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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(17 June 1876)
... have
pity on me”.
If I find work it will tend towards a position between
clergyman and missionary in the suburbs of London, mainly to
the working class population.
Don't breathe a word to anyone about this new idea, Theo. My
salary... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(5 July 1876)
... - at present this is not the case).
Lately it has seemed
to me that there are no professions in
the world other than those of schoolmaster and clergyman, with
all that lies between these two - such as missionary,
especially a London missionary, etc.... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(8 July 1876)
... to this day.
Now I must ask you something. While in The Hague I had
lessons from a Bible teacher, Hille, who then lived in the
Bagijnestraat. He took great pains over me. Though I didn't
show it, what he told me made an impression on me, and I should
... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(26 August 1876)
... something of the “old faith” in me. I am still far
from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall
succeed. I want - to be bound to Christ with unbreakable bonds
and to feel these bonds. To be sorrowful yet always rejoicing.
To live in... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(3 October 1876)
... 1 Drop me a
line as soon as you can.
A week from last Sunday, I made a long trip to London, and
there I heard about a kind of job which perhaps might do for me
sometime. In seaport towns like Liverpool and Hull, certain
preachers are often in need of... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(31 October 1876)
... passed like
little black figures.
When I was standing in the pulpit, I felt like somebody who,
emerging from a dark cave underground, comes back to the
friendly daylight. It is a delightful thought that in the
future wherever I go, I shall preach the Gospel;... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(7 March 1877)
... of good courage,
fear not.”
Oh might I be shown the way to devote my life more
completely to the service of God and the Gospel. I keep praying
for it and I think I shall be heard, I say it in all humility.
Humanly speaking, one would say it cannot... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Uncle Cor
(8 March 1877)
... until twelve or one o'clock
at night.
I like being in Holland
again, although the work across the
Channel, notwithstanding all the trouble and profound
disappointment, was dear to me. It is still - because of the
disappointment and relative failure... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 March 1877)
... am to have them, they fill me with hope.
Writing to you about
my plans helps me to clarify and settle
my thoughts. To begin with, I think of the text, “It is
my portion to keep Thy word.” I have such a craving to
make the treasures of the... |
