Although his family was poor and he received only a limited formal education, and was only baptized as a Christian late in life, the influence of the Bible was deeply imprinted on his heart as he sat on his mother's lap as a small child and listened to her stories.
雖然他家庭貧窮，所受教育有限，而且直到晚年才受洗成為基督徒，但聖經的影響，卻早在年幼時坐在母親膝上、聽著母親諄諄教導時，就深深地印在心上了。