Job 14:15 You shall call, and I will answer you: you will have a desire to the work of your hands. Mr. Moody used to say, "Some day you will read in the papers that Dwight L. Moody is dead. Don't you believe it. When they say I am dead, I shalt be more alive than I ever was before." Now, it is very easy to say that when one is well and strong, but the last hours Mr. Moody had on earth he lay looking death right in the eye without a quiver. Early in the morning of his last day on earth, before daylight, his son Will, who was keeping watch beside his bed, heard him whispering something, and leaning over the bed, caught the words, "Earth is receding, heaven is opening, God is calling!" Will was disturbed, and called the other members of the family into the room. "No, no, father," he said; "not so bad as that." His father opened his eyes, and, seeing the family gathered round, said, "I have been within the gates. I have seen the children's faces" — those of his two grandchildren who had died during the summer and spring. In a little while he sank into unconsciousness again, but again became conscious, and opened his eyes and said, "Is this death? This is not bad. There is no valley. This is bliss! — this is sweet! — this is glorious!" Then his daughter, with breaking heart, said, "Father, don't leave us!" "Oh," he replied, "Emma, I am not going to throw my life away. If God wants me to live, I will live; but if God is calling me, I must up and off!" A little while later, someone tried to arouse him; but he said faintly, "God is calling me; don't call me back. This is my Coronation Day; I have long looked for it!" And so he went up for his coronation! (A. R. Torrey, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.WEB: You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands. |
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