Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds

The great truths of revelation are neither able to preach nor defend themselves. They must have soldier preachers who proclaim and defend them. They have never conquered as silent force, they have never won as a reserve corps. They are not only to be declared, but put in the front as veteran legions on whose action are staked the empire of God’s truth, not as an occasional force, but in the fiercest and most decisive conflict. These are the trained legions that win on every field God’s victories.