Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-12
Mr.. SpurgeOn's Conversion.

will tell you how myself was brought
TO the knowledge of this truth. 1t may
happen the telling of that will bring some
one else to Christ. II pleased God in my
childhood to convince me of sin. lived a
miserable creature, finding no hope, no com
fort, thinking that surely God would never
save me. At last the worst came TO the
worst-I was miserable; could do scarcely
anything. My heart was broken in pieces.
2Si~ months did pray, prayed agoDizingly
with all my heart, and never had an answer.
/ resolved that, in the town where lived, i
would visit every place of worship in order
to find out the way of salvation. felt
was willing to do anything and be anything
If God would only forgive me. set off, de
termned to go around to all the chapels, and
| went TO all the places Of worship; and
though | dearly venerate the men that oc-
cury those pulpits now, and did so then, |
am bound to say that | never heard them
once fully preach the gospel. | mean by
that-they preached truth, great truths,
many good truths that were fitting to many
Of their ngregation-spiritually
people but what wanted to know was
How can 1 get my sins forgiven And
they never once told me that. | wanted TO
hear how poor sinner, under sense Of sin,
might find peace with God and when went
heard sermon on BE not deceived
God is not mocked," which cut me up worse
but did not say how / might escape. l went
again another day, aud the text was some
thing about the glories of the righteous
nothing for poor me. | was something like
dog under the table, not allowed to eat the
children's food. went time after time, and
! can honestly say, don't know that evel
went without prayer to God, and l am sure
there was not a more attentive hearer in al
the place than myself, for / painted ant
longed to understand how / might be saved
} At last one snowy day-it showed so mucl
could not go to the place had determined
to go to, and was obliged to stop on tn,
, road, and it was blessed stop to me-
, found rather an obscure street, and turnec
down a court, and there was little chapel
, wanted to go somewhere, but l did no
J know this place. 1t was the Primitiv
Methodists chapel. 1 had heard of thes
people from many, how they sang so loudl
that they made peoples head ache; but tina
did not matter. / wanted to know how
might be saved, and if they made my hea
ache ever 80 much | did not care. So, sit
ting down the service went on, but no mir
lister came. At last very thin-lookin
man came into the pulpit and opened hi
| DlDle anu Tcdu oHcsc Woiuos i<ooh uho
me, and be ye saved, all the ends of tn
, earth" Just setting his eyes upon me, a
if he knew me all by heart, he said, " Youn
, man, you are in trouble" Well, was, sur
enough. Says he, You will never get ou
J of it unless you look to Christ" And the
: lifting Up his hands he cried out, as only
think Primitive Methodist could dc
: Look, look, lookl" at is only. look,
! said he. saw at once the way OF salvatioI
! o, how did leap for joy at that moment
. know not what else he said l did not TAX
much notice of i'll was so possessed wit
: Oi,at ono thought. Like as when the braze
: serpent was lifted up, they only looked an
were healed. had been waiting to do fift
' things, but when heard this word Look
: what charming word it seemed to me. {
looked until could almost have looked IN
a eyes away and in heaven l will look on sti
= in my Joy unutterable. | now think | au
, bound never to preach sermon withou
a preaching to sinners. do think that
n minister who can preach a sermon withou
: addressing sinners does not know how t
i preach.-Spurgeon.