He is willing for others to carry off the so-called prizes of this life. He
nobody to reach somebody who becomes 'Great in the sight of the Lord.' Let us have no hesitancy in permitting our spiritual imagination to reinforce our faith and enkindle our hope and so sustain our courage in the face of massed and mocking foes and threatened defeat. 3. The true Campaigner is a humble man. He seeks nothing for himself. He is willing for others to carry off the so-called prizes of this life. He is not a lord over Christ's heritage; he is a shepherd of the sheep, 'an ensample to the flock.' He holds no dominion over the faith of his brethren, but he is a helper of their joy (2 Corinthians 1:24). Like John the Baptist, he is quite willing to decrease, if only Christ increases; his joy is that of the friend of the Bridegroom (John 3:29, 30). Like Paul he is jealous over his comrades with a godly jealousy, desirous above all things to espouse them to one husband and present them as a chaste virgin to Christ; and he fears lest by any means that old serpent who beguiled Eve through his subtlety, should corrupt them from the simplicity that is in Christ (2 Corinthians 11:2, 3). And like Epaphras, he labours fervently in prayer that they may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God (Colossians 4:12). 4. Finally, this lonely man, coming to a Division and Corps, with no power to command, but only to preach and pray, to help and inspire and to seek the lost, should be received as the messenger of God, and supported by love and prayers and understanding sympathy and helped in his mission in every possible way, that Christ may be glorified, souls won, little children gathered into the fold, and all comrades quickened and sanctified.