I cannot conceive how any Christian man can be satisfied to shirk the responsibility of looking
after souls. A man may say, "I am not an evangelist; that is not) my line; I am more of a teacher
or a pastor." Well, I understand this; but will anyone tell me that a teacher or pastor may not go
forth in earnest longing after souls? I cannot admit it for a moment. Nay more, it does not matter
in the least what a man’s gift is, or even though he should not possess any prominent gift at all,
he can and ought, nevertheless, to cultivate a longing desire for the salvation of souls.

Would it be right to pass a house on fire, without giving warnings, even though one were not a
member of the Fire Department? Should we not seek to save a drowning man, even though we
could not command the use of a life boat? Who in his senses would maintain anything so
monstrous? So, in reference to souls, it is not so much a gift or knowledge of truth that is needed,
as a deep and earnest longing for souls; a keen sense of their danger, and a desire for their rescue.

FRAGMENT "Then they said one to another, We do not well:this day is a day of good tidings,
and we hold our peace:if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us:now
therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household" (2 Kings 7:9).

"For the love of Christ constraineth us" (2 Cor. 5:14). 82