post 5 - i love this
Samuel Logan Brengle was a Salvation Army Commissioner in the late 1800s. He became a Christian when he was little, but it wasn't until he was an adult that he really felt a transformation in his life.
"The following morning Brengle met on the street a humble man known about Boston as 'the Hallelujah coachman,' and told him of his experience of a clean heart.
"His friend jumped up and down for joy, said Brengle, exclaiming: 'Brother Brengle, preach it!' 'He and I walked out across Boston common,' Brengle continued. 'He talked and I listened. He couldn't speak a dozen words without butchering the Queen's English, but I was hungry enough now to listen to anybody. As he talked I took on courage, and said: 'By the grace of God, I will preach it, if they throw me out of the church afterwards!''"
-from They Found the Secret, by V. Raymond Edman
"The following morning Brengle met on the street a humble man known about Boston as 'the Hallelujah coachman,' and told him of his experience of a clean heart.
"His friend jumped up and down for joy, said Brengle, exclaiming: 'Brother Brengle, preach it!' 'He and I walked out across Boston common,' Brengle continued. 'He talked and I listened. He couldn't speak a dozen words without butchering the Queen's English, but I was hungry enough now to listen to anybody. As he talked I took on courage, and said: 'By the grace of God, I will preach it, if they throw me out of the church afterwards!''"
-from They Found the Secret, by V. Raymond Edman
posted by melilotnfosco | 7:47 PM
4 Comments:
we all need people like that. busymommy is mine. for Christmas she gave me something for my office - for when i start counseling hurting women.
i love busy.
That's the spirit! (or should I say Spirit?:)
i just love that he was so excited he was hungry enough for spiritual conversation that he was happy to talk with someone who butchered the english language. :) and that he was blessed for it. :D
oh, i see that now. i was just liking the fact that it's just as important (if not more so) to be the encourager as it is to be the doer.
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