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Dr.
Leyburn's church (Associate Reformed), where the
meetings, for men only, were held at 4 P. M. was the scene of many new births.
One day a man who had lost all through drink and who
had brought his family to the verge of starvation, was asked by an unsaved
man to go to hear Mr. Moody. At first he ridiculed the idea, but finally
said, "Can a fellow get warm there?" (his
feet being out of his shoes). On being assured that he could, he went. He was
ushered to the third seat from the front Mr. Moody took for his text Matt. 1:
21, "Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from
their sins." The man said to himself, "That is what I need, some
one to save me from my sins; I have been trying to save myself, and have made
a miserable failure." When Mr. Moody had finished his talk, he looked
straight at the man, and said, "Do you want this Saviour?" He
answered, "I do." Turning to one of the workers, Mr. Moody said,
"Go talk to that man." In a little while the worker said,
"Would you like me to pray with you?" The man replied, "That
is just what I have been wanting you to do ever
since you have been here." The worker prayed, and a familiar expression
with that man afterward was, "I left my sins in the third pew of Dr.
Leyburn's church." He became a great worker for Christ, and is now a
preacher of the Gospel. |
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From: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DWIGHT LYMAN MOODY
(1837-1899) |
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BY THE REV. J. WILBUR CHAPMAN, D.D. |
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For many years a close colleague of Mr. Moody |
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Originally published in 1900 as a 555-page book. |
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