Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians.

There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says.

Learn to move man, through God, by prayer alone

The harvest here is indeed great, and the laborers are few and imperfectly fitted, without much grace, for such a work. And yet grace can make a few feeble instruments the means of accomplishing great things - things greater even than we can conceive.

A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing.

In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness.

Oh, for eloquence to plead the cause of China, for a pencil dipped in fire to paint the condition of this people.