Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jews first, and also to the Greek".

This young convert was deeply impressed and determined to make these the rules of his life. From that day onward throughout his life he made it a rule to spend the first moments of his day alone with God and God's Word. Before he read a letter, looked at a paper or even read a telegram, he went first to the Bible, that the first impression of the day might be what he got directly from God.