Occupation: Missionary Birth: May 21, 1832 Death: June 3, 1905
The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will..
Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God….
You do not need a great faith, but faith in a great God..
Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into ha….
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….
There are three stages in the work of God: impossible, difficult,done..
There has never been a successful social movement for any minority without the support of the majority..
When we work, we work. When we pray, God works..
Satan may build a hedge about us and fence us in and hinder our movements, but he cannot roof us in and prevent our looking up..
It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain..
Truly Jesus is the great need of our souls..
Believing prayer will lead to whole-hearted action..
The less I spent on myself and the more I gave to others, the fuller of happiness and blessing did my soul become..
If the Lord is coming soon, is this not a very practical motive for greater missionary effort? I know of no other motive that has been so stimulating….
Nothing can take the place of a real hunger for souls, or make up for the lack of it..
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..
There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience..
As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exe….
Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can….
The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity...if we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakn….
Too often we attempt to work for God to the limit of our incompetency, rather than to the limit of God's omnipotency..