"He had no brilliant linguistic gifts and he did not set out to master the many languages of the trade-routes, but to make himself intelligible in as many of them as possible. He went up to Sinkiang with a working knowledge of Chinese, and his first stay in Kashgar afforded him an opportunity for a good start in the Turki language. Life among the nomads taught him to make himself understood in Mongol and in Qazaq."
— Mildred Cable & Francesca French (biographers)
Source: George Hunter: Apostle of Turkestan (1948), ch. 11
"Speaking plainly we hope to see, in the near future, a united Christian Church without any denominational distinctions. ... Speaking generally, denominationalism has never interested the Chinese mind. He finds no delight in it, but sometimes he suffers for it! ... China, with all her imperfections, is a country that loves unity both in national and family life."
— Cheng Jingyi
Source: Address at the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, 21 June 1910 (Report of Commission VIII, Discussion)
Denomination, Chinese Church, Schism, History, Christ, Family, Unity
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