TWICE-BORN MEN

REMARKABLE CONVERSIONS OF WELL-KNOWN MEN
IN DIFFERENT AGES AND IN VARIED RANKS OF LIFE

Compiled by HY. PICKERING

A World-Wide Evangelist

DR. WILBUR CHAPMAN, the famous Evangelist, who preached in many lands, thus relates how he was born again.

“When the great evangelist, D. L. MOODY, called for an after-meeting I was one of the first to enter the room, and to my great joy, Mr. Moody came and sat down beside me. I confessed that I was not quite sure that I was saved. He handed me his opened Bible and asked me to read John 5. 24; and trembling with emotion I read: ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come unto condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.’

“He said to me: ‘Do you believe this?’ I answered, ‘Certainly.’ He said, ‘Are you a Christian?’ I replied, ‘Sometimes I think I am, and again I am fearful.’ Read it again,’ he said. Then he repeated his two questions, and I had to answer as before. Then Mr. Moody inquired: ‘Whom are you doubting?’ and then it all came to me with startling suddenness.

“‘Read it again,’ said Moody, and for the third time he asked: ‘Do you believe it ?’ I said, ‘Yes, indeed I do.” Well, are you a Christian ?’ and I answered, ‘ Yes, Mr. Moody, I am.’ From that day to this I have never questioned my acceptance with God.”