Mather, Percy: about him – Percy Mather served in far northwest China from 1910 to 1933. In 1926, he took his one and only furlough. Was he itching to get back to the romance and adventure of his ministry? No. “His close friends realised that he returned to Central Asia with a great burden on his heart, unrelieved by any exhilaration.” (Mildred Cable and Francesca French. The Making of a Pioneer: Percy Mather of Central Asia. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935, 219.)

Mather, Percy – Percy Mather served in far northwest China from 1910 to 1933. He explained, “I must be where the need is greatest and the work hardest.” (Mildred Cable and Francesca French. The Making of a Pioneer: Percy Mather of Central Asia. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935, 88.)

Mather, Percy – Thinking back on a near disastrous journey in far northwest China in 1929, Percy Mather marvelled, “The long delay brought us into close touch with [Mongolians] and [Kazakhs] and gave us opportunities for preaching the Gospel to many who have never heard it before, and may never hear it again.” (Mildred Cable and Francesca French. The Making of a Pioneer: Percy Mather of Central Asia. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935, 239.)