not taking No as an answer, but doing their utmost to win them--How is it
that this Christian, who knows that I never attend a place of worship,
has not shown one-hundredth part of this zeal to get me to go to chapel
or to begin to pray? Is he not likely to think;--after all, he does not
believe his Bible, or he could not be as careless about my soul as he is?
Men of business have no time to seek the souls of the lost; that is
parson's work; that must be left to Sunday;--and yet, we have seen,
during the election, keen, clever business men, up and down stairs,
calling on their neighbours, and making sure that they have given their
vote on the right side, and this in addition to many a visit paid since
the candidates were selected, and the time drew nigh for getting them
returned.
How freely they bear ridicule! Men who would blush to talk of religion
do not hesitate to be sneered at for the sake of their party, wearing
their colour and priding themselves on their opinions. We have nothing
to say against this. Men ought to have the courage of their opinions,
but why not own up and play the man for Jesus Christ?