The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Lord, Break This Heart Of Mine

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Online Full Text: Northern Illinois University
Series: New York Weekly v. 31 no. 18 — page 7
Subject / Tag: Poem
Part of: New York Weekly, v. XXXI, no. 18, March 20, 1876 (Issue)
Author: Kidder, M. A. (Mary Ann), 1820-1905
Date: March 20, 1876
Edition Description: "Are our hearts clean in the sight of God? Have we got a Christ-like spirit? If not it seems to me it is better for us to pray for ourselves then, first of all, rather than for others; then the world will see that we have been with Jesus and caught his spirit. If we do not our words will be empty. Oh, that we might have the spirit of Christ; that the same spirit which was in our Master will be in us! There is power enough in this room to move New York if we had only clean hands and hearts. If God opens our lips we cannot teach any error. Oh, that God would give us His grace! A friend of mine had been preaching some time without seeing any conversions, and he frequently cried to the Lord that his preaching might be blessed. Weeks went on and no conversions. He said one day he knelt down and cried out, 'O, God! break this heart of mine; give me a contrite spirit.' Some one knocked at the door, and his little child, four years old, came in and asked to be prayed for, and he said God broke his heart by love. The next Sunday he preached, and after the service forty inquirers came forward. Oh, may God break our hearts now and give us a contrite spirit!" - Mr. Moody's N.Y. Sermon

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