"WE WOULD SEE JESUS"
Illustration★★★In one of his books, Archdeacon Wilson, lately master of Clifton College, tells a significant story. Some of the best and ablest of the students at a women’s college opened a class for teaching the poorest of the men in a neglected suburb. They were fired by the noblest impulse-to give themselves to work for their unfortunate brothers. They read to them, they taught them reading and writing, they sang to them, and the men gathered to them in increasing numbers.
After some months they asked the men whether there was anything in particular that they wanted to hear more about. There was silence; and then a low whisper was heard from among women went up to the speaker. wished specially to hear about?” them.
One of the “What was it you “Could you tell us,” he replied, “something about the Lord Jesus Christ ? “ (John xii. 21).-Rev. D.
M. Ross, M.A. The Art of Sermon Illustration
The point
When finally asked what they most wanted to learn, poor and uneducated students revealed their deepest desire was simply to hear about Jesus Christ.