Solitude

Spurgeon writes the following on the early church father Jerome:

"That was a grand action by Jerome, one of the Roman fathers. He laid aside all pressing engagements and went fulfill the call God gave him, viz., to translate the Holy Scriptures. His congregations were larger than many preachers of today, but he said to his people, 'Now it is necessary that the Scriptures be translated; you must find another minister: I am bound for the wilderness and shall not return until my task is finished.' Away he went and labored and prayed until he produced the Latin Vulgate, which will last as long as the world stands. So we must say to our friends, 'I must go away and have time for prayer and solitude.' And though we did not write Latin Vulgates, yet our work will be immortal: Glory to God."