Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Arthur Tappan Pierson
Born: March 6, 1837
Died: June 3, 1911 (aged 74)
Bio: Arthur Tappan Pierson was an American Presbyterian pastor, Christian leader, and writer who preached over 13,000 sermons, wrote over fifty books, and gave Bible lectures as part of a transatlantic preaching ministry that made him famous in Scotland and England.
Known for:
- George Müller of Bristol (1897)
- Forward movements of the last half century (1900)
- Knowing the Scriptures (1910)
- The miracles of missions (1891)