The minister must be something as well as do something. He must consistently make an impression upon everybody he approaches that he is in something unlike the ordinary run of men. I do not mean that he should be sanctimonious, for that repels; it must be something in his own consciousness. My father was a clergyman. One of the most impressive incidents of my youth occurs to me. He was in a party of gentlemen, when one of them used a profane word unthinkingly. With a start he turned to my father, and said, "I beg your pardon. Dr. Wilson." My father said, very simply and gently, "Oh, sir, you have not offended me." The emphasis he laid upon that word "me" brought with it a tremendous impression. All present felt that my father regarded himself as an ambassador of someone higher; their realization of it showed in their faces. Woodrow Wilson, The Churchman.
"A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing. Proverbs 13:17
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