3. Moodyâs Dramatic Moment
Winter 1871-72
âMy heart was not in the work of begging. I could not
appeal [for donations]. I was crying all the time that
God would fill me with His Spirit. Well, one day, in the
city of New Yorkâoh, what a day!âI cannot describe
it, I seldom refer to it; it is almost too sacred an
experience to nameâŠ. I can only say that God revealed
Himself to me, and I had such an experience of His
love that I had to ask Him to stay His hand.
âI went to preaching again. The sermons were not
different; I did not present any new truths, and yet
hundreds were converted. I would not now be placed
back where I was before that blessed experience if you
should give me all the world.â
6. D. L. Moody
âGod has got a good many children who have just
barely got life, but no power for serviceâŠ. The Holy
Ghost coming upon them with power is distinct and
separate from conversion. If the Scripture doesnât
teach it, I am ready to correct it.⊠I believe we
should accomplish more in one week than we
should in years if we had only this fresh baptismâŠ.
âA great many think because they have been
filled once, they are going to be full for all time
after; but O, my friends, we are leaky vessels, and
have to be kept right under the fountain all the time
in order to keep fullâŠ. Let us keep near Him.â
7. At a British YMCA
âAt length a delegation of young men from the
YMCA of Sunderland waited upon the evangelists at
their lodgings, and one of them [Robert Boyd] tells
the story of their reception in the following fashion:
â ⊠On the following Sunday night, when I got to
the rooms of the Young Menâs Christian
Association, I found the meeting on fire. The young
men were speaking with tongues, prophesying.
What on earth did it all mean? Only that Moody had
been addressing them that afternoon.ââ
9. One of Moodyâs Last
Sermons
âI believe Pentecost was but a specimen
day. I think the church has made this
woeful mistake that Pentecost was a
miracle not to be repeated.â
12. âShips Without Windâ
âWithout the Spirit of God we can do
nothing. We are as ships without wind or
chariots without steeds. Like branches
without sap, we are withered. Like coals
without fire, we are useless.â
âCharles Spurgeon
13. âTake the Sacred Tideâ
âTrue prayer is âpraying in the Holy Ghostâ (Jude
1:20). The Spirit makes an atmosphere around every
living prayer; within that circle, prayer lives and
prevails; outside of it, prayer is a dead formality.â
âPut out to sea in holy enterprise when the heavenly
wind is with you. Take the sacred tide at its flood.
Meetings should be increased when you feel the Spirit
of God is blessing them. The truth should be pressed
home more earnestly than ever when the Lord is
opening ears and hearts to accept it. You will soon
know when there is dew about; prize the gracious
visitation.â
15. Samuel Chadwick
(1860 â 1932)
âThe work of God is not by might of
men or by the power of men but by
his Spirit. It is by him the truth
convicts and converts, sanctifies
and saves. The philosophies of men
fail, but the Word of God in the
demonstration of the Spirit prevails.
Our wants are many, and our faults
innumerable, but they are all
comprehended in our lack of the
Holy Ghost. We want nothing but
the fire.â
17. John MacNeil
âLet us get back to Pentecostal methods.
The trouble is that the churches have lost
their way to that âupper room.â Let a church
only find her way back there and obtain her
Pentecost; let pulpit and pew be baptized
with the Holy Ghost and with fire, and the
people will come running in to see the
burning.â
18. R. A. Torrey
(1856 â 1928)
âThe baptism with the Holy
Spirit is a definite
experience of which one
may and ought to know
whether he has received it
or not.â (Here he cites Luke
24:49; Acts 1:4; 8:15-16;
19:2.)