Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-29

should be noticed in passing have been
among the most remunerative publications
ever put on the market. This income,
however, was largely devoted to Mr.
Moody's life work.
When the civil war broke out he Joined
the Army Christian commission. He was
busy man during the war. He insisted
that an association camp should be erected
at Douglas prison. II was done. He
divided his time between It and the front.
He was on the ground among the wound
ed at Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh and Muir
freesboro, with the army at Cleveland and
Chattanooga and among the first to enter
Richmond. This patriotic and humani-
tartan work increased the admiration for
him in the Market Hall district.
After the war he raised the funds for
building tabernacle in Chicago, which
became such a power thu pressure was
brought to have him organize a regular
church This he discouraged, encourage
ing the converts to join the church near
est their homes and get actively at work
in other fields. He sought advice from all
ministers, and at council held by the
clergy in the tabernacle it was decided
wise to organize a church. 1t started
with membership of 300.
church and mission, and It was extended
in various directions until 1871, when the
great Chicago fire destroyed all the build
ings that sheltered institutions sustained
| by Mr. Moody's labors, and his own home,
which had been given him by friends after
his marriage to Miss Emma G.. Revell of
Chicago, in 1852. Mr.. Moody, leaving his
family with his wife's friends, made an
evangelistc tour on the Atlantic coast, not
only holding meetings but trying to raise
money to reGstablish his work. II was
during that time that he became acquaint-
ed with Mr.. Wanamaker, who aided Mr..
Moody financially, and, with Ira d. Sank
! ey, who afterwards became associated with
Mr.. Moody in his work.
Previous to the fire, Mr.. Moody had
made one visit to England, but did not
hold many meetings; in 1872 he went a
second time to England and Scotland, this
time in company with Mr.. Sankey. This
trip to England became notable, for the
largest crowds that ever attended his SER
vices came to hear him on this time. The
tour extended over two years. The work
that followed his return in 1875 in Brook
Ign, Philadelphia and many other places is
considered the most effective evangelical
effort that has been put forth during the
present century. In 1875 also Mr.. Moody
bought the estate adjoining the Moody
homestead, which since has been his home.
In 1870 as Mr.. Moody, with a friend
from New York, was driving through the
hills of Mortified, the sight of a mother
and her two daughters sitting in a door
way braiding straw hats impressed Mr..
Moody TO the extent that in the fall a
school was started in Mr.. Moody's home,
with these two girls and one other as pu-
pills and Mrs. Moody and a niece as in
structors. Later on the school plans de-
veloped and Mortified seminary was
opened, with 25 pupils and two teachers.
There has been a steady, gradual growth
and the institution now comprises five
brick dormtories, three wooden ones, a
stone recitation hail. a stone library and a
brick gymnasium. There are now about
$50 students. The aim of this school al
ways has been to give a poor girl good
education.
An important work at Mortified in re-
cent years has been the summer confer
ences of Christian workers, Bible students,
collegians and young women. These con
ferences have brought about the erection
of buildings at East Mortified represent
ing hundreds of thousands of dollars, in
Guiding the Mortified hotel, the audito-
rum, ana residences or summer VlSlJors,
In 1881 Mr.. Moody started the institute
for boys. Two farms on the banks of the
Connecticut river, about four miles from
Mr. Moody's home, were bought and in
May the first boy arrived. The school ha:
grown steadily from the very outset, and
today has about $50 students. The prop
erty covers about 1000 acres of land, OF
which there are seven brick dormitories,
three wood dormitories, two brick recita
ton halls and stone chapel, The courses
of study at both schools are the same as
any college preparatory school.
Mr.. Moody is survived by widow, tive
sons and daughter. The latter is nov
Mrs. Emma Fit of Mortified. The ED
est son, William R. Moody, graduated a
Yale in 1891, and became business man
) ager of the Mt. Hermon school for boys
The younger, Paul, is a student at Yale.