truth and righteousness. In this Christ stands as our most conspicuous example in combining patience with firmness, grace with righteousness, gentleness with sternness. He that stands up fearlessly for “all the counsel of God,” using the weapons of truth and love, will conquer in the end, even though he may at times suffer reproach and seeming defeat. It is not always a fault of yours when some people fall asleep while you preach; for though you may be accounted a “chief speaker” (Acts