...Samuel J. Mills, for distinguished efforts as Missionaries of the cross. The direction of young Mills' thoughts may be gathered from a single suggestion,...communicate the Gospel salvation to the poor Heathen" Thus early did a sovereign God, who has pity on the Heathen, set apart Samuel J. Mills for a Missionary....

...the missionary spirit, as was indicated by an. observation of .his when about eighteen years of age, "that he could not conceive of any course of life,' in which to pass tBe rest of his days, that would prove so pleasant, as to go and communicate the Gospel salvation to...

...indication of vital piety which his father ever noticed in him, was the remark, made in the winter of 1802, that " he could not conceive of any course of life...prove so pleasant, as to go and communicate the gospel of salvation to the poor heathen." It was even then his desire to be a missionary, not to the American...

...indication of vital piety which his father ever noticed in him, was the remark, made in the winter of 1802, that " he could not conceive of any course of life...prove so pleasant, as to go and communicate the gospel of salvation to the poor heathen." It was even then his desire to be a missionary, not to the American...

...father soon after his conversion, were precisely the feelings of young Nettleton at this period, viz : " That he could not conceive of any course of life in...communicate the gospel salvation to the poor heathen." It has been already remarked, that Samuel J. Mills and Asahel Nettleton were born on the same day....

...desire to exercise his ministry among the heathen. As early as 1802 his father overheard him saying that "he could not conceive of any course of life...prove so pleasant as to go and communicate the gospel of salvation to the poor heathen,"—a remark which was noted as one of the first decisive proofs of...

...were precisely those of Nettlcton at this period, namely : " That he could not conceive of any co ursc of life, in which to pass the rest of his days that would prove soplf.asant as to go and communicate the Gospel of Salvation to the poor heathen" Mills' mother was...

...hope, he was attending school at Litchfield ; and the first intimation his father had of any change arose from an observation he made that " he could...go and communicate the gospel salvation to the poor heathen."Thus did the spirit and ambition to help a ruined world, take possession of this young man's...

...service of God as a missionary." From the date of his conversion he had the missionary spirit. He said he could not conceive of any course of life in which...prove so pleasant as to go and communicate the gospel to the poor heathen. Then comes that memorable Saturday afternoon. The day had been solemnly set apart...

...strong that he could say to his father : " I cannot conceive of any course in life in which to pass my days that would prove so pleasant as to go and communicate the gospel of salvation to the poor heathen." And even then his longing was to be a missionary, not to the Indians...