None can less afford to delay than the aged sinner. Now is the time. Now or never. You have, as it were, one foot already in the grave. Your opportunities will soon be over. Strive, then, I entreat you, to enter in at the strait gate.
Leadership is particularly necessary to ensure ready acceptance of the unfamiliar and that which is contrary to tradition.
I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field.