"When Jim was twenty years old he prayed, 'Lord make my way prosperous, not that I achieve high station, but that my life may be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.' (p. 11)

"One day near Jim's last year in high school I saw him running around the outdoor track, training. I asked him what he was doing that for. He said, 'Bodily exercise is profitable for a little.' He was building his body for the rigors of missionary life." (p. 32)

"The principle of nonresistance which Jesus demonstrated once and for all on the Cross was one which Jim felt must be obeyed, in public life as well as in personal." (p. 33)

"You speak of it as 'rounding out one's manhood.' It rounds it out, all right, but I'm afraid sometimes it's more in the style of I Corinthians 8:1, 'knowledge puffs up.' 'Culture...