I remember that a person came to me once and told me that she had prayed for affliction. I replied, “Dear soul, dear soul, do not be so foolish. You will have quite enough trouble without asking for it.” Every hour that you listen to the Gospel and bar your heart against it you are less and less likely to admit it. There are no two exactly alike in all the family of God, and yet the likeness to the Elder Brother is to be seen more or less in each one. A congregation is a strange aggregate; it is