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Book v. 81. Quesnel, in his sketches of the Minister’s character, marks the following—‘To love residence—to absent himself but little, and that out of necessity—never to be absent in heart—to return to his flock as soon as possible—to try all means of surmounting the obstacles which keep him from it—and to look upon non-residence as the most grateful thing imaginable to Satan, and which he promotes with all his power, as a source of the perdition of souls.’ On 1Thess. 2.17, 18. The term prosedreuontev implies a constant residence and sitting at our charge. 1Cor. 9.13. In this spirit, a change of sphere will not be lightly entertained. Circumstances of health—shutting the present door, an unsought-for interposition of providence—or a clear prospect of more suitable adaptation or enlarged usefulness—may indeed warrant and even dictate the step. But great care will be needed to watch the inclination of the will, and to guard against the influence of worldly or self-pleasing motives, an unsettled spirit, or the dispotrition to flinch from a painful cross.