Serious Thoughts for Ministers.
“The grand scope of the Christian ministry is to bring men home to Christ.”—Robert Hall. “I see that spirituality of mind is the main qualification for the work of the ministry.”—Urquhart. “Your work is to save souls.”—Gems for Christian Ministers. “Wherever you are, remember you are a minister.”—Gems for C. M. “The readiest way of finding access to a man's heart is to go into his house.”—Chalmers. “In preaching, study not to draw applauses, but groans from the hearers.”—Jerome. “A minister who is a man-pleaser is a soul-destroyer.”—Gems for C. M. “Let every minister, while he is preaching, remember that God makes one of his hearers.”—World. “Let Jesus Christ be all in all—study Christ, preach Christ, live Christ.”—M. Henry. “Preach no sermon without lifting up your heart to God, both before and after its delivery, that it may be blessed to the people.”—Gems for C. M. “One soul converted to God is better than thousands merely moralized and still sleeping in their sins.”—Bridges. “Melancthon says of Luther: ‘I have found him in tears praying for the Church.’”—Funeral Sermon, 1546.