I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel that it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third place, and teaching the fourth.
--James O. Fraser, (British missionary to China with the China Inland Mission [1]. He pioneered work among the Lisu people [2] of western China).
Links:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Inland_Mission
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisu_people