SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE ✍️ Many missionaries were geniuses at learning languages, but Jonathan Goforth was not one of them. For him, the Chinese language was indescribably difficult. When he would preach in chapel, the men often pointed to McGillivray, saying, “You speak to us; we don’t understand him!” On the other hand, languages had always been McGillivray’s best subject, and he later became known as a brilliant Chinese translator. Discouragement threatened to sidetrack Jonathan from his work. One day, leaving for a scheduled preaching assignment at the mission chapel, he confessed to Rosalind, “If the Lord does not work a miracle for me with this language, I fear I will be an utter failure as a missionary!” Picking up his Chinese Bible, he left worried but returned to the room bursting with joy two hours later. “Oh Rose! It was just wonderful! When I began to speak, those phrases and idioms that would always elude me came readily, and I could make myself understood so well that the men actually asked me to go on, though Donald had risen to speak. I know the backbone of the language is broken! Praise the Lord!”483 Years later, a Chinese language specialist asked Jonathan, “Wherever did you get your style of speaking? Whatever you do, don’t change it! You can be understood over a wider area in China than anyone I know!” God’s miraculous answer to Goforth’s prayer lasted for a lifetime! - God’s General’s ( The Missionaries )