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Citation: Pettinger, Tejvan. “Biography of William Wilberforce”, Oxford, www.biographyonline.net 12th Jan
2012. Last updated 21st March 2017.

Here is a man who saw the injustice of the land and sought to change it. Notice it took 18 years of hard
work to convince the nation that slavery was immoral. He never gave up and never stopped moving
forward for change. This is called tenacity. Are you tenacious in following Christ?

William Wilberforce – The abolishment of Slavery

William Carey 1761 – 1834

https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/missionaries/william-carey.html

"Expect great things; attempt great things."

At a meeting of Baptist leaders in the late 1700s, a newly ordained minister stood to
argue for the value of overseas missions. He was abruptly interrupted by an older
minister who said, "Young man, sit down! You are an enthusiast. When God pleases to
convert the heathen, he'll do it without consulting you or me."

That such an attitude is inconceivable today is largely due to the subsequent efforts of
that young man, William Carey.

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Carey was raised in the obscure, rural village of Paulerpury, in the middle of England. He apprenticed in a local
cobbler's shop, where the nominal Anglican was converted. He enthusiastically took up the faith, and though
little educated, the young convert borrowed a Greek grammar and proceeded to teach himself New Testament
Greek.

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