437 期 2010.09 中英對照小品
兩個半
Two and a half
作者 / 比爾高達　譯 / 顧美芬

端特是芝加哥一個默默無聞的鞋子銷售員，雖然沒有受過演講訓練，卻擁有上帝賜予的多項好資質，其中一項是他野外佈道回來之後展現的。朋友問道：「你帶領多少人信基督？」他回答：「兩個半。」朋友問：「你是說兩個成人，一個孩子嗎？」端特回答：「不是，是兩個孩子，一個成人。成人已經過了人生的一半，孩子卻有完整的大好人生在他們前面！」

端特．慕迪愛孩子的心，驅動他租下教會的場地，將附近的男孩、女孩帶來坐滿教堂。他開始教主日學之後更擴張了這項工作，最後成為美國最大的兒童事工。

Dwight was a little-known shoe salesman in Chicago. He lacked the education for public speaking; however, he possessed many qualities that God blessed. One of these qualities was revealed when he returned from a tent meeting and a friend inquired, "How many people were led to Christ?" He answered, "Two and a half." The friend asked, "Do you mean two adults and one child?" "No," Dwight replied, "two children and one adult. The adult has already spent half of his life. The children have their whole lives ahead of them!"

Dwight Moody's love for children motivated him to rent pews at church and fill them with neighborhood boys and girls. His ministry to children further expanded when he began to teach a Sunday school, which eventually grew to be the largest in the nation.

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