Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 142:4

(last clause). The soul considered of no value.

1. Consider the worth of the soul. a) The soul will continue for ever. b) The righteous will grow more happy, and the wicked more miserable. c) A great price has been paid for it.

2. Contrast the care we take of our souls, and our anxiety about worldly objects. a) The solicitude we manifest for riches. b) Our care in educating the intellects of our children. c) Eagerness in pursuit of business, honour —even trifles. d) How anxious about a human life! Describe the search for a lost child. e) Contrast our care for souls and our Saviour's care for them: Paul's, Luther's, Whitefield's.

3. Remember some things which show that this care does not exist. a) If you do not statedly observe secret prayer. b) If your soul is not burdened with the souls of others. c) If you neglect family prayer, or observe it as a mere form. d) If you do not regularly go to prayer meetings.

Remark: The great responsibility resting upon every Christian. —Jacob Knapp, in "The Homiletic Monthly", 1882.