Truly they preached as dying men to dying men. True, life was a little shorter then, but that was all. Death and its issues are still the same. Eternity is still the same. The soul is still the same.
Salvation is still the same.
But that was all the difference. We must be more in earnest, if we would walk in the footsteps of our beloved Lord, or if we would fulfill the vows that are upon us. We must be more in earnest, if we would be less than hypocrites. We must be more in earnest, if we would finish our course with joy, and obtain the crown at the Master's coming. This article was excerpted from the Billy Graham Center Collection of Classics titled Words to Winners of Souls , a message from Horatius Bonar.