Pastoral Theology or the Theory of the Evangelical Ministry by Vinet Alexander & McMahon C. Matthew

Author:Vinet, Alexander & McMahon, C. Matthew
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puritan Publications
Published: 2017-06-18T16:00:00+00:00

A quite superficial impression may produce much noise and agitation. A profound impression may express itself more by a whisper. We must not rely too much on results of the first kind, nor distrust too much the second. Sometimes, after rising in a mist, the sun pierces the clouds, and the day is warm and fine; at other times the morning is bright, and the day cold and damp.

Without forgetting that, “few are chosen,” or that, “the gate is strait, and few enter in thereat,” we must make it our aim to gain many souls, and not once for all be content with a small number of adepts. We must reckon among the fruits of good and faithful preaching, not only a decided and remarkable awakening of a small number of souls, but a true reformation of a large number. In the inventory we must include everything, and overvalue nothing. He who has established order in his family, in his habits, is already prepared to enjoy a higher truth. And why should not a minister be a benefactor of his country, and endeavor to promote order and good neighborly ways, and give popularity to virtue and moral honesty?

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