Hidden Springs of Edinburgh 1910

I found this interesting remark about the hidden springs of leaders of Edinburgh 1910 in the book India and the Ecumenical Movement[ D. A. Thangasamy, India and the Ecumenical Movement, CLS: Madras, 1973], p. 35

The hidden springs of this movement into the world are to be found in the willingness of the more earnest disciples of Christ to live in close communion with God and to learn and fulfill His will for man and his society. It is said of John R. Mott for example that he wrote ten times as many letters to ask for prayers as he wrote to ask for money for any ecumenical programme or project. It is also significant that of the many writings of J.H. Oldham, the best known is his Devotional Dairy. Thus ecumenism is not mere intellectual planning for development in the Church and the World, but the fruit of the deep concern to be God’s people for both learning the message of the grace and power of God and for being at the same time channels for them.