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The Disease and the Cure

Among the early Methodists used by God to cultivate the hard ground of Catholic Ireland was Gideon Ouseley (1762–1839). Ousely serves as an example to those of us who would, because we lack great abilities or knowledge, do nothing. Iain Murray writes:

In a lonely part of Ireland [Ouseley] acted simply because he was constrained to do so. In some respects he lacked the knowledge that was needed, and he was aware of it, but when the lack prompted him to stay silent other thoughts compelled him. He would say to himself, ‘Do you not know the disease? And do you not know the cure?’ And his conclusion had a divine authority about it, ‘go then and tell them these two things, the disease and the cure; never mind the rest.’