Chapter 15 from Gardiner Spring's, "The Power of The Pulpit" | It was a bold and presumptuous step on my part, when, as a young man just entering my third year in ministry, I dared to instruct others by publishing Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian Character. Nearly forty years in the ministry have since taught me that youth and inexperience can address such a profound topic with far more ease and confidence than the perspective brought by age, deeper reflection, and the weight of a more varied—and often more humbling—experience. - Gardiner spring