Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations: Related in his Revival Work by the Great EvangelistMoody, Dwight Lyman
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Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations: Related in his Revival Work by the Great Evangelist
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Christian life -- Fiction; Homiletical illustrations
I remember hearing of a man's dream, in which he imagined that when he
died he was taken by the angels to a beautiful temple. After admiring it
for a time, he discovered that one stone was missing. All finished but
just one little stone; that was left out. He said to the angel, "What is
this stone left out for?" The angel replied, "That was left out for you,
but you wanted to do great things, and so there was no room left for
you." He was startled and awoke, and resolved that he would become a
worker for God, and that man always worked faithfully after that.
Sad Lack of Zeal.
Two young men came into our inquiry room here the other night, and after
a convert had talked with them, and showed them the way, the light broke
in upon them. They were asked, "Where do you go to church?" They gave
the name of the church where they had been going. Said one, "I advise
you to go and see the minister of that church." They said, "We don't
want to go there any more; we have gone there for six years and no one
has spoken to us."
A Zealous Young Lady.
I was very much interested some time ago in a young lady that lived in
the city. I don't know her name, or I have forgotten it. She was about
to go to China as the wife of a missionary on his way to some heathen
field. She had a large Sabbath-school class in the city and succeeded in
getting a blessing upon many of her scholars through her efforts. She
was very anxious to get some one who would look after her little flock
and take care of them while she was gone. She had a brother who was not
a Christian, and her heart was set on his being converted and taking her
place as leader of the class. The young man--perhaps he is in the
audience to-day--refused to accept of Christ, but away in her closet
alone she pleaded with God that her brother might be converted and take
her place. She wanted to reproduce herself and that is what every
Christian ought to do--get somebody else converted to take up your work.
Well, the last morning came, and around the family altar as the moment
drew near for the lady's departure, and they did not know when they
should see her again, the father broke down, and the boy went up stairs.
Just before she left for the train the boy came down, and putting his
arms around his sister's neck, said to her, "My dear sister, I will take
your Saviour for mine, and I will take care of your class for you," and
the young man took her class, and the last I heard of him he was filling
her place. There was a young lady established in good work.
How Moody Treated the Committees.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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