Ministry and Work
Lang was essentially a man of faith, never looking to man for the means of his subsistence, but only to God, and Lang's faith grew with its exercise. In Lang's words,
"Praying is working, and not merely an adjunct to working. It is a form of working, and not simply a somewhat properly added to our efforts out of reverence to the Almighty; nor is it only an appeal for His blessing to prosper our labours. When a righteous man prays he works. For prayer in the spirit is one agency by which the Spirit of God effects through the believer His will, and is, indeed, a putting forth of His energy."
Lang was a very close student of the Holy Scriptures and an independent thinker. He was not prepared to take traditional interpretations unless he was personally convinced that they were right. Lang was also an active Gospel preacher and from time to time he was found in countries from the Arabian deserts to the Russian steppes preaching. Lang almost traveled and preached in the entire world in his missionary career.
Lang once said,
"No man should write a book until he is 40. He needs to prove his theories in practice before publishing."
Most of Lang's books were published after he was 50-years-old.
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