Describing his own ministry, Huntington says "God had a particular work for me to do, and therefore qualified me accordingly. Gospel ministers are called fishers of men; and some mystical fish, that are to be caught, are playing among the rocks of error; some of the serpentine kind, like eels, are crawling in the mire, and some are swimming on the surface of pleasure and vanity: each of these chosen ones must have its particular hook (Amos 4:2) or net (Matthew 13:47)."