RICHARD Weaver, the converted coal miner, was to preach in Queen’s Park, Edinburgh, one Sunday evening. The park was set in the midst of some hills and as Mr. Weaver mounted the platform, he found himself in an amphitheater made by the Lord. Some estimated the audience at 40,000. The crowd was so great that he was afraid he could not make himself heard by all. So he got some friends to go to the outskirts of the crowd on the upper part of the hill and hold up their hands if they heard and understood.
Having in this way discovered that his voice was carrying, he preached from those words of Elijah, “How long halt ye between two opinions?” 1 Kings 18:21. During the service, Mr. Weaver himself sang the gospel hymn, “Christ for Me!”
My heart is fixed, eternal God.
Fixed on Thee!
And my immortal choice is made:
Christ for me!
He said afterward that service was one of the most wonderful in all his experience. He felt that the God of Elijah was with him. Later a meeting for inquirers was held in the assembly hall. The number of those who with broken hearts were seeking Christ was very great.
One of these had a sad tale to tell. Drawing a rope from beneath her coat, she said: “Take this, sir. I was on the way to drown myself, and this rope was to tie my legs. I heard the sound of singing in the park. I turned aside to see where it came from, and was thus led to your meeting. Your singing that hymn, “Christ for Me!” opened my eyes. Instead of being drowned, and condemned, I am now in this hall saved by the grace of God, and having life in Christ, my risen Lord. How can I praise Him for what He has done for me!”
ML-08/10/1969