"You know what the message is? We are commanded to preach the gospel to every creature."
"But how can we do it?—people who are not ministers?"
"It is not necessary to get up into a pulpit to preach the gospel."
"No, sir; but—any way, how is one to 'carry the message'?"
"First, I would say, be sure that you have a message to carry."
"I thought you just said, Mr. Richmond, that the gospel is the message?" said Mrs. Trembleton.
"It is the material of the message; but you know it must be very differently presented to different people."
"I know; but how can you tell?"
"As I said, be sure that you have a message to carry. Let your heart be full of some thought, or some truth, which you long to tell to another person, or long that another person should know. Then ask the Lord to give you the right word for that person; and ask Him to let His power go along with it."
"Then one's own heart must be full first," said another lady, Mrs. Barth, thoughtfully.