A Small Congregation?

“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 assume 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, 19th century pastor [letter of counsel to one of his students upon graduation and ordination over a small congregation]