365 Days with Wilberforce Emily Van Dixhoorn 9781800402539

9781800402539

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wiser counsel of God’s Word

Calvary cast a shadow over the whole of Christ’s ministry

365 Days with Wilberforce Emily Van Dixhoorn 9781800402539William Wilberforce (1759 1833) led the twenty year fight to abolish the British slave trade. He championed medical aid for the poor, prison rehabilitation, education for the deaf and restrictions on child labor. Wilberforce found nothing more effectual than private prayer, and the serious perusal of the New Testament. He maintained: "All may be done through prayer, almighty prayer." He insisted that "in the calmness of the morning, before the mind is