I went to India as a missionary to save England from spiritual collapse.

I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with God.

All my friends are but one, but He is all sufficient.

I will venture to go... but remember that you must hold the ropes.

Every Christian should live life with an open Bible and an open map.

When I left England, my hope of India's conversion was very strong; but amongst so many obstacles, it would die, unless upheld by God. Well, I have God, and His Word is true. Though the superstitions of the heathen were a thousand times stronger than they are, and the example of the Europeans a thousand times worse; though I were deserted by all and persecuted by all, yet my faith, fixed on the sure Word, would rise above all obstructions and overcome every trial. God's cause will triumph. (William Carey, quoted in Iain Murray, The Puritan Hope, Banner of Truth 1971, p 140.)

It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.