Next we would like for you to hear about two men from Ireland who were saved when they heard John and Charles preach. Neither man wanted to hear the preachers speak from the Word of God, but God worked in a most interesting way so that both did hear something from God’s Word.
One man heard that the preaching that night was to be in a barn. He knew it had been decided to lock the door during the meeting so that no one could come to disturb the meeting. So he went in before the meeting began and hid in a grain sack close to the door. He planned to crawl out of the sack after the meeting started and open the door so his friends could come in and disturb the meeting.
The man hidden in the sack, however, did enjoy music, so he was quiet while the hymn was sung. More than just the music reached his ears. The voice of God reached down into his heart. He did not dare to open the door to let his friends in. He now knew he was a lost sinner and, forgetting where he was, he began to pray aloud for mercy! The people who had come to listen were surprised to find a man inside a sack, but they helped him out and the man became a true follower of Christ.
Boys and girls, surely you have never heard the gospel from inside a sack, but you have heard it from this little book. Have you ever prayed to the Lord as this man did? If not, then you are just as lost as that man in the sack was before he called upon God to save him. “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13.