During the Christmas Season of 1879 an agnostic reporter in Boston saw three little girls in front of a store window admiring the toys. One of the girls was blind. As he approached, he overheard the other two girls trying to describe the playthings to their friend. In a later newspaper story the reporter said he had never thought how difficult it would be to explain what something looked like to someone who had never been able to see.
Two weeks later this same agnostic attended a meeting conducted by Dwight L. Moody. His plan was to catch the evangelist in some great inconsistency. To his surprise Mr. Moody used his newspaper article of the three children to illustrate a spiritual truth. "Just as the blind girl couldn't visualise the toys," said Moody, "so an un-saved person can't see Christ in all His glory." He went on to say that "God opens the eyes of anyone who acknowledges his sin and accepts the Saviour in humble faith.
That night the Newsman discovered his need and the truth of Moody's words.
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