Show MAJOR WHITES ORDINATION His is lifelong With Dwight L Moody Youths Youth Companion At the recent Northfield conference a friend of Dwight Dight L L Moody and of ot Major Mojor Whittle associates for years in evangelical work and in death deth not long lone divided ing lag told the story stor of or their first rt meet meeting met metIng ingIn lagin In lEG 1863 18 Major Whittle was in Chicago on a 0 brief furlough with a wound re received re at nt burg He was brought to te the platform at nt a a great geat to say something ol ot Christian Christan work among the soldiers Major Whittle had haf I I had small 1 experience as a public speaker g and was i by s Down Downin r I in the audience Mr r Moody rose to his hi feet and waved his hat with an encouraging encouraging encouraging aging smile Moody M I d dot took ot afterward you Into Jo told tK my the r heart young that soldier night f fand since and you have never neer been ben out of It I ii The acquaintance thus begun e ripened ripen I Into warm friendship r lP and d often the e two tw teen men talked of at how they could be moat mesi useful to their fellows One evening Moody stopped under a lamppost and in Ii his simple earnest earnet wa way pulled pule out his hit Bible put ol lila his finger on a verse In n St said Bold Pauls I Second Epistle to Timothy T t and a an i See Se here Whittle this Is what God Go I wants want us to do Preach the Word I Thus said Major Whittle shortly be before before fore Hon his hLo death I received my ordina bI |