The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-05

| aud ais. prop gatiug religion. lilo rented
| deserted whiskey shauty IN tho wickcdest part
OF Chic 70 "a Sunday school for gutter
stipes, to whom he gave DANDY, and with
| whom he had so much fun that they looked
on MIN as tie biggest and Joliest boy In the
| crowd, though he had ba~d work To Keep thom
from nentlng each other ali the time. lie bo-
came known 10 every nan, women, and child
IN that quarter, and was great iavorlte with
everybody, notwitbst inding his religion. lilo
took u Tiger place, spent all his evenings In
| hunting up tho boys M their haunts, and got II
| fun Of them on Sunday, raising money to
meet the expenses from people whom he
| knew. Hts school became great and won
! derful even " Moody himself INDUCED
In oil sorts OF vagarlos. lie was ex-
traordinarlly skllful In governing the young
ste g, who obelcd him, because Moody wls their
| Moody Ito taught them nothing but the gospel
In the plninest way. He also established week.
night PRAYER me tings In the old s,anty, which
was furnished with rough boards placed upon
empty nail kegs, and lighted by few candles
! and here ho used to exhort all corners, so sue
cessfully Il at many Of the 6ercest characters,
men and boys, were converle ed. Some OF tho
| desperadoes held out against MIN, maltreated
| him, chased him through the streets, fell on him
with bludgeons, aud attempted to Kill him; but
even some OF thcee were brought to their senses
| by his gentleness. Moody not only worked In
such ways, nut he used to GO round among the
de.,s OF debauch ~, peal with The victims, pray
vita them, and render them all sorts OF assist
ance. lie had gre Il power 81 getting people to
work with him. keeping them hard at It, and
governing them successfully. His energy and
faith were contagious and he did not permit
them to run to waste. When Abraham Lincoln
once happened to he in Chicago no visited
| MOodxta eCbnrI nd boV al sd a.
such Wild enthusiasts that be Welded TO their
rough persuaslons, and gave them a talk, with
out saying word about religion. At tho out
break OF the war, sixty of the big. rough bows In
MOndy's school answered Iincoln's cali for sol.
diers, bee iuse 1t was Llucoln who called them.
In the school there was a dreadful rascal, n big
fellow. savage "a a wolf and tough rs a tiger,
with whom Moody had a physical struggle, but
dashed him so severely that he finally reformed.
Many OF the numerous stories told OF Moody's
dongs at that PERIOD are quite remarkable.
All this time, Moody had steadily pursued his
purpose Of making his fortune In business, and
his Income as a salesman had been much In
creased. He surpassed everybody, without re-
gard to business etiquette In capturing custom
ers and getting them to invest In boots and
shoes; out yet he was always truthful aud hon
est, and never ioafed moment. lie left his sIt-
uation, became commercial traveller, saved
some n onev and then resolved to give up bust
ness for religious work. Since then he has never
received a salary from any society or individual
but has got his bread as he needed II, III ough
often in SIGHT OF actual want lie keut up his
school work, and the other work We have de-
scribed, In Chicago, raising money to meet the
expen'e OF his operations. when the war broke
out he Joined the Christian Commission, which
had It's neld for labor among the soldiers lie
| had numerous fellow workara. and nnaoffpr.
were held every NIGHT in the various camps
aud barracks, where Moody seem to be ubi-
| quitous. He went from the CHICAGO camp TO
the army near Fort Donaldson, and there served
In the hospitals while trying TO 8 We souls. He
| also labored among the Confederate prisoners.
and was the means Of starting revival IN c mp
| Douglas, by which great numbers ~ them were
| converted. Thus he toiled and travelled during
the four years of the war, from comp to battle
field. not ony exhoriing and PRAYING, but tend.
ing the wounded, and hiding employment for
those who needed 1t. Is wen while thus engaged
he managed to take time TO look after hi.
schools aud missions In Chicago. So long as his
omnivorous appetite for work was satisfied, he
was the hap pie,t man alive. lie raised 10000 10
build chapel for his thousand scholars; and
so many Of them were CONVEX ed that Moody
found himself their pastor on an independent
basis, with simple creed Of his own com
position. This church Is stl IN existence,
and Its members are mostly from the humber
classes OF the community Moody was elected
President ofthe Young Mems Christian Assocla-
tion.nnd at once proceeded to secure the erection
of a building for 1t 10y raising the sum of sl0JOOO
the great luinc ial success Of his life. lie also
had project for building peoples homes and
| reformatorS Institutions. aud places for limo
cent amusement, and for IN entail and social cul-
ture. lie got the members OF the assoc alton
| into all kinds Of WORK, neld daily meetings for
saints and sinners, aud was ineXorahle In his de-
mand that all speakers at them should be
pointed and brief. There was no fear OF man
before his eyes, and his wrestling with tho
wicked was the sign OF conquest. In a few
months the splendid building was burned TO
the ground, but he raised money again, and a
| still hner one was at once erected. Moody was
genius at money raising. He preached 10
the new hall as well as In his own church.
| When preaching on one occasion he was 30 in
terrupted by disturber that he had to give the
fellow q thrashinR. Vast multitudes always
crowded to hear him. He was constantly or
ganizlng revival campaigns. lie roiched
great power as platform speaker and
manager OF crowds, though destitute OF tho
graces OF oratory. and contemptuous OF rheto-
rio and grammar.
But we cannot follow the author through the
|
ply during Its successive years; Moodys vari-
Gus active operations OF many kinds In scores Of
places all over the country; his Ingenious way
Of picking up Ideas for his sermons; his oon-
slant re ding Of but one book, the Scriptures;
his study OF different sorts OF preachers; bis
period Of suffering account Of his Ignorance;
Ills labors in Brooklyn and Philadelphia In 1871
his happy married. life; his pious son, who dug
out tue eyes OF Judas Iscariots picture his new
home given him by Chicago friends, and lts de-
struotion; his church burnt and another built
his charitable labors for the sufferers by the
Chicago fire. his new crow Ia OF converts his
turning rufhans into missionaries; the great re-
vlval In Louisville; his meeting with Brother
Sankey In indianapolis; their first Joint labors
and many other things.
In 1872, Moody aud sankey determined to go
TO England, and friend furnished the means.
"Why do you go?" Moody was asked. "ro win
ten thousand souls" he replied. lie was as
sisted by some friends In getting up a plan OF
VIOLA there. He Immediately began operations
In York by holding a meeting at which only
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