Joseph Gray (2)

From Double Cure:

On January 29, 1914, as a boy in my teens, I gave my heart to the Lord Jesus Christ. On March 28 of that same year I was sanctified wholly. Just a month later, on April 25, God called me to preach. I floundered around a little the first year or two getting my feet down, especially in relation to my special calling. But on January 1, 1916, I made my consecration afresh and anew. A month before, I had prayed back to God under the platform of a hay-baler as I poked the tying wires back through the hay-press. ...

Let me take you to a great English castle close to my birthplace for my third illustration. High above the city of Nottingham stands the great castle that brought the city into being.