A young brother had begun to preach the gospel and met an old brother who gave him encouragement and some very wise advice. Both of the brothers were named John. When they were introduced to each other the older one said, "So you are preaching the gospel, are you, John?”
“Yes sir," the younger one replied, "I'm trying to preach the gospel.”
“Well, I'll tell you what." the older one said, "you just go ahead and preach as though the saving of every soul in all the world depended entirely upon you, knowing at the same time that you are nothing, and that you can not save one soul, but that all depends completely upon God." Ed.