Occupation: Missionary Birth: May 21, 1832 Death: June 3, 1905
As our Father makes many a flower to bloom unseen in the lonely desert, [let us] do all that we can do, as under God's eye, though no other eye ever ….
We have heard of many people who trusted God too little, but have you ever heard of anyone who trusted Him too much?.
The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross..
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 m….
Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change..
When I get to China, I will have no claim on any one for anything. My claim will be alone in God and I must learn before I leave England to move men ….
Devotion to God is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians..
If I had 1,000 lives, I'd give them all for China..
We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it is so. We tell them tha….
[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him..
Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it ….
If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life..
Oh, for eloquence to plead the cause of China, for a pencil dipped in fire to paint the condition of this people..