Henry Martyn

“Oh! that I could be a flame of fire in the service of my God.”

“How or where or when I am to be laid low and my body buried, I know not. But may my spirit be with the spirits of the just made perfect.”

“I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father, or mother, or sister - a nearer relation, a more affectionate friend.”

“Lord, let me have no will of my own...but as consisting altogether in conformity to Thy will.”

“The ground of my hope is the covenant of God in Christ Jesus. I do not depend on my own resolutions, but his grace.”

“What a mercy that my health is preserved. I have reason to be thankful every day.”

“To be holy is to be happy.”

“Let me burn out for God.”

“The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.”

“I see no business in life but the work of Christ.”

“Even if I should never see a native converted, God may design by my patience and continuance in the work to encourage future missionaries.”

“I have not yet penetrated into the heart of the great mystery, but I live in hope.”