A World-Wide Evangelist
|
DR. WILBUR
CHAPMAN, the famous Evangelist,
who preached in many lands, thus relates how
he
was born again.
"When the great evangelist, D. L. MOODY, called for
an after-meeting I was one of the first to enter the room,
and to my great joy, Mr. Moody came and sat down
beside me. I confessed that I was not quite sure that I
was saved. He handed me his
opened Bible and asked me
to read John 5. 24; and trembling with emotion I read:
'Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth [M]y word,
and believeth on [H]im that sent [M]e, hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from
death unto life.'
"He said to me: 'Do you
believe this?' I
answered,
'Certainly.' He said, 'Are you a Christian?' I replied,
'Sometimes I think I am, and again I am fearful.' 'Read
it again,' he said. Then he repeated his two questions, and
I had to answer as before. Then Mr. Moody inquired:
'Whom are you doubting?' and then it all came to me
with startling suddenness.
"'Read it again,' said
Moody, and for the third time
he asked: 'Do you believe it?' I said, 'Yes, indeed I
do.' 'Well, are you a Christian?' and I
answered, 'Yes,
Mr. Moody, I am.' From that day to this I have never
questioned my acceptance with God."
|
|