So it was with Lot's wife. Of all the things which helped to awaken that unfortunate woman, I doubt not the most powerful was the anxiety of her husband. If he had not been anxious, I doubt not she would have been as stupid and unconcerned as her neighbours around her. She clave unto him-she laid hold on the skirt of his garment, determined to be saved, or to perish with her husband. Now, there is reason to think that this is true of some in this congregation-that they flee when their friends are fleeing, but look back, and are lost.
Nothing is more powerful in awakening souls than the example of others awakened to flee.
There is something very moving in the sight of some beloved one going to join the peculiar people of God. They were very eager in their inquiries after a Saviour, and you joined them in their eagerness. It is gone, like the morning cloud and early dew. You looked behind, and are now unmoved as a pillar of salt. If it was right to flee, it is right to flee still.