Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal
The was the last day I spent at home in Mon-
trose, and although sick with the chills and fever the most of
the day, I made what preparations I could to start on the mor-
row on a mission of four thousand miles, to preach the gospel
to the nations of the earth, and this, too, without purse or
scrip, with disease resting upon me, and a stroke of fever and
ague once every two days.
Yet I did this freely, for Christ's sake, trusting in Him for
the recompense or reward. My prayer was: "May the Lord
give me grace according to my day and souls for my hire, and
a safe return to my family and friends, which favor I ask in
the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.”
