Pilgrim Soldier

Reading today I found this quote:

Nothing is so likely permanently to stop soul-saving as the want of intense zeal on the part of our own people. How far are your soldiers’ meetings utilised for the development of the personal religion and fighting capacity of your people? Never mind the fewness of the numbers; if you can but get the few set on fire, the fire will attract others.
General Edward J Higgins

Being the leader of a corps with only a handful of people attending the meetings is not always easy. For starters the most obvious question is how the congregation has become so small. However, the important thing is not to focus on the negative, which can sometimes be all too easy, but instead it is essential to seek out the positive.

Today, I’ve started to see the glowing embers that are deep down inside some of the folk here. The real key now is to open a root to them for the Spirit to gently blow them back into life. Fewness doesn’t matter is those few are on fire!