When we were in Edinburg, a man came to me and said, “Over yonder is one of the most prominent infidels in Edinburg. I wish you would go over and see him.” I took my seat beside him and asked him if he was a Christian. He laughed at me, and said he didn’t believe in the Bible.
“Well,” said I, after talking for sometime, “Will you let me pray with you?” “Yes,” said he, “just pray, and see if God will answer your prayers.” “Will you kneel?” “No, I won’t kneel. Who be I going to kneel before?” He said it with considerable sarcasm.
I got down and prayed beside the infidel. He sat up very straight so that the people would understand that he was not in sympathy with the prayer. After I got through, I said, “Well, my friend, I believe that God will answer my prayer, and I want you to let me know when you are saved.” “Yes, I will let you know when I am saved,” all with considerable sarcasm. At last up at Wick, at a meeting in the open air one night, on the outskirts of the crowd, I saw the Edingburg infidel.
He said, “Didn’t I tell you God wouldn’t answer your prayer?” I said, ‘‘The Lord will answer my prayer yet.” I had a few minutes conversation with him, and left him, and just a year ago this month, when we were preaching in Liverpool, I got a letter from one of the leading pastors of Edinburg, stating that that infidel had found his way to Christ.
There may be many in New York who will laugh at this idea, and say that God doesn’t answer prayer, but He does, if Christians will only have faith.—What we want is to have more faith.—MOODY.
