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326 LIFE OF PAUL . was a livingillustrationof thetruthshe taught; and hereinlayhispower with the people. The voice of duty was to him the voiceof God . Cherishinginhisown soultheprinciplesoftruth, he nevershrank from maintainingthem in full view of theworld. His soulwas everpervaded with a deep and abidingsenseof hisresponsibilitybeforeGod ; and he livedin closeand constant communion with Him who is the fountain of justice, mercy,and truth. He clungto the crossof Christas the only guarantee of success. The loveof Christwas theomnipotent,undying motive which upheldhim in hisconflictswith selfand the power of Satan, in his struggles with spiritualwickednessin high places, in his life-longlabors,ashe pressedforwardagainstthe unfriendliness of the world and the burden of his own infirmities. What thechurchneeds inthesedays of peril is an army of workers, who , likePaul, have educated themselves for usefulness, who have a deep experiencein the thingsof God ,and who are inspiredwith earnestnessand zeal in his service. Cultivated,refined,sanctified,self-sacrificingmen are needed; men who willnot shun trialand responsibility,but who willlifttheburdenswherever they may findthem; men who are brave, who are true; men who have Christ formedwithinthem,and who ,withlipstouched with holyfire,"willpreachtheword " amid the thousandswho arepreachingfables. For the want of such workers, the cause of God languishes, and fatalerrors,likea deadlypoison, taintthe morals and blightthehopesof a large part of thehuman race.As the faithful, toil-worn standard-bearers