A single hour in a village prayer-meeting turned the scale.

But perhaps behind it all a beloved mother's prayers were moving the mysterious hand that touched the poised balance, and made souls outweigh silver, and eternity outweigh time.
Would that I could lift up my voice this morning in every academy, college and university on this broad continent.

I would say to every gifted Christian youth, "God and humanity have need of you." He who redeemed you by His precious blood has a sovereign right to the best brains and the most persuasive tongues and the highest culture.

Why crowd into the already over-crowded professions?
The only occupation in America that is not overdone is the occupation of serving Jesus Christ and saving souls.

I do not affirm that a Christian cannot serve his Master in any other sphere or calling than the Gospel ministry, but I do affirm that the ambition for worldly gains and worldly honors is sluicing the very heart of God's Church, and drawing out to-day much of the Church's best blood in their greedy outlets.