PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Moody's Stories: Being a Second Volume of Anecdotes, Incidents, and Illustrations
Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899 · 37,649 words · 59 reading sections
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Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Moody's Stories INCIDENTS and ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration] Copyrighted, 1884, by F. H. Revel Printed in United States of America Moody's Stories Being a Second Volume of Anecdotes Incidents and Illustrations By D. …
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Lady Pendulum When Mr. Sankey and I were in London a lady who attended our meetings was brought into the house in her carriage, being unable to walk. At first she was very skeptical; but one day she said to her servant: "Take me into the inquiry room." After I had talked with her a good while about her soul she said…
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In 1871 I preached a series of sermons on the life of Christ in old Farwell hall, Chicago, for five nights. I took Him from the cradle and followed Him up to the judgment hall, and on that occasion I consider I made as great a blunder as ever I made in my life. It was upon that memorable night in October, and the court…
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The old slave, with all his ignorance, had even then experienced a liberty in his own soul that these young men, with all their boasted education, at that time knew nothing of. The Most Important Thing A certain John Bacon, once a famous sculptor, left an inscription to be placed on his tomb in Westminster Abbey: "W…
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When I was in St. Louis some years ago, there was an old man who had been away off on the mountains of an ungodly life, but in his early manhood he had known Christ. He came into the inquiry-room, literally broken down. About midnight that old man came trembling before God and was saved. He wiped away his tears, and st…
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Doctor Gordon of Boston used to say that as you passed along Washington street of that city, or Broadway, New York, you might see stores with the card in the window, "To rent, with or without power," and any one could rent the store, and by paying something extra could have power furnished from the engine in the rear. …
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A Southern soldier who had not seen that order came into the Union lines, and they read it to him. He didn't know what to do. If he went back into the Southern army he would be shot as a deserter, and the Northern army wouldn't have him. So he went into the woods, and stayed there, living on roots and whatever else he …
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A young convert tried to preach in the open air; he could not preach very well either, but he did the best he could. Some one interrupted him and said: "Young man, you cannot preach; you ought to be ashamed of yourself." Said the young man, "So I am, but I am not ashamed of my Lord." That is right. Do not be ashamed…
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The general said that he had heard of such things in other generations, but he didn't know that it would ever happen in his generation. He was amazed to find a person on duty in Washington that was willing to give up her position and take a lower one, and let some one else have it that she might be able to help her fam…
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That was all there was of his life. Pretty short, wasn't it? Sixty years gone, millions of money, and in a mad-house; and he died there. That was the summing up of his life. Beautiful Motion but No Progress Many people are working and working, as Rowland Hill said, like children on a rocking-horse--it is a beautiful …
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"Ah, I just take him to Calvary, and I show him Christ, and I point out those wounds in His hands and feet and side, and say, 'Doesn't He love me?' and the fact is, he got such a scare there eighteen hundred years ago that he cannot stand it; he leaves me every time." That bedridden saint had not much trouble with dou…
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The mother said, "Charlie, I am not going to talk to you any more. This matter has to be settled; pick up that Bible, or I will punish you." At last she broke his will, and then he found it as easy as it is for me to turn my hand. He picked up the Bible, and laid it on the table. So it is with the sinner; if you are …
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You see, Satan came in between him and the preacher, and caught away the good seed of the Word. I have often preached to people, and have been perfectly amazed to find they could hardly tell one solitary word of the sermon; even the text had completely gone from them. Better Make Sure "I hab hearn folks say, 'Hope I …
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He went off to bed, but could not sleep; it seemed as if the very pillow kept whispering the word, "Come! Come!" He began to be angry with himself: "What a fool I was for ever going to that meeting at all!" When he got up he took the little hymn book, found the hymn, and read it over. "What nonsense!" he said to himse…
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There was a very promising young man in my Sunday-school in Chicago. His father was a confirmed drunkard, and his mother took in washing to educate her four children. This was her eldest son, and I thought that he was going to redeem the whole family. But one day a thing happened that made him go down in my estimation.…
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Next Monday I heard two or three men stand up and say, "We had a new minister last Sunday--the same old minister, but he had got new power," and I firmly believe that is what we want to-day all over America--new ministers in the pulpit and new people in the pews. We want people quickened by the Spirit of God. Neglecti…
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I wouldn't give much for his respect or admiration; I wouldn't give much for his friendship. God wants us to put our faith in Him. How it would wound a mother's feelings to hear her children say, "I do love mamma so much, but I don't believe what she says." How it would grieve that mother. And that is about the way a g…
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I said to the mother, "We cannot have our boy grow up to hate Sunday in this way; that will never do. That is the way I used to feel when I was a boy. I used to look upon Sunday with a certain amount of dread. Very few kind words were associated with the day. I don't know that the minister even noticed me, unless it wa…
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Although God forgave the sins of Jacob and David, and the other Old Testament saints, yet there were certain consequences of their sins which those saints had to suffer after they were forgiven. If a man gets drunk and goes out and breaks his leg, so that it must be amputated, God will forgive him if he asks it, but h…
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One young man at college, an only son, whose mother wrote to him remonstrating against his gambling and drinking habits, took the letters out of the post-office, and when he found that they were from her, he tore them up without reading them. She said: "I thought I would die when I found I had lost my hold on that son…
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The white-haired mother got just as near her son as she could, and every witness that went into the court and said anything against him seemed to hurt her more than her son. When the jury brought in a verdict of guilty a great shout went up, but the old mother nearly fainted away; and when the judge pronounced the sent…
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Now, the looking-glass showed him that his face was dirty--_but I did not take the looking-glass to wash it_; of course not. Yet that is just what thousands of people do. The Law is the looking-glass to see ourselves in, to show us how vile and worthless we are in the sight of God; but they take the Law and try to _was…
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It is a false idea that all pride is confined to the upper classes. You will find it in the lanes and alleys. You will find little dirty, barefooted children who will get a string of shavings, put it round their necks, and strut down the street as if they were wearing golden beads. Pride is born and grows in the human …
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I used at one time to read so many chapters of the Bible a day, and if I did not get through my usual quantity, I thought I was getting cold and backsliding. But, mind you, if a man had asked me two hours afterward what I had read, I could not tell him; I had forgotten it nearly all. When I was a boy I used, among oth…
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He couldn't move head or foot. If you are slave to some vile habit, you must either slay that habit, or it will slay you. Unity There is one thing I have noticed as I have traveled in different countries; I never yet have known the Spirit of God to work where the Lord's people were divided. Unity is one thing that we…
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I remember, when we were in London, they found one old woman who was eighty-five years old, and not a Christian. After the worker had prayed, she made a prayer herself: "O Lord, I thank Thee for going out of Thy way to find me." He is all the time going out of His way to find the lost. He Got Time To Think I was on…
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She had a family of children. One of her neighbors had died, and her husband had brought home a little child. She said, "I don't want the child," but her husband said, "You must take it and look after it." She said she had enough to do with her own, and she told her husband to take that child away. But he would not. Sh…
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Well, when I wanted an orange, I did not go to an orange tree and pray the oranges to fall into my pocket; but I walked up to a tree, reached out my hand, and took the oranges. He said "Take," and I took. God says, "There is my Son; take Him as your Saviour. The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal li…
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"Yes," he said, "and a curious thing happened that night; this hymn recalled it to my mind. I was on sentry duty on the edge of a wood. It was a dark night and very cold, and I was a little frightened because the enemy were supposed to be very near at hand. I felt very homesick and miserable, and about midnight, when e…
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There is one mountain that the wrath of God has swept over--that is, Mount Calvary; and the fire spent its fury upon the bosom of the Son of God. Take your stand by the cross, and you will be safe for time and eternity. Perfect Order A good many people are afraid of doing anything out of the regular lines--of doing a…
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I remember when I was a boy in Northfield, right near the old red schoolhouse there was an apple-tree that bore the earliest apples of any tree in town. They had a law in that town that fruit on a tree overhanging the street belonged to the public, and any fruit on the other side of the fence belonged to the property-h…
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The Right Time for Action A man was always telling his servant that he was going to do a great thing for him. "I am going to remember you in my will." Sambo got his expectations up very high. When the man came to die, it was found that all he had willed Sambo was to be buried in the family lot. That was the big thing…
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It is the privilege of every child of God to know that he is saved, and yet I find ever so many people living in Doubting Castle. Why, it is _salvation by doubts_ nowadays, instead of _by faith;_ there are so few that dare to say, "I know that my Redeemer liveth; I know in whom I have believed." We find most Christians…
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"Never mind," I said. "When Jesus Christ has the preeminence, you will understand it all. He didn't come down here and say we shouldn't go here and we shouldn't go there, and lay down a lot of rules, but He laid down great principles. Now, He says if you love Him you will take delight in pleasing Him." And I began to p…
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The sister said, "You certainly have something that I have not." The other told her it was for her, too, and she brought the sister to the meetings, where she found peace. Like Martha and Mary, they had a brother but he was a member of the University of Edinburgh. He be converted? He go to these meetings? It might do…
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A friend of mine was once taken by an old man to see his riches. He took him to a splendid mansion, and said, "This is all mine." He pointed to a little town, "That is mine; it is called by my name." He pointed to a rolling prairie, "That is all mine; the sun never shone on a finer prairie than that, so fruitful and ri…
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At our church in Chicago I was closing the meeting one day, when a young soldier got up and entreated the people to decide for Christ at once. He said he had just come from a dark scene. A comrade of his, who had enlisted with him, had a father who was always entreating him to become a Christian, and in reply he always…
273 wordsSECTION 38TOPICAL INDEX
Assurance, 44 Atonement, 8, 30, 98 Attention, 43 Backslider, 17, 22 Balaam's ass, 102 Bible, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 29, 34, 44, 80, 84, 102, 108 Breath from God, 35 Child, As a, 49 Choice, 98 Christ, as Burden-Bearer, 120; for all, 73; seeking the lost, 86; coming of, 67, 85; in the Bible, 31 "Come," 46 Communion with Ch…
360 wordsSECTION 39PSALM 23.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art wi…
122 wordsSECTION 40ISAIAH 55: 1--7.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which…
212 wordsSECTION 41JOHN 3: 1--16.
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto t…
364 wordsSECTION 42JUST AS I AM.
Just as I am, without one plea But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee; O Lamb of God, I come, I come! Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come, I come! Just as I am--Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcom…
112 wordsSECTION 43JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL.
Jesus, Lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high! Hide me, O my Saviour, hide Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last! Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, O leave me not alone. Still …
188 wordsSECTION 44BEHOLD A STRANGER.
Behold a Stranger at the door: He gently knocks, has knocked before; Has waited long, is waiting still: You treat no other friend so ill. Oh, lovely attitude! He stands With melting heart and laden hands; Oh, matchless kindness! and He shows This matchless kindness to His foes. But will He prove a friend indeed? He w…
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Down at the cross where my Saviour died, Down where for cleansing from sin I cried, There to my heart was the blood applied-- Glory to His name!…
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Glory to His name, Glory to His name! There to my heart was the blood applied-- Glory to His name! I am so wondrously saved from sin,-- Jesus so sweetly abides within,-- There at the cross where He took me in-- Glory to His name! O precious fountain that saves from sin, I am so glad I have entered in; There Jesus sav…
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Depth of mercy! can there be Mercy still reserved for me? Can my God His wrath forbear? Me, the chief of sinners, spare? I have long withstood His grace, Long provoked Him to His face; Would not hearken to His calls; Grieved Him by a thousand falls. Now incline me to repent, Let me now my sins lament; Now my foul rev…
69 wordsSECTION 48I WAS A WAND'RING SHEEP.
I was a wand'ring sheep, I did not love the fold: I did not love my Shepherd's voice, I would not be controlled. I was a wayward child, I did not love my home; I did not love my Father's voice; I loved afar to roam. The Shepherd sought His sheep, The Father sought His child, They followed me o'er vale and hill, O'er d…
187 wordsSECTION 49WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS!
What a Friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry Ev'rything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry Ey'rything to God in prayer. Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be dis…
144 wordsSECTION 50O HAPPY DAY!
O happy day that fixed my choice On Thee, my Saviour and my God! Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad.…
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Happy day, happy day, When Jesus washed my sins away! He taught me how to watch and pray, And live rejoicing every day; Happy day, happy day, When Jesus washed my sin away! O happy bond that seals my vows To Him who merits all my love! Let cheerful anthems fill His house, While to that sacred shrine I move. 'Tis done…
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1 All of Grace. C. H. Spurgeon 2 The Way to God. D. L. Moody 3 Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study. Moody 4 Life, Warfare and Victory. Whittle 5 Heaven. D. L. Moody 6 Prevailing Prayer. D. L. Moody 7 The Way of Life. Various authors 8 Secret Power. D. L. Moody 9 To the Work. D. L. Moody 10 According to Promise. C. H. Spur…
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_Ask for descriptive folder._ MOODY PRESS 153 Institute Place (Dept. MCL) Chicago 10 LIFE on the HIGHEST PLANE _By_ RUTH PAXSON Now, all 3 volumes in one book. 820 pages, #$3.00# [Illustration] The three volumes, "THE PERSON AND WORK OF CHRIST"; "THE RELATION BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN"; and "THE BELIEVER'S…
112 wordsSECTION 54GOD'S PLAN OF REDEMPTION
It will aid one in personal Bible study or provide a practical outline for study groups. The questions are based on the teaching in each chapter of "Life on the Highest Plane." Can be used with or without the larger book. 48 pages, paper, #25c.#…
45 wordsSECTION 55CALLED UNTO HOLINESS
Addresses given at Keswick's Conference in England. Sounds the clarion call to a more holy life. Here is victory for the defeated; deliverance for the enslaved; rest for the weary; peace for the discouraged; and joy for the sorrowing. 126 pages, paper, #20c.#…
43 wordsSECTION 56RIVERS OF LIVING WATER
Studies Setting Forth the Believer's Possession of Christ, How Obtained--How Maintained. Multitudes of Christians are living a dry and thirsty existence when the Lord is waiting to give them His very best--rivers of living water! Perhaps few Christians have heard or read the Divine plan and purpose for the life of the …
141 wordsSECTION 57THE EVANGEL BOOKLETS
A series of brief, timely messages of supreme importance, and gospel stories by evangelical preachers and teachers, Christian workers and laymen. 22-page booklets, self-cover. 1. God Is Love. An appeal to the unsaved. D. L. Moody. 2. God Reaching Down. Messages to the unconverted. C. H. Spurgeon. 4. Jack Winsted's Cho…
717 wordsSECTION 58BIBLE STUDY HELPS
_by Grace Saxe_ Miss Saxe's BIBLE STUDY BOOKS make folks WANT to study the Bible and shows them HOW. These books are extensively used in mid-week prayer services and ministers report a great increase in attendance and interest. Sunday school teachers will eagerly welcome a comprehensive, systematic study of the Bibl…
102 wordsSECTION 59BOOKS ON BIBLE STUDY
#Studies in Genesis# #Studies in Exodus# #Studies in Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy# #Studies in Joshua, Judges and Ruth# #Studies in I and II Samuel# #Studies in I and II Kings and I and II Chronicles# #Studies in Psalms# #Studies in The Major Prophets# #Studies in The Life of Christ# #Studies in The Book of Luke#…
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Public domain in the USA; original historical text digitized by Project Gutenberg.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.