Anxious to See the Finest Young Men as Preachers

The Reformation For Which We Are Pleading: A Collection of Articles by Moses E. Lard

I am profoundly anxious to see the very finest young men of the land in the field as preachers. But till more ample provision has been made to meet their wants, is it right to invite them in? Is it just—just to them or just in itself? It will not do to talk prettily of providence and the goodness of God. Providence and the goodness of God never yet supported a preacher in a community of illiberal brethren. Where brethren withhold, providence is stringent. It is cheap talk to tell a young man to go forth nobly to the work, trusting in God. Certainly we must not distrust God; but God has ordained that they who preach the gospel shall thereby live. He will support them in no other way. Neither will he work a miracle to make men liberal. When Christians do nothing, the Lord does nothing, except to hold them guilty. Depend on this, whatever is done for preachers has to be done by the brethren, else it will not be done at all. God has placed his treasure in their hands, and expects them to dispense it. There remains to us no other source.


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