Conversion of John Chapman

Paul Cook tells the story of the conversion of one John Chapman in the 18th century:

"His work was that of a roadman. He had been troubled about his spiritual state for some time, but was fearful of attending the local chapel. One day as he was taking his lunch break with his bread and cheese, sitting under a hedge by the roadside, a robin settled nearby. He held out a crumb in his hand to entice the robin to take it, and said, 'Come, come, come to me: you don't know how much good I can do for 'ee.' The next moment he looked up, and in his account he said, 'There was the Lord Jesus right in front of me, holding out his hand with nail prints in it. And 'twas like as if he said them words over again -- 'Come, come, come to me: you don't know how much good I can do for you.' And so he passed from death to life. His subsequent godly life convinced everyone of the genuineness of his conversion." (Fire from Heaven, p. 75)