Category: Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 16, by H A Ironside, A Hebrew’s Search for the Blood of Atonement
In the spring of 1898 I was holding some gospel meetings in San Francisco, and several times addressed the Jews attending a “Mission to Israel.” On one occasion, having concluded my discourse, the meeting was thrown open for discussion with any Hebrews who desired to ask questions or state difficulties,…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 15, by H A Ironside, One of the 144,000!
It is good for a preacher to have at least some sense of humor. This, though decried by some as of the flesh, is really a divinely-given faculty, and is found even in the Bible. Job had it in large measure, as witness his ironic, “Verily ye are the people,…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 14, by H A Ironside, From Infidelity to Faith
For a number of years following the close of the World War it was my privilege to preach in the famous old Tent Evangel in New York City for a limited period every summer. This was a testimony carried on under the direction of Dr. George W. McPherson, backed by…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 13, by H A Ironside, The Conversion of a Japanese
For two years in my early ministry I was associated in various places with a Japanese evangelist, Mr. Riuza Kasamatsu, who had been converted in California and afterwards gave himself to ministering the Word among his own people, many of whom were settled in that state. At one time we…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 12, by H A Ironside, How a Hopi Got the Mark
For more than twoscore years, the South-west Indian Missionary Bible Conference has been held annually for ten days each summer at lovely Camp Eldon, near Flagstaff, Arizona. It was my regular privilege for a full decade, to be one of the ministering staff at these meetings. Some of the happiest…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 11, by H A Ironside, The Gospel in an Indian Catholic Church
The summer of 1912 was spent ministering the Word in New Mexico. After some time in Albuquerque, where we were the guests of one of the most devoted Christian business men I have ever known, William E. Mauger, called by many of the people of that city, “The Angel of…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 10, by H A Ironside, “In the Name of Jesus Christ!”
Nothing can be more distressing to the heart of one who truly loves the Lord Jesus Christ and remembers that He came into this world a Jew according to the flesh, and that therefore salvation is of the Jews, than to contemplate the terrible sufferings that His own people have…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 9, by H A Ironside, The Nuns Meet a Saint
As our Santa Fe train was pulling out of the station at Kansas City, I was interested in noticing that eight Roman Catholic nuns, evidently Dominican sisters, judging from their costumes, had berths in the same Pullman car in which I was located. Sub-consciously I thought, “I may have an…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 8, by H A Ironside, An Agnostic’s Challenge
For nearly a year after I left the Salvation Army and launched out in evangelistic work in fellowship with the Christians commonly known as “Brethren.” I lived in the San Francisco Bay region. One Lord’s Day afternoon as I was walking up Market Street, I saw a large group gathered…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 7, by H A Ironside, When I Heard Moody, Stebbins, and Sankey
It is impossible for me to express in any adequate manner my indebtedness to many of the Lord’s well-known servants for help received in early days, which opened up to me the Word of God and suggested methods of presenting His truth to others. I have always been most grateful…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 6, , by H A Ironside, Learning to be Abased,
There are experiences which all servants of God go through that seem almost too personal and too sacred to reveal to the public, and yet some of these incidents might be used of the Lord to strengthen the faith of others passing through seasons of special trial, and so I…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 5, , by H A Ironside, A Bible Conference in a Pullman Car,
Some years ago my family and I spent several months among the Laguna Indians of New Mexico in missionary work. It was a time of great blessing to our own souls and we enjoyed to the full the association with these warm-hearted people of the mesas. Living conditions, however, were…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 4, , by H A Ironside, Witnessing in a Desert Tavern
In the early years of the present century, my wife and I spent quite a little time in central California in gospel tent work, in holding cottage meetings, and in preaching in country schoolhouses and in any other place that was opened for testimony. In Kern City, now known as…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 3, , by H A Ironside, Fed By Ravens
Some of the most interesting and spiritually profitable experiences of my life have been in connection with financial needs and God’s marvellous intervention when I seemed to be at the end of all human resources. It is not always wise or profitable to speak of these testings to others lest…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 2, , by H A Ironside.An Interview with a Franciscan Monk
Some of my most interesting experiences as I have been engaged in itinerant evangelism and Bible-teaching work throughout the years have been on railroad trains, for there one comes in contact with all sorts and conditions of people, and there are often splendid opportunities for witnessing for Christ. The incident…
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Random Reminiscences From Fifty Years of Ministry, Chapter 1, The Man Who Cursed on Calvary, by H A Ironside.
It has always been a cause for much gratitude to God on my part that He gave me some very wonderful experiences in connection with the salvation of souls in my very early days as a worker for Christ. I was only a lad of fifteen when I left my…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 