Permit us to labor on in obscurity, and at the end of twenty years you may hear from us again.

I feel it is my duty to plod on, while daylight shall last.

Nothing is impossible,' said one of the seven sages of Greece, 'to industry.' Let us change the word, 'industry,' to 'persevering prayer,' and the motto will be more Christian and more worthy of universal adoption.

If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated suffering.

The motto for every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be 'Devoted for Life.'

I am not tired of my work, neither am I tired of the world; yet, when Christ calls me home, I shall go with gladness.

We prefer one room in Rangoon to six in Boston. We feel that we are highly blessed.