Sacrifice of a Minister
Historical Account★★★★Elijah Lovejoy, a Presbyterian minister and antislavery editor, was shot to death on November 7, 1837. To the mob he had said, “I am impelled in the course I have taken because I fear God. As I shall answer to God in that great day, I dare not abandon my sentiments or cease in all my proper ways to propagate them. I can die at my post, but I cannot desert it.” –Milbourn H. Miller, Notes And Quotes, (The Warner Press Anderson, IN, 1960 by Gospel Trumpet Company), 147-148.
The point
Elijah Lovejoy, a Presbyterian antislavery editor, was shot to death in 1837, declaring he could not abandon his moral convictions even if it cost his life.
Scripture
2 Timothy 4:7
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Inspiring
To tell aloud
under a minute · 89 words