Small Congregations

I know the vanity of your heart, and that you will feel mortified that your congregation is very small, in comparison with those of your brethren around you; but assure yourself on the word of an old man, that when you come to give an account of them to the Lord Christ, at his judgment-seat, you will think you have had enough. John Brown of Haddington (1856)

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account (Heb 13:17).