"Some people gossip about me privately, criticizing my abandonment of comfortable life and possessions in England, even forgoing my missionary salary, calling it foolish fanaticism. But they don't understand that all my possessions belong to my Lord. If I can exchange these perishable riches for the eternal crown of life for Chinese girls, it's the most worthwhile thing in the world. To be spent for Christ is the greatest romance of my life."
— Mary Ann Aldersey
Source: "A Pioneer of Chinese Women: The Life of Mary Ann Oldsey"
Property, salary, eternity
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"All my possessions left in China, besides a few cleaned old clothes, a few well-worn Bibles, and this unfinished manuscript, are nothing else. Now, the mother church in Europe has dispersed, and this ancient empire I inhabit is heading towards its unknown fate. In this utter solitude, I kneel down and entrust this land I have loved all my life, its church, and my distant, troubled homeland entirely into the loving hands of God. May Your Kingdom come, and Your will be done here as it is in heaven. Amen."
— Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
Source: Qian Deming's last words three days before his death