To my friend, teacher, and mentor, Dr. C. Mervyn Maxwell, who was the first to challenge me to share with others stories about the faith, sacrifice, and commitment of our Adventist pioneers.
—James R. Nix

I write not these things to shame the wealthy believer, who is burying himself up in his wealth and his cares, and losing his interest in the cause, and his hold on Heaven; but I design to state facts that you may be led to seek that spirit of sacrifice, which those who were first in this cause evinced, that you may walk in that humble path of obedience in which they walked, and enjoy the blessing of entire consecration, which then rested upon them.
— James White, Life Incidents, 1868, p. 270.