丁道爾是第一個把原文本聖經譯為現代英語的聖經翻譯家。後來著名的欽定版聖經有百分之九十採用了他的譯本。2002年，丁道爾被英國廣播公司選為最偉大的100名英國人。

在丁道爾的時代，羅馬天主教教廷只允許唯一的拉丁文聖經譯本，不容許私自翻譯，並且只有神職人員可以擁有和詮釋聖經。丁道爾就是在這背景出現，他留下来的遺產，永遠改變英語世界的人所閱讀的聖經。丁道爾主張應該讓普通老百姓都可透過讀聖經來認識神，決心把聖經譯成英文，於是被誣陷為異端，後來在比利時被殺害。

约翰·弗里思是丁道爾的工作伙伴，他後来在倫敦也被燒死。丁道爾在給弗里思的信中曾説：「我從沒有違背良心，竄改上帝話語的一個音節。今日即使有人把世上一切享樂、尊榮和財富給我，我也決不會這樣行。」

Rekindle Life for the Bible一William Tyndale was born in 1494 － 1536

William Tyndale received a good education in his upbringing and obtained a Master degree at Oxford University. He was fluent in eight different languages and had become one of the most distinguished scholars in Europe. He could have enjoyed a superior life, but he became a fugitive pursued by then Curia for the sake of translating the original texts of the Bible. At last, he was put on trial in Rome. He was given an opportunity not to be put to death provided he gave up the translation of the Bible. He refused to compromise and hence was imprisoned of 17 months for heresy followed by the verdict of death sentence. Even prior to his burning to death, William was still praying for Britain. His death might have appeared as a defeat, but his friend succeeded his translation work. Two years later, the King of England finally agreed to place one English bible in every church for free reading by people.

Tyndale was the first person to have translated from the original Bible language into modern English Bible. Subsequently, ninety percent of his translation was applied to the famous King James Version Bible. In 2002, Tyndale was elected as one of the 100 Greatest Britons by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

In the times of Tyndale, the Roman Catholic Church only allowed one Latin Bible translation. Private translation was prohibited, and only the clergy could possess and interpret the Bible. Tyndale came to scene during this background, he left behind a legacy which changed the bible reading of all the English-speaking world forever. Tyndale was an advocate of ordinary people knowing God through reading the Bible. He was determined to translate the Bible into English, but was then falsely accused of heresy and later put to death in Belgium.

John Frith was Tyndale's working partner, he was also subsequently burned to death in London. In Tyndale’s letter to Frith said: "I never go against my conscience, tampering any syllables of God's Word. Even if the world gave me all the pleasure, honour and wealth, I would never change anything. "

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200多年前來澳門帶職傳教仕一馬禮遜Robert Morrison (1782 － 1834)

馬禮遜自小體弱多病，經常頭痛。每當頭痛，他就禱告神。他特別喜歡閱讀和寫作，會比別人早起一小時，閱讀聖經和寫日記。馬禮遜不是特別聰明，但記憶力超群。十二歲時已能一字不漏地背誦詩篇119篇共176節經文。

上帝在1807年差派馬禮遜來到澳門，進入中國宣教地區，他所面對的是絕對孤獨與深沉的寂寞，既不被中國人所接受，也得不到西方人士的支持，使他的宣教生涯倍增艱難。為求能在澳門居留，馬禮遜幾經折騰，只好加入英國東印度公司，受聘為翻譯員。一面擔任翻譯，一面盡心傳道，矛盾掙扎，遭人誤會攻撃，極其痛苦孤寂。然而他能忠於呼召，雖然獨居貨倉之中，仍能堅持到底，完成在華宣教奠基的偉業。在他27年在華宣教的生涯中，他完成了一些幾乎不能完成的工作。

＊他第一個把《聖經》全文翻譯成中文並予以出版的人；

＊他獨自編撰了中國第一部《華英字典》，編寫了《中國一覽》、《廣東省土語字彙》

＊1810年他來中國才三年，就已開始翻譯《使徒行傳》、《路加福音》、《約翰福音》。

＊1813年將《新約》(《耶穌基利士督我主救者新遺詔書》)全部翻譯完畢，並在廣州秘密出版。

＊1814年9月 蔡高信主耶穌並接受馬禮遜的施洗，成為中國第一位基督新教的信徒，也是馬禮遜吸收了第一個華人基督徒，在澳門創辦蔡高學校。

＊1818年馬禮遜在馬六甲和另一位倫敦會傳教士米憐等在創辦了英華書院，教育華人青年及兒童，及栽培後進的來華傳教士，是華人的第一所洋學堂。

＊1819年與米憐一同完成《舊約》的翻譯工作，在馬六甲出版。

＊1823年12月更正教信徒梁發被馬禮遜按立為中國第一個更正教的牧師。他協助馬禮遜做印刷工作。梁發在1832年用中文寫了一本《勸世良言》，於鄉試時派發給赴考生員。這本《勸世良言》就是日後太平天國開國者洪秀全的思想根據。

＊1828年，梁發跟古天青在廣東的高明縣也設了第一所基督徒的私塾，也就是給小孩子讀書的學校。這是初期的新式學堂，除了教文學、文化外，也教聖經，介紹西方的科學、地理知識以及英文。

＊1843年，英華書院遷至香港，英華書院是近代傳教士開辦的第一所中文學校，馬禮遜曾任該院牧師曾協助麥滌遜創辦了在中國出版的第一份英文報。

Part-time missionary arrived Macau more than 200 years ago – Robert Morrison was born in 1782 - 1843

As a child, Morrison was frail and weak most of his time and often suffering migraine. Every time he had a headache, he would pray to God. He was particularly fond of reading and writing. By getting up an hour earlier than others, he could read bible and write diary. Morrison was not that intelligent but possessed a powerful memory. At the age of 12, he could recite all 176 verses in Psalms 119 without a single word missing.

God sent Morrison to Macau in year 1807 to enter the soil of China for his mission work. He was faced with absolute loneliness by himself alone. Not accepted by the Chinese and received no support from the west added much more hardship to his mission life. In order to remain staying in Macau, he ended up joining the East India Company as a translator having striven all other means. On one hand he was conducting translation work and on the other preaching the gospel. Such conflicting identity was misunderstood and hurt with criticism which he had no one to confide with. Nevertheless he was faithful to His calling. Even though he was living in the warehouse, he persevered and completed laying down a firm foundation of mission work for the Chinese. During his 27 years of missionary career, he accomplished of what was deemed impossible to complete.

＊ He was the first to translate the whole “Bible” into Chinese and gave for publication;

＊ He alone compiled in China the first ever “Chinese English Dictionary”, wrote “China at a Glance” and “Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect”;

＊ In 1810 only three years after arriving China, he commenced the translation of “The Book of Acts”, “The Gospel of Luke” and “The Gospel of John”;

＊ In 1813 the whole book of “the New Testament of Lord Jesus Christ my Saviour” was completely translated and secretly printed in Guangzhou;

＊ In September 1814 Choi Kou came to believe in Jesus and received water baptism from Morrison. He was the first Chinese Protestant believer and adopted by Morrison as the first Chinese Christian to have establishd Choi Kou School in Macau;

＊ In 1818 Morrison and Milne from London Missionary Society found Anglo-Chinese College in Malacca teaching Chinese youth and children and cultivating subsequent overseas missionaries coming to China. This became the first English School for the Chinese;

＊ In 1819 Morrison and Milne jointly completed the translation of “Old Testament” which was published in Malacca;

＊ In December 1823 a Protestant believer, Liang Fa was ordained by Morrison to be the first ever Protestant Pastor. He assisted Morrison in the printing work and later wrote a book called “Good Words Exhorting Mankind”. This book was distributed to those taking the provincial examination and became the reference to the ideology of Hong Xiuquan, the founder of subsequent Taiping Heavenly Kingdom;

＊ In 1828 Liang Fa and Koo Tien Ching opened a private School in Gaoming County, Guangdong to provide education for the children. This was the beginning of the early days classrooms for learning not only literature and culture but also bible, western science, Geography and English.

＊ In 1843 Anglo-Chinese College was moved to Hong Kong. This College was the first Chinese School opened by missionaries in modern times. Morrison was the Chaplain of the College and later supported Mak Teo Sung to have established the first English newspaper printed in China.

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以花草作朋友博士/植物農化學家一George Washington Carver 喀威爾 (1864 - 1943)

一天早晨，我向上帝問道：『祢創造宇宙的目的是什麼呢？』神回答說：『你要的太多了！你的智慧太有限了，如何能懂這個問題的答案呢？』。 我又向神問道：『那祢創造人的目的是什麼呢？』神回答說：『你這個小傢伙，你仍然要的太多了！然後，我又問道：『那麼神啊！祢創造花生的目的是什麼呢？』神回答說：『這才差不多。』然後我回到實驗室，嘗試瞭解：什麼是花生？以及，神為什麼要創造花生？在花生中找到了三百種以上的應用方法，包括花生牛奶、花生咖啡、麵粉、墨水、染料、肥皂、化妝品、油氈、食用品、醫學用品等，而聞名於世。

他一生獲獎無數。發明大王愛迪生(Edison)以年薪一百萬美金，重金禮聘他，他卻拒絕而仍繼續研究花生。其成果幫助了無數黑人同胞。美國政府為此在一九四O年至一九四二年期間，釋放五百萬公頃土地給南方的黑人種花生。在他所在的小小研究室裡，美國兩位總統柯立芝(Coolidge)與羅斯福(Roosevelt)，印度聖雄甘地(Gandhi)，大企業家福特(Ford)都來拜訪過他。連蘇俄暴君史達林(Stalin)都邀請他擔任農業部長，喀威爾拒絕了。他一生留在小城裡，以研究花生來服事上帝。

三十歲念大學 - 最老的學生

喀威爾在愛荷華州立大學表現優異，他是第一個擁有如此高學位的黑人，也是該校第一個黑人農業系畢業生。

　　他在離開學校以前，寫道：『我生命最大的意義是能夠幫助我的同胞。這麼多年來的接受教育，主要的目的在説明我達到這一個目標。我深深地感覺到，教育彷佛是神給我的一把鑰匙，可以解開黑人貧窮的鎖鏈。』喀威爾對學生參與政治活動看的很清楚，他說：『學校的目的，在教育學生成為有用的人，社會只會照有用的人的建議去行。』又說：『我們不是要訓練學生去參加政治，那太單方面了。教育的目的，在訓練學生各方面的成長，像一隻手的五根手指，有一天步出校園後，能抓住社會給他的責任…… 倘若在學校太強調政治的學生，將來除了寄生於政治，別無生存之道。』有些基督徒也批評他，應該盼望放在未來的天國，怎麼在地上努力教人種花生？喀威爾回答說：『成為基督徒的目的之一，在説明別人，活出人真正的尊嚴與價值。』

　　喀威爾死於一九四三年一月五日。他被視為二十世紀黑人的良知。他終身未娶，獻身於教育。有人問他動力的來源，他靜靜地說：『我每天上午四點鐘就起床向神禱告。』

A Botanist, Chemist and Scientist who makes friend with flowers - George Washington Carver was born in 1864 – 1943

One morning, I asked God, “what is the purpose of your creation of the universe?” God answered, “you are asking too much! Your wisdom is so limited. How you could understand the answer to this question.” I asked God again, ‘what is the purpose of your creation of mankind then.” God answered, “you little brat, you are still wanting too much”! Then I asked again, “oh God! What is the purpose of your creation of peanut?” God responded, “this is more like it”. I returned to the laboratory and tried to figure out “what is peanut? Any why would God create peanut? It is worldly known that out of peanut come more than 300 applications including peanut milk, peanut coffee, flour, ink, dye, soap, cosmetic, linoleum, food and medical supplies, etc.

He received countless awards in his life. Even the king of Invention, Edison offered one million US dollar to recruit him. He refused and continued to research peanut. His achievement helped uncountable black compatriots. During the period from 1940 to 1942, the US Government released five million hectare of land to southern blacks to grow peanut. Two American Presidents, Coolidge and Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi of India, great entrepreneur, Ford came to visit him in his tiny laboratory. Even Stalin, the dictator of Soviet Union invited him to be the Minister of Agriculture. Carver refused and rather remained in his little town all his life o serve God through peanut research.

The oldest student – read University at 30

Carver performed excellent at Iowa State University. He was the first black graduate who ever attained such remarkable academic results and was also the first black graduate in that University with Bachelor of Agriculture.

Prior to his leaving University, he wrote, “the greatest meaning of my life is to be able to help my compatriot. The main purpose of my receiving education for many years speaks out the attainment of this goal. I feel deeply that perhaps God gives me the key to unlock the chain of poverty to the black.” Carver clearly understands students towards participating in political activities. He said, “the purpose of school is to educate students to become useful people. The advancement of society follows only the suggestions from this useful people.” He added, “we do not train students to participate in politics. This is too unilateral. The purpose of education is to prepare students for all rounded development. Like the five fingers of a hand to take up the responsibility given by the society once they step out of the campus. If the schools over-emphasize politics to the students, there is no other way of living other than dwelling on politics only in the future.” Some Christians criticized him that he should have placed future hope on the kingdom of God rather than relentlessly teaching others to grow peanut? He replied, “one of the purposes of becoming a Christian is to show others to live out real dignity and value.”

Carver died on 5 January 1943 and was considered the conscience of the black in the 20th century. He was never married but dedicated his life to education. Someone asked him what was driving his motivation. He quietly said, “I get up at 4 o’clock in the morning to pray to God.”

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