Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05
International Sunday-School Lessons
SECOND QUARTER, 1876.
A Wife's Faith and Prayers.

THE New York Observer saws that, one
evening while preaching at the Hippo
drome from the words, "When He saw
their faith" which our Saviour addressed
TO those who brought to Him a man sick
of the palsy, land let him down with his
couch through the thing into the midst
before Jesus" (sec Luke s.: 1920, MIR.
Moody related the following incidents:
As was coming out OF daily PRAYER
meeting in one OF our Western cities,
mother came up to me and said, Il want
to have you see my husband and ask him
to come to Christ" took out my memo
randum book, and put down his name
She says, II want to have you go and
see him." knew the name and that it
was a learned judge, and so said to her,
81 can't agree with him. He is great
deal older than am, and it would be out
out of place. Then | am not much for
infidel argument "Wcll, Mr. Moody, :"
she says, that amt what he wants.
He's got enough Of that. Just ask him to
come TO the Saviour" She urged me so
hard and so strong that l consented to go.
l went up to the office, where the Judge
was doing business and. told him what |
had come for. He laughed at me- You
are very foolish" he said, and began to
argue with me. said, II don't think it
will be profitable for me to hold an argu-
mcnt with you. ! have just one favor
want to ask Of you and that is that when
you are converted you will let me know. :"
Yes" said he, 81 will do that. When
/ am converted / will let you know
with a good deal OF sarcasm. l thought
the prayers OF that wife would be an.
swered, if mine were not.
year and "a half after | was in that
city, and "A servant came to my door aud
said There Is a man in the drawing
room" found the Judge there He
said: 81 promised | would let you know
when l was converted" | had heard it
from other lips, but I wanted to hear 1t
from his own. He said his wife had gone
out to "A meeting one night and he was
home alone, and while he was sitting
there by the fire he thought, Surprising
my wife is right, and my children are
right; suppose there is a Heaven and
hell, and snail be separated from them"
His first thought was, :" | don't believe a
word Of it, The second thought came,
You believe in the God that created yol,
and that the God that created you is able
to teach you. You believe that God can
give you life. Yes, the God that created
me can give me life. was too proud to
get down on my knees by the fire, and l
said, 20, God, teach me- And as
prayed, don't understand it. but it began
to get very dark, and my heart got very
heavy. | was afraid to tell my wife, and
! pretended TO be asleep. She kncelcd
down beside that bed, and knew she was
praying for me, kept crying, % God,
teach me-. had TO change my prayer, %
God, save me; o God, take away this bur-
den.' But it grew darker and darker, and
the load grew heavier All the way to my
office kept crying, 80 God, take away
this load gave my clerks holiday,
and just closed my Office an9 locked the
door fell down on my knees | cried
in agony to my Lord, O Lord for Christ's
sake, take away this guilt | don'tknow
how it was, out itbegan 10 grow very light.
/ said, wonder ifthis isn't what they call
conversion. ! think / will go and ask
the minister if am not converted" The
old Judge said TO me: Mr.. Moody, |
have enjoyed life in the last three months
more than all the rest put together" The
Judge did not believe. The wife did, and
God honored her faith and saved that
man. And he went up 10 springfield, H.,
and the old Judge stood up there and told
those politicians what God, for Christ's
sake, had done for him