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For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead. And that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again. -2 COR. v. 14, 15.
WHAT is the use of sermons? -what is the use of books? Here are hundreds and thousands of people hearing weekly and daily what is right, and how many _do_ what is right? -much less _love_ what is right? What can be the reason of this, that men should know the better and choose the worse? What motive can one find out? -what reason or argument can one put before people, to make them do their duty? How can one stir them up to conquer themselves; to conquer their own love of pleasure, laziness, cowardice, conceit, above all their own selfishness, and do simply what is right, morning, noon, and night? That is a question worth asking and considering, for there ought to be some use in sermons and in books; and there ought to be some use in every one of us too. Woe to the man who is of no use! The Lord have mercy on his soul; for he needs it!