One day Mr. Moody drove up to
my house at Northfield and said: "Torrey, I want you to take a ride with me." I
got into the carriage and we drove out toward Lover's Lane, talking about some
great and unexpected difficulties that had arisen in regard to the work in
Northfield and Chicago, and in connection with other work that was very dear to
him.
As we drove along, some black storm clouds lay ahead
of us, and then suddenly, as we were talking, it began to rain. He drove the
horse into a shed near the entrance to Lover's Lane to shelter the horse, and
then laid the reins upon the dashboard and said: "Torrey, pray"; and then, as
best I could, I prayed, while he in his heart joined me in prayer. And when my
voice was silent he began to pray. Oh, I wish you could have heard that prayer!
I shall never forget it, so simple, so trustful, so definite and so direct and
so mighty. When the storm was over and we drove back to town, the obstacles had
been surmounted, and the work of the schools, and other work that was
threatened, went on as it had never gone on before, and it has gone on until
this day. As we drove back, Mr. Moody said to me: "Torrey, we will let the other
men do the talking and the criticizing, and we will stick to the work that God
has given us to do, and let Him take care of the difficulties and answer the
criticisms."
With permission from Job Anbalagan
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