For not in doing, or in contriving, nor in choosing between this course and another, can I avail, but only in knowing what was, or is, and in part also what shall be.
Last words are lasting words, as they say.
So James leaves us with an enduring word of encouragement-to seek and save those who through suffering, sorrow and perpetual yielding have given up and drifted away. God forbid that in the pursuit of our own holiness we should ever leave anyone behind. It is slavery, frustration, confusion, and overwhelming sadness. It is what another generation of Christians called acedia-spiritual torpor and apathy. It may have happened, or it may be happening, to you.