Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-28
DWIGHT J.. MOODY
CAREER OF THE EVANGELIST
Noted for His Energy. Common Sense aud
hsiisf In the nibis-iiad Great istiu-
enee Over Nieh Men


Dwight Lyman Moody, the cyansei-
ist, WAS born in NorIhnrld. Franklin
county. Massachusetts. February ..
1887. lie received limited educa-
tion. aud worked on u farm ill he
WAS IL years old. when lie be-
came clerk in shoe store In Bos-
ton. lie united with Congregational
church soon afIcFwari. and in 1850
went To Chicago. where he engaged
with enthusiasm In mission work
among the poor. and in less than year
established Sunday school with
more than 1900 pupils. During the
Civil War lie was employed by the
Christian Commission. and subsequent.
ly by the Young Nous Christian Asso-
c!ntion OF Chicago as lay mission
AIRY. 4 church was built for his con,
yer,s. ani he bccam. its unprdaIned
pastor. In the iirc OF 1871 his church
and Sr. Mo0dy's house aud furniture
wcr. destroyed, but n new AMI much
larger church has since been erected.
In 1873. accompanied by Ira u. San.
key. b. visited Europe and Instituted
a series OF weekly day religious SER
vices In England. Scotland and Ireland.
which resulted In great religious awak-
enlnrs In III. principal cities In these
countries The .Vnnsslists returned TO
SlutfN III 1850 uIEuIAiA'b
similar meetings In various parts OF
til. country. In iss:. they again visited
Great Britain, and since that time hay.
been engaged In cynns.llsilc work
there and In their own country.
Bishop II. W. Warren says OF Mr..
Moody:
THE first thing that strikes one In
thinking OF Mr.. Moody Il the
prodiglous extent Of his influence. In
the Held OF authorship his books by
the dozen nrc In such demand that
nswsboys on nearly all trains carry
them. As speaker. ON both sides OF
the Atlantic. lie had addressed audi
enccs limited only by the siz. OF III.
nudl;orlums and nrmc5s.s. And this
not n Few times. hut month after
month. year after year. As nm ciuczi.
tor his three schools at SOrthncll.
Massachusetts. and one In Chicago. are
amazing successes. For seventeen
years lie has brought scholars and pro-
fcssors from NIL parts OF the learned
world TO his summer conferences and
Bible lectures. His influence over men
OF wealth was extraordinary. At his
request men gave mp large nccumuln-
tlons OF life time FOR philanthropy
and religion.
"uc would bc n very distinguished
mnn-author. professor. lecturer. IT.
craEy. scientific. historical or humor-
ous-who could have n molciy OF this
mans influence In any one Of his dc.
pnrtmcnts.
at must be remembered that this
mnn rose out OF humble life. receives
n very mcngrc education. worked on u
farm till he was IL years OF age. and
never went to school thereafter.
''What Is the secret OF his succcsss
Aside from the push OF his strong will
and the clcarncss OF his common sense.
what OF the influence OF the environ
mcnt to which he related himself:
.'fie spoke the language OF the COM
mon people. As Luther largely made
the German language by unwcaricdly
seeking the speech OF the common pco-
/ pie and cmbodyinc II In his translation
OF the Bible. SO Mr. Moody so spoke
that. Ike his Master. ''thc common pco.
pie heard him gladly
"IIc must have uttered what ap-
pcalcd to the human heart as true AMI
adapted to meet Its needs to have SO.
cured the Endorsement OF such n hear
ing. His uttcrancc OF truth compelled
many mans conscience to say, That
means me-
But especially. above all other
things. two reasons for Moody's iuilu-
cncc must be stated.
"First-He believed thoroughly and
cmphatically in the Bible as reliable
record of Gods dealing with men, past.
present and future. He was troubled
by no doubts. cntanglcd by no higher
criticism. appalled, by no impossibili-
ties. He thought what was impossible
with man might be possible with God,
in the Word rs in the world.
"Second-Hc believed that God was
as really n helper of his humble and
obedient Instruments to-day as ever In
the past"