D. E. Hoste was one of the Cambridge Seven who left England as a young man to win souls to Christ in inland China. Later, Hudson Taylor appointed him to the position of Acting General Director of the China Inland Mission, thus becoming his successor.
The following wise words are an extract from one of his letters that is included in the biography by Phyllis Thompson, D. E. Hoste: "A Prince With God.".
"Every true Christian wants more love. How does the Lord make us to increase and abound in this love?
"One way may be by putting alongside of us somebody who very much calls for the exercise of love. You see, it is quite easy if somebody wants to do us a good turn, to be kind to such a one, but it is another matter to have one right alongside who tries you very much, and if you are going to get along at all it has to be by the exercise of love.
"I am inclined to think that this is one way in which the Lord increases our love [at least its outflow]. We pray to Him, 'Lord, fill me with Thy love,' and perhaps we have an idea that there will be a warm, benevolent feeling floating down towards us, of love towards everybody. Well, praise the Lord when we have that! But ah, you have got to work it out in the daily life!
"The Spirit of God shows us the beauty of love, we rejoice in it, but it has to be worked out like algebraic problems. And it is so important to see that before the Lord can entrust us with a lot of people, He has got to see how we can love a few."
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