Nine out of ten are still born Christians. You never hear
of them. If you press them hard with the question whether they are
Christians they might say, "Well, I hope so." We never see it in
their actions; we never see it in their lives. They might belong to
the church you go to, but you never see them at the prayer-meetings
or taking any interest in the church affairs. They don't profess it
among their fellows or in their business, and the result is that
there are hundreds going on with a half hope, not sure whether their
religion will stand them or not.
CONVERSION.
Mr. Moody's First Impulse in Converting Souls.
I want to tell you how I got the first impulse to work solely for the
conversion of men. For a long time after my conversion I didn't
accomplish anything. I hadn't got into my right place; that was it. I
hadn't thought enough of this personal work. I'd get up in prayer
meeting, and I'd pray with the others, but just to go up to a man and
take hold of his coat and get him down on his knees, I hadn't yet got
round to that. It was in 1860 the change came. In the Sunday school I
had a pale, delicate young man as one of the teachers. I knew his
burning piety, and assigned him to the worst class in the school.
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