To Save a Soul

Nothing more excellent or desirable (covetable) than to rescue a soul from death eternal: he does this who brings back his erring brother to the way of life. Wherefore this noble work is not to be neglected. We see how much our Lord regards giving bread to the hungry and drink to the thirsty; but much more precious is salvation to the soul than the life of the body. Therefore let us take care lest souls redeemed by Christ should perish by our sloth, whose salvation God does in a sense put in our hands not that we can of ourselves convey salvation, but that God by our ministration delivers and preserves what otherwise seems near to destruction. — Calvin