 He often acted as the common ground between the interests of anthropology and missionary work, doing translating and mediation work throughout his lifetime.The period in which Young worked was one in which there were heightened tensions in the relationship between anthropologists and missionaries.Despite this tension, Young continued to work both as a missionary and an anthropologist, providing the slim intersection of spheres between the anthropological field and the missionary field, which demonstrates his bravery and uncommon interdisciplinary mindset.