It has always happened hitherto that whenever I have begun to feel an attachment to places, persons, or things, of a merely temporary nature, I have been carried away from them. Amen! May I live as a stranger and pilgrim upon the earth. May we be brought to that better country where painful changes are known no more.

Even if I should never see a native converted, God may design by my patience and continuance in the Word to encourage future missionaries.

The man who pauses in his honesty wants little of a villain.

My soul, alas, needs these uneasinesses in outward things, to be driven to take refuge in God.

If [God] has work for me to do, I cannot die.

I have rightfully no other business each day but to do God's work as a servant, constantly regarding His pleasure. May I have grace to live above every human motive, simply with God and to God.

The power of gentleness is irresistible.