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David LivingstonePart 1
The Young Man in the Organ Loft
It was a winter night when Dr. Robert Moffat, a well-known missionary from Africa, arrived to preach a sermon in a small Scottish church.
Good evening, Dr. Moffat! We’re
so happy you could come.
Everybody is waiting.
The ladies will be thrilled to
hear your stories about Africa.
Ladies?
But, Pastor, I’ve come here to
appeal for men to go to Africa
as missionaries!
Oh, I’m so sorry!
Only the ladies
came tonight.
Except for the
young man who
pumps the organ
in the loft.
Ladies! I’d like to introduce
you to the famous
Dr. Moffat of the London
Missionary Society.
Ahem. Proverbs 8:4 says,
“To you, O men, I call. And
my voice is to the sons of
men” (NKJV).
This is ridiculous! I
think I’ll change my
sermon to something
more suitable.
No. For some
reason I feel that
God wants me to
give the talk that I
had planned.
My friends, I have
just returned from
the dark continent
of Africa.
Dark because most of
it has never seen the
light of the Gospel.
David Livingstone, the young man in the organ loft, was enthralled by Dr. Moffat’s call to missionary work.
“Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15 NKJV).
David Livingstone’s earlier life: David Livingstone was born in the small Scottish village of Blantyre on March 19, 1813. Because his family was poor, when David was ten, he left school to work in a cotton mill.
David, I don’t think it’s
fair that we have to work
fourteen hours a day for
such poor wages.
Well, at least we’re not starving like some
boys, Tom.
Do you want to work
like a slave in a cotton
mill all your life,
David?
No, I want to go study
at a university to be a
lawyer or a doctor.
Ha! You’re such a
dreamer. How will you
have time to study while
working in this mill?
With God’s help I
will, Tom!You never know what
you can do until you
try.
With his first week’s wages, David Livingstone bought a schoolbook.
The Rudiments of Latin.
That will be six pence.
For many years he would finish work at eight o’clock and then go to evening school until ten.
He then continued his studies at home until midnight, or sometimes even later…
…until his mother would stop him.
David, you must go to
bed now. You’ve got to
be at the mill by six in
the morning.
Yes, Mother.
David Livingstone’s father and mother were good Christians and made sure that David’s studies didn’t stop him from being taught the Bible.
David and Tom, I think it’s
time that you boys came
to know Jesus as your
personal Savior.
Yes, I’d like to
receive Jesus as
my Savior.
Don’t waste your
time on books and
religion, David!
In fact, I’d like to
become a preacher
like you, Pastor!
This isn’t for me! I
have better things
to do with my life. You go your
way, David. I’ll
go mine!
Tom!
(To be continued.)
And so David Livingstone decided to become a preacher. But his first attempt ended in failure.
Friends! I would
like to preach to
you about…
About … er…Friends…
…I have
forgotten
I’ll never preach again!
Never!
Don’t be discouraged,
David. Don’t give up!
Perhaps instead of a
preacher you could be a
doctor.
Or a
missionary?
Livingstone then decided to devote his life to preaching the Gospel in foreign lands.
He began to study medicine to help him care for the sick in his missionary work.
I’ll start saving my money so that
I can go to medical school for a
few months every year.
Thanks to God, I at last feel like
my life’s work for God is ready
At the age of twenty-seven, after work-ing in the mill for seventeen years...
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S&S link: Christian Life and Faith: Witnessing and Missionary Training: Great Men and Women of God-1bAuthored by Simon Peterson and David B. Berg. Illustrations by Eman and Jeremy. Design by Christia Copeland.
Published by My Wonder Studio. Copyright © 2012 by The Family International
...Livingstone became a qualified doctor.
all that I had
to say! Er …
thank you!
to begin.