Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home. A man may cut grafts from his tree till the tree itself has no top left with which to bear fruit In the end, the power of Gospel missions will
be measured by the zeal of enlightened piety at home, as the circulation of the blood at the extremities of the body will depend upon the soundness of the lungs and heart.
I do not say that we should not send the Gospel abroad; but that we may do it, there must be more of it at home. We must deepen the wells of salvation, or drawing will run them dry.—BEECHER.