Is not the commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are doing?

Expect great things from God, receive great things from God. Expect little from God, receive little from God.

I feel it my duty to plod on while daylight last.

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.

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.

...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.

William Carey chides his countrymen for deciding it would be impossible for the Gospel to travel over great distances and to penetrate varied cultures when they are willing to face the same trials for the sake of commerce.