No Comfort Like That
Some Bible distributors in going round their district once gave a Bible to a poor woman. A long time after, in going round again, they met her, and asked her what she thought of the Bible. “Think of it?” she … Continued
A Comforted Soul
When the celebrated Whitefield was preaching in England, a gentleman who heard him was thrown into great distress of mind. He felt as if his sins were so great that they could not be forgiven. He couldn’t eat. He couldn’t … Continued
Heaping Coals of Fire
Farmer Dawson kept missing some corn that was taken every few nights from the crib in his barn, although the door was well secured with lock and key. “Who can have stolen it?” asked his wife. “It’s that lazy Tom … Continued
The Saved Sinner’s Gratitude
That good man, the late John B. Gough, used to tell this story: “One day I was going to meet an engagement to lecture at a town in England. I had six miles to ride so as to reach the … Continued
The Blessings of a Christian Lifetime
Suppose that Paul had been converted at seventy instead of twenty-five. There would have been no Paul in history. There was a Matthew Henry because he was converted at eleven and not at seventy; a Dr. Watts because he was … Continued