Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
0.14UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.09UNLIKELY
Fear
0.52LIKELY
Joy
0.56LIKELY
Sadness
0.62LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.65LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.45UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.6LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.04UNLIKELY
Extraversion
0.07UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.78LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.36UNLIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
A Sketch
William grew up in a poor family in a village in England.
School till 12.
latin - self taught
14 - moved away to apprentice as a shoemaker
A family friend helped him learn Greek
His life changed when he used a counterfeit coin.
Married at 19 to Dolly
Began to preach.
First child died.
William almost died.
Dolly never recovered from her grief.
They did have more children.
Conviction that the Great Commision was for him.
“Sit down young man.”
Began writing —> Book
Society for Missions
Dr. Thomas
“I’ll go!!!”
Dolly was frightened.
Dolly decided to stay in England.
They loaded the boat to India, but the boat was delayed…
No permit.
Kicked off.
William convinced Dolly
One other woman on the boat, and she ended up dying.
This frightened Dolly even more.
In India, their financial plans failed.
William and Dr. Thomas preached frequently.
Began translating the Bible.
Move to a poor area.
Dolly and her sister complained.
The two families decided they would need to split up for a while to figure out funding.
Williams family got to the point where they were about to starve to death.
William was shocked to visit Dr. Thomas.
Luxury.
Dr. Thomas felt convicted and gave them money.
Eventually 2 more missionaries joined
Printing press to print Bibles.
They could draw crouds, but no converts after 7 years.
Man got injured near the mission house.
William and Dr. Thomas came and helped him.
First 2 converts.
Despite Dr. Thomas’s foolishness, God still used him.
Great persecution at first.
—> More converts
Dolly was getting worse and worse
She had gone insane.
“Why don’t you send her off…?”
“I will stay with her...”
She eventually got sick and died.
He remarried, but...
Charlotte
She helped him greatly.
Carry her out.
Fire - Lost years worth of work.
Dictionaries of languages
Bible translations
“How unsearchable are his ways.”
They immediately got back to rebuilding.
Flood that took away their home.
Physical Trials
Foot injuries that left him in need of being carried.
Walking with a limp for the rest of his life.
At age 72, William had three strokes, each one leaving him weaker.
“Mr.
Duff, when I am gone, do not speak about William Carey; speak only about William Carey’s Savior.”
Headstone: his name and age, along with an inscription saying, “a wretched poor and helpless worm, on Thy kind arms I fall.”
Lessons
God used weak people to accomplish incredible things.
William: Struggled with chronic sickness, a difficult family situation, baldness, emotional pain, and a limp.
Dr. Thomas: Seemed to be incapable of being responsible.
Did many things that seemed hurtful.
His irresponsibility had negative repple effects that hurt many people.
Yet God used him still.
Though immature, he did keep preaching Christ.
Charlotte: Invalid.
Many would say she had little to offer.
But she used what she had.
She joyfully read William’s manuscripts, talked through ideas and encouraged him in the work of the Lord.
\What’s your weakness:
Is it a burden you have?
Is it a physical weakness?
Is it a mental weakness?
Is it a social weakness?
Is it a spiritual weakness?
So many times, I see people think they can’t really be used by Jesus because they aren’t strong.
They get stuck thinking only about their weakness rather than what God wants to do with them in spite of their weakness, to bring even more glory to Jesus.
Don’t get stuck, at your point of weakness.
Offer your life to Jesus, to use you in spite of your weakness, so that he gets the glory.
Despite agonizing hardships, William did not quit.
On so many occasions, it seemed that everything he had worked for was sabbatoged.
And there were trials that would make most people turn inward.
His trials
Loss of Children
Wife’s mental state
government opposition
Financial issues and poverty
abandonment
people undermining his efforts
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9