Brother Glenn L. McCullough was in the dairy business near Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. A.D. Prince was a salesman from Memphis who regularly called on him for needed supplies. One day, Mr. Prince arrived at brother McCullough's farm rather late in the afternoon. He was told he would have to come back the next day because there was a gospel meeting at the Gloster Street church of Christ that night and he was getting ready to attend. Mr. Prince said that was fine and agreed to come back the next day. As he was leaving, brother McCullough thought, “I should ask him to attend our gospel meeting.”
He invited the salesman to attend the gospel meeting. Mr. Prince agreed and attended three nights of the gospel meeting conducted by Jack Meyer. Even though he did not obey the gospel at this time, he eventually did and later became an elder in the church.
Years later, both men contacted terminal diseases. Brother Prince went to visit brother McCullough. Brother McCullough said, “I want to thank you for inviting me to the gospel meeting that night. If it had not been for your invitation, I probably would never have heard the gospel and become a Christian. It was your invitation that made it possible for my family, my grandchildren, and me to become Christians. I will be forever grateful.”
What might have happened to the Prince family if brother McCullough
had reasoned, “I ought to invite this salesman to the gospel meeting, but I
know it won’t do any good?” There is power in an invitation to hear the gospel (Matt.
22:9).
