Moody on Fire
Moody on Fire
On this day, July 8, in the Year of our Lord 1894, D.L. Moody and R.A. Torrey met with a large group at Northfield’s Student’s Conference. They received their baptism with the Holy Spirit and encountered the manifest presence of Christ.
R.A. Torrey later reported on this demonstrative encounter when he wrote, “Seven Reasons Why God Used D.L. Moody.” The seventh reason was that Moody received the endowment of power of the Holy Spirit. Torrey writes, “I shall never forget the eighth of July, 1894, to my dying day. It was the closing day of the Northfield’s Students’ Conference—the gathering of students from the eastern colleges. Mr. Moody has asked me to preach on Saturday night on the baptism with the Holy Ghost. What it is, what it does, the need of it, and the possibility of it. And on Sunday morning, again on the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It was just exactly twelve o’clock when I finished my morning sermon… Mr. Moody invited all of us to go up on the mountain… to pray for the power of the Holy Spirit… ‘Go to your rooms. Go out into the woods. Go to your tent. Go anywhere you can get alone with God and have this matter out with Him…’ There were four hundred and fifty-six of all of us [who went up on the mountain to pray.] I know the number because Paul Moody counted us as we passed through the gate… As we had gone up the mountainside, heavy clouds had been gathering, and just as we began to pray, those clouds broke and the rain-drops began to fall through the overhanging pines. But there was another cloud that had been gathering… a cloud big with the mercy and grace and power of God, and as we began to pray our prayers seemed to pierce that cloud and the Holy Ghost fell upon us. Men and women. That is what we all need—the baptism with the Holy Ghost.”
Loving Father, send the fullness of Your Holy Spirit on Your people as we gather for worship this Sunday, for Jesus Christ’s sake.
YEAR ON FIRE
© Fred A. Hartley, III
All rights reserved
Unless otherwise indicated, the English Standard Bible (ESV) is used.
This daily Christ-encountering, fire-starter is not intended to replace your daily Bible reading and prayer time, but rather to motivate you to spend extended time in His presence.
On this day, July 8, in the Year of our Lord 1894, D.L. Moody and R.A. Torrey met with a large group at Northfield’s Student’s Conference. They received their baptism with the Holy Spirit and encountered the manifest presence of Christ.
R.A. Torrey later reported on this demonstrative encounter when he wrote, “Seven Reasons Why God Used D.L. Moody.” The seventh reason was that Moody received the endowment of power of the Holy Spirit. Torrey writes, “I shall never forget the eighth of July, 1894, to my dying day. It was the closing day of the Northfield’s Students’ Conference—the gathering of students from the eastern colleges. Mr. Moody has asked me to preach on Saturday night on the baptism with the Holy Ghost. What it is, what it does, the need of it, and the possibility of it. And on Sunday morning, again on the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It was just exactly twelve o’clock when I finished my morning sermon… Mr. Moody invited all of us to go up on the mountain… to pray for the power of the Holy Spirit… ‘Go to your rooms. Go out into the woods. Go to your tent. Go anywhere you can get alone with God and have this matter out with Him…’ There were four hundred and fifty-six of all of us [who went up on the mountain to pray.] I know the number because Paul Moody counted us as we passed through the gate… As we had gone up the mountainside, heavy clouds had been gathering, and just as we began to pray, those clouds broke and the rain-drops began to fall through the overhanging pines. But there was another cloud that had been gathering… a cloud big with the mercy and grace and power of God, and as we began to pray our prayers seemed to pierce that cloud and the Holy Ghost fell upon us. Men and women. That is what we all need—the baptism with the Holy Ghost.”
Loving Father, send the fullness of Your Holy Spirit on Your people as we gather for worship this Sunday, for Jesus Christ’s sake.
YEAR ON FIRE
© Fred A. Hartley, III
All rights reserved
Unless otherwise indicated, the English Standard Bible (ESV) is used.
This daily Christ-encountering, fire-starter is not intended to replace your daily Bible reading and prayer time, but rather to motivate you to spend extended time in His presence.
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