George Washington Carver
vers 1864-1943 20th century
Science as prayer: seeking in creation the secrets patiently entrusted by God, and returning them to serve the poorest.
Who was George Washington Carver?
Born into slavery in Missouri at the end of the Civil War, he became one of the foremost agricultural scientists of his time and taught for half a century at the Tuskegee Institute. In the laboratory he called "God's little workshop," he drew from the worn-out soil of the South hundreds of new uses for the peanut and the sweet potato, to restore dignity to the poorest Black farmers. He refused patents and wealth, holding his science to be a patient listening to the Creator.
In their own words
The Bible does not tell about peanuts, but it tells of the God who made the peanut. I asked Him to show me what to do with the peanut, and He did.
God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His.