And may He bless you, and crown your labour of love with success, and give you souls for your hire.
"The Lord has promised to be with those whom He calls and sends forth to preach his Word to the end of time: for without Him we can do nothing.

I was much rejoiced to hear of those marks of love and affection to that poor soldier of the S.D.Militia.

Surely the love of Christ sent you to that poor man! May that love ever dwell richly in you by faith! May it constrain you to seek the wandering souls of men with the fervent desire to spend and be spent for his glory! May the unction of the Holy Spirit attend the word spoken by you with power, and convey deep conviction to the hearts of your hearers! May many of them experience the Divine change of being made new creatures in Christ! "Sir, be fervent in prayer with God for the conviction and conversion of sinners.

His power is great, and who can withstand it?
He has promised to answer the prayer of faith, that is put up in his Son's name: 'Ask what ye will, it shall be granted you.' How this should strengthen our faith, when we are taught by the Word and the Spirit how to pray! O that sweet inspiring hope! how it lifts up the fainting spirits, when we look over the precious promises of God! What a mercy if we know Christ, and the power of his resurrection in our own hearts! Through faith in Christ we rejoice in hope, and look in expectation of that time drawing near, when all shall know and fear the Lord, and when a nation shall be born in a day.
"What a happy time when Christ's kingdom shall come! then shall 'his will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.' Men shall be daily fed with the manna of his love, and delight themselves in the Lord all the day long.

Then, what a paradise below they will enjoy! How it animates and enlivens my soul with vigour to pursue the ways of God, that I may even now bear some humble part in giving glory to God and the Lamb! "Sir, I began to write this on Sunday, being detained from attending on public worship.