Cartwright's Small Audience
Story★★★★Peter Cartwright, the early American circuit-rider, once planned an evangelistic crusade in which, on the first night, only one person showed up. Cartwright nevertheless preached his best for 45 minutes to a one-eyed Presbyterian elder. “It was the greatest sermon I ever heard,” said the elder, spreading the news all over town. The next night, the hiHside was covered with horses and wagons, the hall overflowed, and revival came.
The point
Circuit-rider Peter Cartwright preached his best sermon to a crowd of just one, whose praise brought the whole hillside out the following night in revival.
Scripture
Matthew 25:211 Corinthians 15:58
Audience
Adults
Tone
Encouraging
To tell aloud
under a minute · 70 words