willing to save them, and invites them to believe and be saved.
Let us ask ourselves, as we leave the passage, whether we know anything of the mind of Christ ? Are we, like Him, tenderly concerned about the souls of the uncon- verted ? Do we, like Him, feel deep compassion for all who are yet as sheep without a shepherd ? Do we care about the impenitent and ungodly near our own doors ? Do we care about the Heathen, the Jew, the Mahomet- an, and the Roman Catholic in foreign lands ? Do we use every means, and give our money willingly, to spread the Gospel in the world ? These are serious questions, and demand a serious reply. The man who cares nothing for the souls of other people is not like Jesus Christ. It may well be doubted whether he is converted himself, and knows the value of his own soul.