Your case, Brother R, is similar to this. But the accountability of a minister of Christ, who is to warn the world of a coming judgment, is as much more important than that of the common workman as eternal things are of more consequence than temporal. If the minister of the gospel yields to his inclination rather than to be guided by duty, if he indulges self at the expense of spiritual strength, and as the result moves indiscreetly, souls will rise up in the judgment to condemn him for his unfaithfulness. The blood of souls will be found on his garments. It may seem to the unconsecrated minister a small thing to be fitful, impulsive, and unconsecrated; to build up, and then to tear down; to dishearten, distress, and discourage the very souls that have been converted by the truth he has presented. It is a sad thing to lose the confidence of the very ones whom he has been laboring to save. But the result of an unwise course pursued by the minister will never be fully understood until the minister sees as God seeth. {3T 243.1}

Dit tilfælde, bror R, er ligesom dette. Men en Kristi tjeners ansvarlighed, som skal advare verden for en kommende dom, er meget mere betydningsfuld end den almindelige arbejdsmand, da evige ting er vigtigere end timelige. Hvis evangelieprædikanten overgiver sig mere til sine tilbøjeligheder end til at lade sig lede af pligt, hvis han føjer sig for selvet på bekostning af åndelig styrke og sådan så resultatet bliver uærligt, vil sjæle oprejse sig mod ham i dommen og fordømme ham for hans upålidelighed. Sjæles blod vil findes på hans klæder. Det vil for den uhelligede prædikant synes at være en lille ting at være ustadig, impulsiv og ikke helliget; til at opbygge og så rive ned; og gøre sjæle modløse, pine og bedrøve de sjæle som har været omvendte ved den sandhed han har givet dem. Det er en sørgelig ting at miste deres tillid som han har arbejdet for at vinde. Men følgevirkningen af en prædikants ukloge kurs vil aldrig helt forstås før prædikanten ser som Gud ser.