Oswald J. Smith

Oh, to realize that souls,
precious, never dying souls,
are perishing all around us,
going out into the blackness
of darkness and despair,
eternally lost,
and yet to feel no anguish,
Shed no tears, know no travail!
How little we know
of the compassion of Jesus!
Oswald J. Smith
Evangelical Preacher
Missionary
and Hymn Composer
Born 1890 in Toronto

In the Irish Revival of 1859, people became so weak that they could not get back to their homes. Men and women would fall by the wayside and would be found hours later pleading with God to save their souls. They felt that they were slipping into hell and that nothing else in life mattered but to get right with God... To them eternity meant everything. Nothing else was of any consequence. They felt that if God did not have mercy on them and save them, they were doomed for all time to come.
Oswald J. Smith
Born 1890 In Canada
Evangelical Preacher, Missionary and Hymn Composer