MR. MOODY'S FAITH, IN PRAYER. A REMARKABLE ANSWER. Mr.
Moody, on his return from England, while conducting a prayer-meeting in
Northfield, Mass., gave this illustration of the power of prayer to subdue the
most unlikely cases of sin and unbelief: "There is not a heart so hard
that God cannot touch it. While in Edinburgh, a man was pointed out to me by a
friend who said, 'Moody, that man is chairman of the Edinburgh infidel club.'
So I went and sat down beside him, and said, 'Well, my friend, I am glad to see
you at this meeting. Are you not concerned about your welfare?' He said that he
did not believe in a hereafter. I said, 'Well, you just get down on your knees
and let me pray for you.' "'I don't believe in prayer.' "I tried
unsuccessfully to get the man down on his knees, and finally knelt down beside
him and prayed for him. Well, he made a good deal of sport over it, and I met
him again many times in Edinburgh after that. A year ago last month, while in
the north of Scotland, I met the man again. Placing my hand on his shoulder, I
asked, 'Hasn't God answered the prayer?' "He replied, 'There is no God. I
am just the same as I always have been. If you believe in a God, and in answer
to prayer, do as I told you. Try your hand on me.' "'Well,' I said, 'God's
time will come; there are a great many praying for you; and I have faith to
believe you are going to be blessed.' "Six months ago I was in Liverpool;
and there I got a letter from the leading barrister of Edinburgh, telling me that
my friend, the infidel, had come to Christ, and that of his club of thirty men
seventeen had followed his example. "How it happened he could not say, but
whereas he was once blind, now he could see. God has answered the prayer. 'I
didn't know how it was to be answered,' said Mr. Moody, 'but I believedit would be and it was done. What we want to do is to come boldly to God.'"
Moody was D. L. Moody. In those days, atheists were often referred to as infidels, apparently even by themselves.
Quotation from Various (2004). The
Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to
Prayer (Kindle Locations 3862-3875). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition. Revised
by D. W. Whittle, F. H. Revell, 1885. Also available from here.
2 comments:
These words give encouragement to me as I pray for those close to my heart.
Good! That's one reason I posted this.
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