Sometimes I feel... that my cross is heavy beyond endurance... My heart seems worn out and bruised beyond repair, and in my deep loneliness I often wish to be gone, but God knows best, and I want to do every ounce of work He wants me to do.

I cannot tell you what joy it gave me to bring the first soul to the Lord Jesus Christ. I have tasted almost all the pleasures that this world can give. I do not suppose there is one that I have not experienced, but I can tell you that those pleasures were as nothing compared to the joy that the saving of that one soul gave me.

True religion is like the smallpox. If you get it, you give it to others and it spreads.

Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.

It takes a real man to make a true confession-a Chocolate Soldier will excuse or cloak his sin.

The light that shines farthest shines brightest nearest home.

Had I cared for the comments of people, I should never have been a missionary.