I. Encouragement must be lived as well as spoken.
II. Encouragement must begin at the nearest point.
III. Encouragement must not be merely seasonal.
IV. Encouragement must not be withdrawn by frequent failures.
V. Encouragement must be true, based on reasons.
W. M. Statham, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xxiv., p. 408.
References: Isaiah 41:7. E. P. Thring, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xxii., p. 136. Isaiah 41:9. Spurgeon, Evening by Evening,p. 138.
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