Chapter D: W. Whittle

For many years D. W. Whittle has been engaged in evangelistic work, giving it all his time, talents and energy. His first effort in connection with Mr. Bliss, who afterwards became his companion in the cause, was made over twenty years ago in a small town near Chicago. It was on this occasion that he told the story, "Hold the Fort," which the "Singing Evangelist" has rendered immortal. He is in the prime of life, and earnestly devoted to the Master's cause. His discourses are concise and clear, abounding with Scripture quotations, and, like those of Mr. Moody, interspersed with pointed anecdotes and illustrations. His preaching has been signally blessed wherever he has been called to labor.

P. P. BLISS

Philip Paul Bliss, the "Sweet Singer," was born in Clearfield County, Pa., in 1837. It was not until after he had reached the period of manhood that he "felt the stirrings of his musical gift." And then, under the inspiration of his wife, he entered upon the study of musical science, and laid the basis of his immortal "hymns," now sung around the world. In 1864 he removed to Chicago, where his musical talent and Christian character soon placed him in charge of the choir and Sunday School of the First Congregational Church, and where he made the acquaintance of D. W. Whittle, with whom, for the last five years of his life he labored in the great Gospel work. Deep spirituality and persuasiveness pervade all of Mr. Bliss' musical compositions. It is doubtful if the world ever heard sweeter hymns. Had he lived longer we should have heard more, but God, who raised him up for the work, called him:

For those who sleep,
And those who weep,
Above the portals narrow
The mansions rise
Beyond the skies--
We're going home to-morrow.

CONTENTS.

A

A Blind Man Preaches to 3,000,000 People A Boy's Mistake--A Sad Reconciliation A Business Man Confessing Christ A Child at Its Mother's Grave A Child Looking for its Lost Mother A Child's Prayer Answered A Child Visits Abraham Lincoln and Saves the Life of a Condemned Soldier A Commercial Traveler A Day of Decision A Defaulter's Confession A Distiller Interrogates Moody A Dream A Dying Infidel's Confession A Father's Love for his Boy A Father's Love Trampled under Foot A Father's Mistake Affection Affliction A Good Excuse A Heavy Draw on Alexander the Great A Little Boy Converts his Mother A Little Boy's Experience A Little Child Converts an Infidel All Right or All Wrong A London Doctor Saved after Fifty Years of Prayer A Long Ladder Tumbles to the Ground Always Happy A Man Drinks up a Farm A Man who Would not Speak to his Wife A Mother Dies that her Boy May Live A Mother's Mistake An Emperor Sets Forty Million Slaves Free Angry at First--Saved at Last An Infidel who would not Talk Infidelity before his Daughter An Irishman Leaps into the Life-boat A Remarkable Case A Rich Father Visits his Dying Prodigal Son in a Garret and Forgives him Arthur P. Oxley! Your Mother Wishes to See You A Rumseller's Son Blows his Brains Out A Sad and Singular Story Assurance A Story Moody Never Will Forget A Voice from the Tomb A Wife's Faith A Zealous Young Lady

B

Believe Bible Study Black-Balled by Man--Saved by Christ Blind Broken Hearts By the Wayside

C

Calling the Roll of Heaven Cast Out but Rescued Child Stories Christian Work Christian Zeal Christ Saves Condemned to be Shot Confessing Christ Conversion

D

Decision Deliverance "Deluged With Blood" Dr. Arnott's Dog "Rover"

E "Emma. This is Papa's Friend" Engaging Rooms Ahead Excused at Last Excuses

F

Faith Faith More Powerful than Gunpowder "Father, Father, Come This Way" Five Million Dollars Forgiveness Forty-one Little Sermons Four-score and Five "Free"

G

George H. Stewart Visits a Doomed Criminal Get the Key to Job Gold (Appears in many pages) Governor Pollock and the Condemned Criminal Grace

H

Heaven "He Will Not Rest" "Hold the Fort, for I am Coming" How a Citizen Became a Soldier How a Little Study Upset the Plans of a few Prominent Infidels How a Young Irishman Opened Moody's Eyes How Christ Expounded It "How Funny You Talk" How Moody's Faith Saved an Infidel How Moody's Mother Forgave her Prodigal Son How Moody Treated the Committees How Moody was Blessed--Mark your Bible How Moody was Encouraged How Three Sunday-School Children Met their Fate

I

I Am not All Right I Am not One of the Elect I Am Trusting Jesus--A Young Lady's Trust. I Can't Feel "I Don't Know" "If I Knew" I Have Intellectual Difficulties "I Know" Infidel Books Infidelity Intemperance It's Better Higher Up "It Will Kill Her"

J

Jesus "Wants them All to Come" Johnny, Cling Close to the Rock Jumping into Father's Arms

L

Lady Ann Erkskine and Rowland Hill "Let the Lower Lights be Burning" Liberty Liberty Now and Forever Little Folks Little Jimmy Little Moody Love Love, not the Rattan, Conquers Little Moody Love's Triumph in John Wannamaker's Sunday-School

M Madness and Death Money Blind Moody and his Little Willie Moody and the Dying Soldier Moody and the Infidel Moody and the Judge Moody Asks a Few Questions Moody a Young Convert Moody in a Billiard Hall--A Remarkable Story Moody in a California Sunday-School Moody in Prison Moody on Duty--How he Loves his Mother Moody Puts a Man in his Prophets Room Moody Visits Prang's Chromo Establishment Moody with Gen. Grant's Army In Richmond Moody's Declaration Moody's First Impulse in Converting Souls Moody's First Sermon on Grace Moody's Little Emma Moody's Mistake Mothers Are Looking down from Heaven "More to Follow" Mr. Morehouse's Illustration Mrs. Moody Teaching her Child

N

Napoleon and the Conscript Napoleon and the Private Never to see its Mother Note What Jesus Says

O

Obedience O, Edward Old Sambo and his Massa One Book at a Time One Word Out of Libby Prison

P

Parental Peter's Confession Praise Prayer Prayer Answered Pull for the Shore "Pull for the Shore, Sailor"

R

Rational Belief Reaping Reaping the Whirlwind Removing the Difficulties Reuben Johnson Pardoned

S

Sad Ending of a Life that Might Have Been Otherwise Sad Lack of Zeal Safe In the Ark Sambo and the Infidel Judge Satan's Match Saved "Saved" Saved and Saving Snapping the Chains Song Stories Sowing the Tares Spurgeon and the Little Orphan Spurgeon's Parable Stubborn Little Sammy Sudden Conversion (See Conversion)

T

Taking the Prince at his Word Ten Years in a Sick Bed--yet Praising God Terribly in Earnest That is the Price of my Soul "That is Your Fault" The Arrows of Conviction The Artist and the Beggar The Bible The Blind Beggar The Blood The Cross and Crown The Cruel Mother--Hypothetical The Czar and the Soldier The Demoniac The Drunken Father and his Praying Child The Dying Boy The Dying Child The Eleventh Commandment The Faithful Aged Woman The Faithful London Lady The Faithful Missionary The Family that Hooted at Moody The Fettered Bird Freed The Finest Looking Little Boy Mr. Moody Ever Saw The Horse that was Established The "I am's," "I will's," Etc. The Invitation The King's Pardon The Little Child and the Big Book The Little Tow-headed Norwegian The Loving Father The Missing Stone The Moody and Sankey Humbug The Most Hopeless Man in New York now a Sunday-school Superintendent The Orphan's Prayer The Place of Safety The Praying Cripple The Praying Mother The Prodigal Son The Repentent Father The Reporter's Story The Rich Man Poor The Scotch "Draw the Bible" on False Doctrine The Scotch Lassie The Scotch Lassie and Dr. Chalmers The Sinner's Prayer Heard The Skeptical Lady ? The Sleep of Death The Stolen Boy--A Mother's Love The Two Fathers The Way of the Transgressor is Hard The Young Convert The Young French Nobleman and the Doctor Those Hypocrites "Three Cheers" True Love Trust Two Young Men

V

Very Hard, yet Very Easy Very Orthodox

W

"We Will Never Surrender" What a Woman Did What Moody saw in a Chamber of Horror Wisdom Word Pictures Why Did he not Take his Wife along? "Won by a Smile"

Y

"You Know me, Moody" Young Moody, Penniless in Boston, is Warned by his Sister to "Beware of Pick-pockets"