You can turn others from affliction to joy, if you carry your cross with a smile.

— Alexander Smellie (1857–1923), Pastor, Autor

Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Joy & Gratitude, Service & Love of Neighbour

Alexander Smellie

Alexander Smellie war ein schottischer presbyterianischer Pfarrer, Autor und Herausgeber, der um die Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert in Schottland und London wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch kirchengeschichtliche Werke wie „Men of the Covenant“ sowie durch Andachtsbücher, die reformierte Theologie mit Impulsen der evangelikalen Erweckungsbewegung verbanden. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet sein Werk als seelsorgliche Erbauungsliteratur, die theologische Tiefe mit einer praxisnahen, christuszentrierten Frömmigkeit verknüpft.

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