for his God.  We speak much against unfaithful ministers, while we ourselves are awfully unfaithful!  Are we never afraid that the cries of souls whom we have betrayed to perdition through our want of personal holiness, and our defective preaching of Christ crucified, may ring in our ears forever?  Our Lord is at the door.  In the twinkling of an eye our work will be done.  “Awake, awake, O arm of the Lord, awake as in the ancient days,” till every one of thy pastors be willing to impart to the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has made him overseer, not the gospel of God only, but also his own soul.  And oh that each one were able, as he stands in the pastures feeding thy sheep and lambs, to look up and appeal to Thee:  “Lord, Thou knowest all things!  Thou knowest that I love Thee!”

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