Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-02-14
3eliaiolls Impairment.
MR.. SURGEONS CON-
VERSION.

will tell you how myself was brought
to the knowledge of this truth. 1t may
happen the the telling of that will bring
some one else to Christ. 1t pleased God
in my childhood to convince me of sin.
/ lived miserable creature, finding no
hope, no comfort, thinking that surely
God would never save me. At last the
worst came to the worst was miser-
able; / could do scarcely anything. My
heart was broken in pieces. Six months
did l pray, prayed agonizingly with, all
my heart, and never had an answer. /
resolved that in the town where lived, l
would visit every place of worship in or
der to find out the way of salvation. l
felt l was willing to do anything and be
anything if God would only forgive me.
1 set off, determined to go around to all
the chapels, and went to all the places
of worship; and though I dearly venerate
the men that occupy those pulpits now,
and did SO then, am bound to say that
l never heard them once fully preach the
gospel. I mean by that-they preached
truth, great truths, many good truths
that were fitting to many of their congre-
CATION spiritually people; but
what wanted to know waS-How can
get my sins forgiven? And they never
once told me that / wanted to hear how
a poor sinner, under a sense Of sin, might
find peace with God; and when i went
heard sermon on 'sBe not deceived, God
is not mocked," which cut me up worse,
but did not tell me how might escape.
1 went again another day, and the text
was something about the glories of the
| righteous nothing for poor me. I was
| something like dog under the table, not
| allowed to eat the children's food. I
went time after time, and / can honestly
| say, / don't know that I ever went with
out prayer to God, and l am sure there
was not more attentive nearer in all the
| place than myself, for painted and longed
to understand how might be saved. At
last one snowy day-it showed so much /
could not go the place had determined
road, and it was blessed stop to mel
found rather an obscure street, and turn
ed down a court, and there was little
chapel. wanted to go somewhere, but
Primitive Methodists' chapel. / had
heard of these people from many, how
they sang SO loudly that they made peo-
pies heads ache; but that did not matter.
and if they made my head ache ever so
much did not care. So, sitting down
the service went on, out no minister
came. At last a very thin-looking man
came into the pulpit and opened his BIZ
BILE and read these words: "Look unto
me, and be We saved, all the ends of the
EARTH" just setting his eyes upon me
as if he knew me all by heart, he said
"Young man, you are in trouble" Welf
was, sure enough Says he, tsYOa viii
never get out of it unless you look tt
Christ" And then lifting up bis hands
he cried out, as only think a Primitiv,
Methodist could do, Clock, look, look
"It is only look" said he. saw at ono
the way of salvation. o, how did leal
for joy at that moment. know no
what else he said; did not take mucl
notice of it, was so possessed with tina
one thought. Like as when the brazel
serpent was lifted up, they only locke
and were healed. had been waiting t.
do fifty things, but when heard this thi
word, "Look, what charming word
seemed to me. O, looked until / coul
almost have looked my eyes away, and il
heaven 1 will look on still in my joy TN
utterable. I now think am bound neve
to preach sermon without preaching t
sinners. do think that a minister VIII
can preach sermon without addressin
sinners does not know how to preach
Sporgeon.