THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NE S S men. Others for other men. Some will be hooked easily and quickly. Others will have to be “ played for” a long time. There are many kinds of hooks and lines and rods. Fishing is an art. There is always something new to be learned about the business. A fisherman needs patience. No one will make a successful fisherman with out this qualification. The wind is wrong one day; water too rough the next; weather too cold the next; but keep ,at it. Let patience have her per fect work. A fisherman must have perseverance. Sometimes men have fished season after season for a certain fish. Often men have failed repeatedly with a certain kind of tackle, but they keep on, try again and keep on trying. What has been done, can be done. What ought to be done, must be done, and you must do it. You are called by your Lord to do it. A fisherman must have courage, for it takes courage to tackle certain kinds of fish. Be brave. Life is full of hard things. To testify, to talk personally to people, to tell the story in public, will call for a courageous heart. Finally, a fisherman must have faith; You must believe that men can be caught. You must have confidence in your call, and in Him who has called you. You must go where the fish are. You will not find many of them in the church; but in the schools, in the homes, in the shops, the offices, the street cars, in your daily occupation, whatever and wherever it may be— in your own neighborhood, in the city, in the outlying districts, in the regions beyond, there are multitudes. This is a call for abdication. Deny yourself. Surrender all. Leave all. Give up the dearest project. Forsake all, and follow always. It is a call to activity. Catch men— get ht it—■
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