Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) PASSION FOR SOULS Part 3
There is a door to each man’s heart, and we have to find it and enter it with the right key, which is to be found somewhere or other in the Word of God. All men are not to be reached in the same way, or by the same arguments, and as we are by all means to save some, we must be wise to win souls, wise with wisdom from above. We desire to see them conquered for Christ, but no warrior uses always the same strategy. There is for one open assault, for another a siege, for a third an ambush, for a fourth a long campaign. On the sea there are great rams which run down the enemy, torpedoes under water, gunboats, and steam frigates. One ship is broken up by a single blow, another needs a broadside, a third must have a shot between wind and water, a fourth must be driven on shore. Even thus must we adapt ourselves and use the sacred force entrusted to us with grave consideration and solemn judgment, looking ever to the Lord for guid