He once said it’s what kept him up at night, that there might be professing but not possessing Christians in the congregation of Saint Andrew’s. The zeal to proclaim the holiness of God and the gospel of Christ propelled him to devote his life to teaching, to preaching, to traveling, to writing. It kept him going even into his late seventies and despite the toll all the miles had taken. He prayed and labored for an awakening. By the end of the sermon, R. C. had swept the congregation along with him