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title: 'Francis R. Beattie on Secrets of a Fruitful Ministry'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2023-11-09
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2023-francis-r-beattie-on-secrets-of-a-fruitful-ministry
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# Francis R. Beattie on Secrets of a Fruitful Ministry

“Unremitting study, constant reading and meditation, ever-increasing knowledge of the Holy Scriptures are the secrets of a growing ministry. If learning without piety makes a fruitless ministry, piety without learning is sure to make an ineffective ministry.” — [**Francis R. Beattie**](/authors/francis-robert-beattie), *The Late Rev. Thomas Dwight Witherspoon, D*.*D*., *LL*.*D*., *as a Preacher* (1900)