“Sir,” said the Duke of Wellington to an officer of engineers, who urged the impossibility of executing the directions he had received, “I did not ask your opinion: I gave you orders, and I expect them to be obeyed.” Such should be the obedience to the Divine will of every follower of Christ. The words which He has spoken are our laws, not our judgments or fancies; and at our Master’s bidding we must advance through flood and flames to do them, even if death itself be in our way.