Two young soldiers were talking about the service of Christ. One of them said, “I can’t tell you all that the Lord Jesus is to me. I do wish that you would enlist in His army.” “I am thinking about it,” answered his comrade, “but it means giving up several things; in fact, I am counting the cost.” An officer passing at that moment heard the remark, and laying his hand on the shoulder of the speaker, he said, “Young friend, you talk of counting the cost of following Christ; but have you ever counted the cost of not following Him? “For days that question rang in the ears of the young man, and he found no rest till he sought it at the feet of the Saviour of sinners, whose faithful soldier and servant he has now been for twenty-seven years.