Vance Havner tells us about one amazing street preaching event in his book "Hearts Afire":"Years ago a convention met in Indianapolis to discuss "How to Reach the Masses." One day during the convention a young man stood on a box on a corner and began to preach. A crowd gathered, mostly workingmen going home to their suppers. They were electrified by the sermon. They forget that they were tired. They forgot that they were hungry. The crowd became so dense that they had to move. The preacher announced that he would preach again at the Academy of Music. They followed him down the street and they filled the main floor of the building, sitting with their dinner buckets, while he preached again with such power that they were moved to tears. But he had only a few minutes to preach, because the convention on "How to Reach the Masses" was gathering in the same auditorium. While the convention was discussing how to reach the masses D. L. Moody was doing it! He was preaching the Kingdom of God, and every man was pressing violently into it!"
