"A skin graft with love" It was in 1907, while suffering the recurrence of an old complaint, that the doctor cabled church headquarters in London with the following message: "Landsborough in poor health, resigning in about a year. Urgently necessary to fill up vacancy at once." However, he gradually regained his health and the following year he cabled again to withdraw his resignation.
一九○七年，宿疾的症狀再度出現，他致電倫敦總會要求辭職：「蘭大衛因身體狀況不佳，將於一年內離職，請儘速遞補空缺… …」然而，隔年他的身體日漸康復後，又去電撤銷辭職的要求。