Mr. Spurgeon's Conversion.
In the course of a sermon preached at Rochdale recently, Mr. Spurgeon said he would never forget the period of his conversion. From place to place he went, hoping to find peace. At last, one snowy, cold morning, he dropped into a little Primitive Methodist chapel. There was a man who preached Christ very much for the same reason that he (Mr. Spurgeon) did now—namely, because he did not know much about anything else. The text was, “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth.” The preacher, pointing toward him (Mr. Spurgeon), said, “There's a young man under the gallery who looks very miserable,” and he added, “You will never be happy until you look to Christ.” Then shouting with all his might, he said, “Young man, look now!” He did so, and as he gazed, his burden fell away; and he who before had been so wretched left that little house of prayer so happy that from that day to this, with many troubles and a great deal of care, he would not change places with anybody on earth.