If you knew the satisfaction of performing such a duty, as well as the gratitude to God which the missionary must always feel, in being chosen for so noble, so sacred a calling, you would have no hesitation in embracing it.

It is my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to His service.

I have found that I have no unusual endowments of intellect, but this day I resolve that I will be an uncommon Christian.

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.

I am immortal till my work is accomplished

Anywhere, provided it be forward-- farther still farther into the night.

I never made a sacrifice. Of this we ought not to talk when we remember the great sacrifice which he made who left His Father's throne on high to give Himself for us.