There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.

The Lord IS my shepherd. Not was, not may be, nor will be. . . is my shepherd on Sunday, is on Monday, and is through every day of the week; is in January, is in December, and every month of the year, is at home, and is in China; is in peace, and is in war; in abundance, and in penury.

Too often we attempt to work for God to the limit of our incompetency, rather than to the limit of God's omnipotency.

Truly Jesus is the great need of our souls.

Learn to move man, through God, by prayer alone

Consider six or eight hours a day sacred to the Lord and His work, and let nothing hinder your giving this time (to language study and practice) till you can preach fluently and intelligibly.

I have seen many men work without praying, though I have never seen any good come out of it; but I have never seen a man pray without working.