1896
1st ed Dwight L Moody Anecdotes Evangelism Illustrated by Gustave
Dore
Anecdotes of sermons of Dwight L Moody illustrated by the famous Gustave
Dore.
Dwight Lyman Moody (1837 – 1899), also known
as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected with the
Holiness Movement, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount
Hermon School in Massachusetts (now Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody
Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers.
Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (1832 –
1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked
primarily with wood engraving.
Main author: Dwight Lyman Moody; Gustave
Doré
Title: Moody's anecdotes and
illustrations : related in his revival work by the great evangelist
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Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 22, 1899),
also known as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected
with the Holiness Movement, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and
Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now Northfield Mount Hermon School), the
Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers.
Contents [hide]
1 Early
life
2 The
Civil War
3 Chicago
and the post-Civil War years
3.1 England
3.2 International
acclaim
4 Works
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
8 External
links
Early life[edit]
Dwight Moody was born in Northfield, Massachusetts, to a
large family. His father, Edwin J. Moody (1800–1841), a small farmer and
stonemason, died at the age of 41, when Dwight was only four years old; his
mother was Betsey Moody (née Holton; 1805–1896). They had five sons and a
daughter before Dwight's birth, with twins, a boy and a girl, born one month
after Edwin's death. His mother struggled to support the family, but even with
her best effort, some of her children had to be sent off to work for their room
and board. Dwight too was sent off, where he received cornmeal, porridge, and
milk three times a day.[1] He complained to his mother, but when she found out
that he got all that he wanted to eat, she sent him back. Even during that time
she continued to send them to church. Together with his eight siblings he was
raised in the Unitarian church. His oldest brother ran away and was not heard
from by the family until many years later.[citation needed]
Plaque commemorating the spot on Court Street in Boston
where Dwight Moody was converted in 1855
When Moody turned 17, he moved to Boston to work (after many
job rejections) in an uncle's shoe store. One of the uncle's requirements was
that Moody attend the Congregational Church of Mount Vernon where Dr. Edward
Norris Kirk served as the pastor. In April 1855 Moody was then converted to
evangelical Christianity when his Sunday school teacher, Edward Kimball, talked
to him about how much God loved him. His conversion sparked the start of his
career as an evangelist. However, his first application for church membership,
in May 1855, was rejected. He was not received as a church member until May 4,
1856. As his teacher, Edward Kimball, stated:
"I can truly say, and in saying it I magnify the
infinite grace of God as bestowed upon him, that I have seen few persons whose
minds were spiritually darker than was his when he came into my Sunday School
class; and I think that the committee of the Mount Vernon Church seldom met an
applicant for membership more unlikely ever to become a Christian of clear and
decided views of Gospel truth, still less to fill any extended sphere of public
usefulness."[2]
The Civil War[edit]
"The first meeting I ever saw him at was in a little
old shanty that had been abandoned by a saloon-keeper. Mr. Moody had got the
place to hold the meetings in at night. I went there a little late; and the
first thing I saw was a man standing up with a few tallow candles around him,
holding a negro boy, and trying to read to him the story of the Prodigal Son
and a great many words he could not read out, and had to skip. I thought, 'If
the Lord can ever use such an instrument as that for His honor and glory, it
will astonish me. As a result of his tireless labor, within a year the average
attendance at his school was 650, while 60 volunteers from various churches
served as teachers. It became so well known that the just-elected President
Lincoln visited and spoke at a Sunday School meeting on November 25, 1860."
D. L. Moody "could not conscientiously enlist" in
the Union Army during the Civil War, later describing himself as "a
Quaker" in this respect.[3] After the Civil War started, he became
involved with the United States Christian Commission of the YMCA, and paid nine
visits to the battlefront, being present among the Union soldiers after the
Battle of Shiloh (a.k.a. Pittsburg Landing) and the Battle of Stones River; he
also entered Richmond, Virginia, with the troops of General Grant. On August
28, 1862, he married Emma C. Revell, with whom he had a daughter, Emma Reynolds
Moody, and two sons, William Revell Moody and Paul Dwight Moody.
Chicago and the post-Civil War years[edit]
The growing Sunday School congregation needed a permanent
home, so Moody started a church in Chicago, the Illinois Street Church.[4]
In June 1871 at an International Sunday School Convention in
Indianapolis, Dwight Moody met Ira D. Sankey, up to then a
single-gospel-singer, with whom he soon began to cooperate and
collaborate.[citation needed] Four months later in October 1871 the Great
Chicago Fire destroyed Dwight's church building, as well as his family dwelling
and the homes of most of his churchmembers. Many had to flee the flames, saving
only their lives, and ending up completely destitute. Moody, reporting on the
disaster, said about his own situation that: "...he saved nothing but his
reputation and his Bible."[this quote needs a citation] Moody's chapel was
rebuilt within three months as the Chicago Avenue Church.[citation needed]
In the years after the fire, Moody's wealthy Chicago
supporter John V. Farwell tried to persuade him to make his permanent home in
Chicago, offering to build a new house for Moody and his family. But the newly
famous Moody, also sought by supporters in New York, Philadelphia, and
elsewhere, chose the tranquil farm he had purchased next door to his birthplace
in Northfield, Massachusetts. He felt he could better recover from his lengthy
and exhausting preaching trips in a rural setting.[1] Northfield became an
important location in evangelical Christian history in the late 19th century as
Moody organized summer conferences which were led and attended by prominent
Christian preachers and evangelists from around the world. It was also in
Northfield where Moody founded two schools (Northfield School for Girls,
founded in 1879, and the Mount Hermon School for Boys, founded in 1881) which
later merged into today's co-educational, nondenominational Northfield Mount
Hermon School.[citation needed] Western Massachusetts has had a rich
evangelical tradition including Jonathan Edwards preaching in Northampton as
well as C.I. Scofield's preaching in Northfield. A protégé of Moody founded
Moores Corner Church, in Leverett, Massachusetts, which remains evangelical to this
day.
England[edit]
During a trip to England in the spring of 1872, he became
well known as an evangelist. Literary works published by the Moody Bible
Institute have claimed that he was the greatest evangelist of the 19th
century.[5] He preached almost a hundred times and came into communion with the
Plymouth Brethren. On several occasions he filled stadia of a capacity of 2,000
to 4,000. In the Botanic Gardens Palace a meeting had an audience between
15,000 and 30,000.[citation needed]}
That turnout continued throughout 1874 and 1875, with crowds
of thousands at all of his meetings. During his visit to Scotland he was helped
and encouraged by Andrew A. Bonar. The famous London Baptist preacher, Charles
Spurgeon, invited him to speak, and he promoted him as well. When he returned
to the US, crowds of 12,000 to 20,000 were as common as they had been in
England.[citation needed] President Grant and some of his cabinet officials
attended a meeting on January 19, 1876. His evangelistic meetings took place from
Boston to New York, throughout New England, and as far as San Francisco, along
with other West Coast towns from Vancouver to San Diego.[citation needed]
Moody aided in the work of cross-cultural evangelism by
promoting "The Wordless Book," a teaching tool that had been invented
by Charles Spurgeon in 1866. In 1875 he added a fourth color to the design of
the three-color evangelistic device: gold—to "represent heaven." This
"book" has been and is still used to teach uncounted thousands of
illiterate people, young and old, around the globe about the gospel message.[6]
Missionary preaching in China using Moody's version of The
Wordless Book
Dwight L. Moody visited Britain with Ira D. Sankey, with
Moody preaching and Sankey singing. Together they published books of Christian
hymns. In 1883 they visited Edinburgh and raised £10,000 for the building of a
new home for the Carrubbers Close Mission. Moody later preached at the laying
of the foundation stone for what is one of the few buildings on the Royal Mile which
continues to be used for its original purpose and is now called the Carrubbers
Christian Centre.[citation needed]
Moody greatly influenced the cause of cross-cultural
Christian missions after he met Hudson Taylor, a pioneer missionary to China.
He actively supported the China Inland Mission and encouraged many of his
congregation to volunteer for service overseas.[citation needed]
International acclaim[edit]
His influence was felt among Swedes despite that he was of
English heritage, that he never visited Sweden or any other Scandinavian
country, and that he never spoke a word of Swedish. Nonetheless he became a
hero revivalist among Swedish Mission Friends in Sweden and America.[7]
News of Moody’s large revival campaigns in Great Britain
from 1873 through 1875 traveled quickly to Sweden, making "Mr. Moody"
a household name in homes of many Mission Friends. Moody’s sermons published in
Sweden were distributed in books, newspapers, and colporteur tracts, and they
led to the spread of Sweden’s "Moody fever" from 1875 through
1880.[citation needed]
He preached his last sermon on November 16, 1899, in Kansas
City, Missouri. Becoming ill, he returned home by train to Northfield. During
the preceding several months, friends had observed he had added some 30 pounds
(14 kg) to his already ample frame. Although his illness was never diagnosed,
it has been speculated that he suffered from congestive heart failure. He died
on December 22, 1899, surrounded by his family. Already installed as the leader
of his Chicago Bible Institute, R. A. Torrey succeeded Moody as its president.
Ten years after Moody's death the Chicago Avenue Church was renamed the Moody
Church in his honor, and the Chicago Bible Institute was likewise renamed the
Moody Bible Institute.[citation needed]
Works[edit]
Heaven Diggory Press ISBN 978-1-84685-812-3
Prevailing Prayer—What Hinders it? Diggory Press ISBN
978-1-84685-803-1
Secret Power Diggory Press ISBN 978-1-84685-802-4
The Ten Commandments