People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.
God had only one Son, and He was a missionary.
Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond.
I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.
In this service I hope to live; in it I wish to die!
It is hard to work for years with pure motives, and all the time be looked upon by most of those to whom our lives are devoted as having some sinister object in view.
He who died for us, and Whom we ought to copy, did more for us than we can do for any one else. He endured the contradiction of sinners. We should have grace to follow in His steps.
May the time come when rich men and great men would think it an honor to support whole stations of missionaries in Africa, instead of spending their money on hounds and horses.
Though there is antipathy in the human heart to the gospel of Christ, yet when Christians make their good work shine, all admire them. It is when great disparity exists between profession and practice that we secure the scorn of mankind.
It’s been busier than ever I guess they were having a going-out-of-business sale.
The islands above the falls are covered with foliage as beautiful as can be seen anywhere. Viewed from the mass of rock which overhangs the fall, the scenery was the loveliest I had seen.
Anywhere, provided it be forward – farther still farther into the night.
I will try and remember always to approach God in secret with as much reverence in speech, posture, and behavior as in public. Help me, Thou who knowest my frame and pitiest as a father his children.
To be aroused in the dark by five feet of cold, green snake gliding over one’s face is unpleasant.
Education has been given us from above for the purpose of bringing to the benighted the knowledge of the Saviour.
It is far easier to travel than to write about it.
I am willing to go anywhere, anywhere, anywhere-provided it be forward.
The mere animal pleasure of travelling in a wild unexplored country is also great. The effect of travel on a man whose heart is in the right place is that the mind is made more self-reliant: it becomes more confident of its own resources, there is greater presence of mind.
I am a missionary, heart and soul.
Oh, that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.
If success attend me, grant me humility; If failure, resignation to Thy will.