Posted on 11/15/2014 6:56:34 PM PST by Faith Presses On
When I became pastor of The Moody Church in 1980, I knew one of the church rooms was named Harper Hall in memory of the Scottish evangelist who was on a journey to The Moody Church but drowned when the Titanic sank in April 1912. Only recently, however, did I learn the full story of this remarkable man.
Harper’s reputation as an evangelist was so well known that he was invited to speak at The Moody Church in 1910. I have in my possession a photocopy of a letter, in his own handwriting, which reads, “I have been in Chicago for three months, God gave us a very precious and wonderful revival of continuous services each day and sometimes even more often.” He went on to say that he now had been invited back to The Moody Church for another three months of meetings.
And so it was that John Harper, his sister, and his six-year-old daughter (his wife had died) found themselves on the great ship, the Titanic. Survivors later reported that as Titanic began to sink, Harper admonished people to be prepared to die. He made sure his sister and daughter were in a lifeboat even as he continued to share the Gospel with whoever would listen...
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He wasn’t afraid of the grave, even a watery one, as he gave the man his life jacket and went quickly to the same Lord he had known on this side of it. We have no record of it, but the last thing he thought was probably “Lord, receive my spirit.”
The world might forget about such people, but that does not matter. God remembers. God remembers!
Thank you for the post.
Outstanding article, may our Faith be as strong.
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