I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.

...even on the low ground of common sense I seemed to be called to be a missionary. Is the kingdom a harvest field? Then I thought it reasonable that I should seek to work where the work was most abundant and the workers fewest.

Those who would be employed in propagating the Gospel should be familiar with the doctrines he is to combat and the doctrines he is to teach, and acquire a complete knowledge both of the Sacred Scriptures and of these philosophical and mythological dogmas which form the souls of the Buddhist and Hindu Systems.

One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer.

The future is as bright as the promise of God.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.

We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for.