Oh, that God would give me more of His Spirit, more of His felt presence, more of the spirit and power of prayer, that I may bring down blessings on this poor people of Mongolia! As I look at them and their huts, I ask again and again, how am I to go among them? In comfort and in a waggon with all my things about me, or in poverty, reducing myself to their level? If I go among them rich, they will be continually begging, and perhaps regard me more as a source of gifts than anything else. If I go with nothing but the Gospel, there will be nothing to distract their attention from the unspeakable gift.
James Gilmour — James Gilmour, More about the Mongols, ed. Richard Lovett (London: Religious Tract Society, 1893), Journey across the Desert of Gobi, Sabbath, 18 September 1870, pp. 94–95
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