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Rejected On Earth
Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 23, 2016 (message contributor)
REJECTED ON EARTH...
Campbell Morgan was one of 150 young men who sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry in 1888. He passed the doctrinal examinations, but then faced the trial sermon. In a cavernous auditorium that could seat more than 1,000 sat three ministers and 75 others who came to listen. When Morgan stepped into the pulpit, the vast room and the searching, critical eyes were too much for him and he came up short. Two weeks later, Morgan’s name appeared among the l05 REJECTED for the ministry that year.
Jill Morgan, his daughter-in-law, wrote in her book, A Man of the Word, "He wired to his father the one word, ’Rejected,’ and sat down to write in his diary: ’Very dark everything seems. Still, He knoweth best.’ Quickly came the reply: "Rejected on earth. Accepted in heaven. Dad.’"
In later years, Morgan said: "God said to me, in the weeks of loneliness and darkness that followed, ’I want you to cease making plans for yourself, and let Me plan your life.’"
Reject rejection and accept His acceptance!
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