In this connection may be best mentioned another qualification, on which some pious writers have said much, and sometimes very indiscreetly. It is the possession of a strong desire; the necessity of which is argued from 1 Tim. 3:1. “If a man desire the office of a bishop (pastor), he desireth a good work.” It is obvious that such an inference from this passage might be easily pushed too far. The same distinction applies here which has been stated in the last paragraph. Of course, the church ought