Scripture Verse

Introduction

Anecdote

About twen­ty years ago, writes the Rev. James Sprunt, of Lon­don, “Mrs. S— one ev­en­ing left her home, near Bland­ford Square, to vi­sit some of her friends. She was dis­ap­point­ed to find they were not at home.

“She called up­on oth­ers, but they al­so had gone out. Vexed in mind and wea­ry in bo­dy she was re­turn­ing to her home.

“Passing the doors of Ome­ga Hall, she was in­vit­ed to the ser­vice then being held in­side. She en­tered, and en­joyed the ser­vice, es­pe­cial­ly the sing­ing of ‘O what a Sav­iour, that He died for me!’

“This was good news to her soul. By the Spir­it of God she had been taught her lost con­di­tion. What was she to do?

“She had been told in the Hall to re­pent and be­lieve the Gospel, to ac­cept Christ as her Saviour, and to rest her soul on the fin­ished work of Cal­vary’s cross. She heard all this, but did not obey.

But when she re­tired that night her mind could not rest. Dur­ing her sleep she dreamed that she was in the meet­ing and had again joined in the hymn…and with the dreamy sing­ing she awoke to say, not in a dream and not in un­be­lief, but with true faith in God’s Son, from con­dem­na­tion He hath made me free.

Sankey, pp. 292–93