The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-30
DWIGHT l.. MOODY.

A Sketch of the Life and Services oil the
Famous Preacher.
Dwight L. Moody was born February
8, 1887, in Mortified, Massachusetts,. AT
four years Of age he lost his father; the
mother, left with house and little
land, fought brave battle with poverty
until her children became old enough to
take care Of her, Dwight must have been
hardy, seli'willed boy. He went to the
district school, but learned very little be'
yond some skill in defamation.
In his seventeenth year he went to
Boston, where he was employed as a
salesman in the shoe store Of his mater
nal uncles, Samuel and LemuOl Holton.
Both in Boston and Rtterward in Chicago,
he proved himself to be an expert sales
man. He was brought TO an earnest
Cnrigtian life by the Rsv. DR.. Kirk, oil the
Mount Vernon Congregational Church.
His first application to JON TINS
church was refused; there WAS distFust
felt OF the Maynard, selt'Willed YOUTH
which only Lime oyercame. In 1896 he
was admitted to membership, and with
his usual energy began to speak at GoCial
and mission services, but with so little
satisfaction to those who heard that he
WAS requested to keep quiet. In the fall
Of 1856 hs went to Chicago, where he
agsin found employment ~ u salesman,
and. where, TOO, he again showed unusual
capacity Tor business. In Chicago, as In
Bost0p. bis mode OF speaking In private
religious meetings was 80 dtstasteluI TO his
fellow worshippers that no was quickly
sileuced. Nothing daunted, no next &C.
cupied himself with hunting up street
BOYS aud persuading them to come to Sun:
misunderstanding. in fact, as q sort OF
recruiting officer, In this he had great
snccess. and soon was able TO open a
school OF his own In one OF the worst parts
Of Chicapo. Obtaining the use OF the hall
over the North Market, he brought, to-
gether a company Of almost ungovernaoIe
uruhins, disciplined them, and taught
them the rudments Of morals aud 70.
liglon. In this field he had the aid OF
John V. Farwell, tho Eell'knnwn
dry.goods merchant. Before many
months the average attendance had
risen to more than Elk hundred, with an
occasional attendance Of one thousand
persors. Mr.. Moody's tact and ingenuity
we're never more conspicuous than III the
management OF this mission. His SUCCESS
as an organizer created demand for him
at Sunday school conventions, where
again his propensity 10 speak oyer'much
made him troublesome. From his Sun.
day school he passed to the service OF
the Young Mems Christian Association OF
Chicago, With which his name has ever
since been closely identified. During the
war he was ono Of tho Christian Com.
missions army Chaplalns. Immediately
after the great fire in Chicago, October,
1871, his church and school building was
replaced by tabernacle oil rough boards,
which, during the memorial winter fol-
lowing, became center OF practical char.
ity. m
known to the public outside Of UhiCago,
and oven In Chicago 1t had been necessary
for him toptovs tho quality ofhiS char.
auter, and to conquer obstinate prejudice.
In 1879, accompanied by Mr.. Saukey, he
wont to England Arrived there, the
avsngelisIs found that the two gentlemen
who had invited them over were dead. At
venture, they began in the Cltiesot York
and Sunderland. Events ran their usual
course; they were accused Of selfish mo-
.tVes, were told that their direct mode OF
speech was not r0lished-in word, that
they we're not wanted. In Newcastle the
prejudiCus OF the people and the clergy
wero overcome, aud from that time the
evapgelists had tho ear OF England. From
kht, ,,t,N ha NJ MAJ 10 g,I
key throughout the United Kingdom is
too well known 10 need repeating.
In Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Dubliu,
Manchester, Sheffield, birmingham, Liv-
erpoot, aud London audiences ranging
from three thousand to ten thousand per.
sons crowded tho largest nails to listen to
this novel combination Of Bimple speech
and inartistiC songs. In London fourteen
thousand persons assembled daily in
the,greRt hall Of the Agricultural Society.
Her Majesty's Opera-house, in the West
End, and Bow Road, in the East OF Lon.
don, were also In their turn filed with
eager listeners. In the 0pera.hOuss ssr.
vlCeg 1t was proved that Mr.. MOody's
style OF address did not rOpel the most
refined heaEorg. His sincerity and effect
ivenGss drew all classes Of society to him.
Returning home, the remarkable ser.
vices in our own chief cities followed. In
New York the Madison Square Garden, in
Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Railroads.
freight station were utilized. These
meetings sometimes la1ted for weeks
with undated interest. Among the re.
cent successes Of Mr.. Moody none is more
striking than his conquest Of pre- judiCs In
Oxford and Cambridge. His first service
az Oxford was SO disturbed by the noises
made by the undergraduates that there
we're minutes when II was lmposai6le for
him to proceed With wonderful tact
and patience no persisted till he gaiued
tho goodwill OF mis- almost riotous audi.
enCs. Before long he had won many
hearts, aud the impression left upon nu.
merons mOmbers OF the university prom.
iseG to bs both deep and lasting Eike
success attended his visit 10 Cambridge.
OF late the laborS Of the two evanRelists
at home have been given TO the smaller
towns.
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