The Inspiration of Martyrs

"On 1 September 1901, a large ship docked in Shanghai Port.  A young single lady from Norway walked off the gangplank onto Chinese soil for the first time.  Marie Monson was one of a new wave of missionaries who, inspired by the martyrdoms of the previous year, had dedicated themselves to full-time missionary service in China".  ("The Heavenly Man" p.19)

Inspired by martyrdoms, Marie Monson went to China and stayed over 30 years.  Not being overly concerned with making a good impression on the Chinese church leaders, she preached a straightforward message of repentance and the fires of revival swept throughout the villages of central China wherever she went.  That's what can happen when martyrs inspire you to go, not stay.