According to my principles, if a man is a messenger of God, and knows that men are in danger, and believes that he is sent to rescue them, he must be lost in the enthusiasm of that work. Men often think that earnestness—excitement is dangerous. Yes; everything is dangerous in this world. From the time that a man is born into the world, until he leaves it, it is possible that danger may be coupled with everything he does.
There is a danger that your feeling may be too boisterous, or of too coarse a nature, but there is no danger from excitement that is half so fearful as the danger of not feeling and not caring. A preacher who is earnest in everything he does, in all that he believes, and in all his movements, will generally carry the people with him.—BEECHER.