During his medical education in Edinburgh, he tied himself with the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society and Livingston Institute Memorial Hospital where he involved himself in the Christian efforts of the institution.
Durant ses études de médecine à Édimbourg, il rejoignit la Société médicale missionnaire d'Édimbourg ainsi que l'hôpital Livingston Institute Memorial où il s'impliqua dans les activités chrétiennes de l'institution.