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I. The Lord calls into the ministry only the godly. He selects those whom he would have serve him in the gospel from among the converted, the believing loving and obedient. He does not send the uncon- verted, the unbelieving and the disobedient. Those whom lie calls to his service have strong faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal Saviour. The love of Christ constrains them to do what they can for the promotion of his cause ; the love of souls impels them to do what they can to win sinners from sin and hell back to Christ, to holiness, to heaven. But all the godly are not called to the ministry, not even all in whom these graces of the Spirit may be in vigorous and lively exercise. There is a special call. II. The elements of this call are, I think, as fol- lows: 1. A desire to be engaged in the work of the min- istry, a liking for it. Not a liking for public To a Theological Student. 219 speaking merely, nor a liking for the consideration that attaches to the ministerial office ; nor for the positions and emoluments that may be won in its exercise, nor for any of its accessories merely, but for the work itself. This desire should be a con- straining desire, such as will move one towards it; a considerate desire that remains after counting the