There is a true apostolicism in the character 
of St. Paul. It is a combination of zeal and love
The Zeal of some men is of a haughty, un- 
bending, ferocious character. They have the 
letter of truth, but they mount the pulpit like 
prize-fighters. It is with them a perpetual scold. 
This spirit is a reproach to the Gospel. It is 
not the spirit of Jesus Christ. He seems to have 
laboured to win men. 
But there is an opposite extreme. The Love 
of some men is all milk and mildness ! There is 
so mucli delicacy, and so much fastidiousness ! 
They touch with such tenderness ! — and, if the 
patient shrinks, they will touch no more ! The 
times are too flagrant for such a disposition. The 
Gospel is sometimes preached in this way, till all 
the people agree with the preacher. He gives no 
offence, and he does no good! Richard Cecil