The Issues of Life There are many amazing stories about Peter Cartwright, an American Methodist evangelist in the 1800’s. One time He saw Abraham Lincoln in one of his meetings, and did all he could to bring this great man to Christ. Many responded to his salvation invitation at the close of the preaching but
Do What You Do Best Peter Cartwright was an early Methodist circuit rider in the American Wild West in the 1800’s. He was known as a no-nonsense preacher, as the following story illustrates. Camp meetings drawing sometimes thousands of hungry souls were becoming popular. There could be as many as a dozen preachers all preaching
A Conversion Most of us are familiar with “Pilgrim’s Progress” (first published in 1678), and some of us might even remember its author as John Bunyan. John’s father was a tinker – a mender of broken pots and kettles, and this became John’s trade. After a short stint in the army, and owning nothing more
John Bunyan John Bunyan, famed writer of ‘Pilgrim’s Progress,’ paid a great price for his faith. Converted at the age of 25 in 1653, he found increasing success in preaching. Seven years later, the Church of England was declared the only true church in the nation and every Christian had to conform to its beliefs
John Wesley God had His hand on John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist church, from earliest days. At the age of six he was initially overlooked as his family fled their burning cottage. As family and neighbours watched, young John appeared in an upper window. Forming a human ladder, some local farm hands risked
A Heart Strangely Warmed By the age of 35 John Wesley was a disappointed and disillusioned man. He had led Oxford University’s ‘Holy Club’ and completed a time in the new colony of America as a missionary, but knew in his heart there was no reality to his spiritual life. He was attending a Moravian
Guard Your Heart John Wesley was a controversial man through almost all of his ministry life. While most of the conflict he experienced was with mobs determined to break up meetings, another less known conflict was with his earlier close friend, George Whitfield. Both men had been members of the ‘Holy Club”’at Oxford University. When
Organisation Both John Wesley and George Whitfield were the spiritual giants of their day. Both were unusually powerful preachers, successful evangelists, prolific writers and both carried unstained testimonies. Their greatest difference proved to be Wesley’s organising ability. He divided his followers into societies, and the societies into classes, each with a leader responsible for pastoral
Corrie ten Boom Corrie ten Boom was a quiet, unassuming, remarkable woman. She lived with her family in Haarlem, a Dutch town between Amsterdam and the North Sea. In 1937 the ten Boom family began to open their home to elderly Jews fleeing Germany. The war began in 1939 and Holland was quickly overrun by
Persecution Corrie ten Boom’s courage continues to challenge us to stand strong in the face of adversity. She lived in enemy occupied Holland through the World War 2 war years. Her family had built a secret room into their home where they hid nine Jews. The Gestapo knew the home was being used as a
