Encouragement

ENCOURAGEMENT

“Daniel Webster left his country home and went to Boston to study law.  He entered, without invitation, the office of Christopher Gore, then head of the Massachusetts bar.  There he was looked upon as an intruder, and nobody paid any attention to him.  One day Rufus King saw the lonely, solitary student.  He warmly shook his hand and said, ‘I know your father well.  Be studious and you will win. If you need any assistance or advice, come to me.’  Years later, after he had achieved greatness, Webster said:  ‘I can still feel the warm pressure of that hand, and hear those challenging words of encouragement.’”

—God’s Revivalist

[Tan, Paul Lee: Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations  : A Treasury of Illustrations, Anecdotes, Facts and Quotations for Pastors, Teachers and Christian Workers. Garland TX : Bible Communications, 1996, c1979]