A Transformed Man Pictures of Mel Trotter (1870-1940) show a distinguished gentleman with serious face, slight smile, silver hair, wire glasses around perceptive eyes. His favorite verse was 2 Corinthians 5:17, & for good reason. Trotters father, a bartender, taught Mel the trade at an early age. Despite the earnest prayers of his mother, Mel followed his dad headlong into runway drinking, smoking, & gambling. When he married, his habits reduced his family to poverty. Mel sold the family possessions from under his wifes nose to replenish his drinking money, then he resorted to robbery to satisfy the craving for more booze. One day Trotter staggered home to find his young son dead in his mothers arms. Over the boys casket, Mel promised to never touch another drop of liquor as long as he lived, a resolve that barely lasted through the funeral. Shortly afterward, Mel, age 27, hopped on a freight car to Chicago. It was a bitterly cold January night, but he sold his shoes for some drinking money. After being evicted from a bar on Clark Street, he headed toward Lake Michigan to commit suicide. Somehow he ended up at Pacific Garden Mission so drunk the doorman had to prop him against a wall so he wouldnt fall off his chair. Despite his inebriation, at the close of the service, Trotter raised his hand for prayer & trusted Christ as his Savior. The change was instant & remarkable. Mel Trotter became a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 became his testimony verse, & he began sharing it everywhere. His wife cane to Chicago to join him, & in time Mel Trotter became one of the most sought-after preachers, speakers, soul-winners, & rescue workers in America. The greatest day I ever lived was the 19th of January, 1897, he once said, when The Lord Jesus came into my life. Dont call me a reformed drunkard. I am a transformed man, a child of God.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 07:03:14 +0000
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