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We are to
remember, when talking with those who have an ear to hear and are
inquiring the way to the Lord, that there are great crises in the
lives of men, momentous occasions, in which one word may be more
valuable, more potent, than would be a hundred words or a thousand
wards at another time, under different circumstances; and we are to
be instant in the Lord’s service, whether seasonable or unseasonable
to ourselves, gladly ready to lay down our lives for the brethren.... We are to distinguish, however, between out-of-season to
ourselves and out-of-season to others; and to be willing to serve
others at any time, however out-of-season to ourselves, if it be in
season and opportune for them. We are not to intrude even the Gospel
itself at inopportune times, however convenient the occasion may be
to
ourselves. |
