æz dʒˈɛnɚɹəl sˈɛkɹətɹi ʌvðə sˌiːˌaɪˈɛm, hiː wʌz ɪnvˈɑːlvd ɪn fˈʌndɹˈeɪzɪŋ ænd ɹᵻkɹˈuːɾɪŋ mˈɪʃənˌɛɹiz tə sˈɛnd tə tʃˈaɪnə ænd ˈæktᵻd æz ˈɛdɪɾɚɹ ʌvðə mˈɪʃən mˌæɡɐzˈiːn, "tʃˈaɪnəz mˈɪliənz".
As General Secretary of the CIM, he was involved in fund-raising and recruiting missionaries to send to China and acted as editor of the mission magazine, "China's Millions".