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

I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. It does not matter where He places me, or how. That is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient.

It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.

One difficulty follows another very fast - but God reigns, not chance.

It matters not how great the pressure is, only where the pressure lies. As long as the pressure does not come between me and my Savior, but presses me to Him, then the greater the pressure, the greater my dependence upon Him.

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

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.