TWICE-BORN MEN
REMARKABLE CONVERSIONS OF WELL-KNOWN MEN
IN DIFFERENT AGES AND IN VARIED RANKS OF LIFE
Compiled by HY. PICKERING
A Famed English Evangelist
HENRY MOORHOUSE, the English Evangelist. “the man who moved the man (D. L. Moody) who moved the world,” whilst “sowing his wild oats,” had many escapes from death. Once he tried to poison himself, and again and again was on the verge of everlasting woe.
But God’s eye was on him, and a career of usefulness was marked out for the profligate youth, soon to be changed in an unexpected way. Passing the Alhambra Circus in Manchester, where Richard Weaver was preaching, hearing a noise within, and thinking a fight was going on, Henry buttoned his coat and rushed in, ready for the fray. As he entered he was arrested by one word—”JESUS.” The glorious name shot from the preacher’s lips went home as a bullet and as balm to the heart of the wanderer. His early childhood, reckless career, and awful danger rose vividly before his vision, the “Glorious Gospel” (2 Cor. 4. 4) message went home to his heart, and he who had entered to fight remained to praise and pray. Thus suddenly and soundly converted to God, he entered heartily into the service of his new Master. His first services were chiefly in the open air, at local and national gatherings, and in special places of concourse. From morning till evening his joy was to spend his time distributing tracts, speaking personally with individuals wherever he got an opportunity, or crying aloud in the street or market-place, urging multitudes to “flee from the wrath to come.”