Mtumiki aliyense anali ndi chidziŵitso cha ntchito kapena ntchito inayake, ndipo amishonalewo ankazenga mlandu wa ntchito yawo mobisa chifukwa cha ulendo wakudziko. Kawirikawiri ankasankha wamalonda kapena wogulitsa.
 Every minister possessed a knowledge of some trade or profession, and the missionaries prosecuted their work under cover of a secular calling. Usually they chose that of merchant or peddler.