Adoniram Judson Gordon

thumb|right|Adoniram Judson Gordon Adoniram Judson Gordon (April 19, 1836 – February 2, 1895) was an American Baptist preacher, writer, composer, and founder of Gordon College. Quotes Doctrine is the frame-work of life; it is the skeleton of truth, to be clothed and rounded out by the living graces of a holy life. It is only the lean creature whose bones become offensive. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 194. A mightier love for the Son of God, to overpower and subdue and lead captive these wayward and truant affections of the natural heart — this is what is needed. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 396. Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 555. You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. More Than 27,000 Great Quotations To Inspire You! (https://web.archive.org/web/20070203153854/http://www.cybernation.com/quotationcenter/quoteshow.php?type=author&id=3581 February 3, 2007 ) External links Adoniram Judson Gordon A Short Biography of Adonirum Judson Gordon A Biography of A. J. Gordon with Letters and Illustrative Extracts Drawn from Unpublished or Uncollected Sermons & Addresses by his son, Ernest Barron Gordon (PDF Extract) Category:1895 deaths Category:Christian leaders Category:People from New Hampshire Category:Hymnwriters from the United States Category:Composers from the United States Category:1836 births Category:Baptists from the United States