Here are some of my favorite quotations from this remarkable man:

When you can serve the King of kings, why stoop to serve the king of England?

I besought Him to give me some work for Him, as an outlet for love and gratitude; some self-denying service, no matter what it might be, however trying or however trivial.

My work is a very peculiar [unique] one; in many respects it has, and can have no precedent. It may be called an experiment; to a certain extent it is so. And by God’s help it shall be, as it is being, faithfully made.

The work of a true missionary is work indeed, often very monotonous, apparently not very successful, and carried on through great and varied but unceasing difficulties.

The more we rest on this fact—that we do not know the way we are going, but that we have a GUIDE who does know; that we do not know how to accomplish our service, but that He never leaves us to devise our own service; – the more restful does our life become.

Let us give up our work, our thoughts, our plans, ourselves, our lives, our loved ones, our influence, our all, right into His hand, and then, when we have given all over to Him, there will be nothing left for us to be troubled about, or to make trouble about.

You can work without praying, but it is a bad plan; but you cannot pray in earnest without working. Do not be so busy with work for Christ that you have no strength left for praying. True prayer requires strength.

If this is a real work for God it is a real conflict with Satan.

You are not sent to preach death and sin and judgment, but life and holiness and salvation – not to be a witness against the people, but to be a witness for God – to preach the good news.

Fruit-bearing involves cross-bearing.

Christ is either Lord of all, or is not Lord at al

He gives the very best to those who leave the choice to him.

All at once came the thought—If you are simply obeying the Lord, all the responsibility will rest on Him, not on you! What a relief!!

And he who in all things recognizes himself as the servant of God may count on a sufficiency from God for all manner of need, and look with confident expectation to God to really prosper him in whatever he does

God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.

After proving God’s faithfulness for many years, I can testify that times of want have ever been times of spiritual blessing, or have led to them.

I have never passed a more anxious or trying month in my life, but I never felt God so present with me.

I am in great straits for funds. I am happy about it. The Lord may take away all our troublesome people through it and give us true-hearted ones instead.

We have so often been disappointed that we must not be too sure of anything, save of God’s help and presence which He will never withhold.

It is not lost time to wait upon God!

What I have to watch against is impatience at waiting His time

I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.

All God’s giants have been weak men, who did great things for God because they reckoned on His being with them.

Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.

You do not need a great faith, but faith in a great God.

A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing

While unbelief sees the difficulties, faith sees God between itself and them.

I . . . know how much easier it is to lean on an arm of flesh than on the Lord; but I have learned too how much less safe it is.



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