This Stammering Tongue

One day during his great mission in London, Mr. Moody was holding a meeting in a theater packed with a most select audience. Noblemen and noblewomen were there in large numbers, and a prominent member of the royal family was in the royal box.

Mr. Moody arose to read the Scripture lesson. He attempted to read Luke 4:27: “And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha.” When he came to the name of Elisha he stammered and stuttered over it. He went back to the beginning of the verse and began to read again, but when he reached the word “Elisha” he could not get over it. He went back the third time, but again the word was too much for him. He closed the Bible with deep emotion and looked up and said, “Oh, God, use this stammering tongue to preach Christ crucified to these people.”

The power of God came upon him, and one who heard him then and had heard him often at other times said to me that he had never heard Mr. Moody pour out his soul in such a torrent of eloquence as he did then, and the whole audience was melted by the power of God.
~ Sunday School Times

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