The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-28
ABOUT MANY-SIDED MOODY
IN OTHER WIYS THAN IRE4 en-
 ING.
As Author, Publisher, Builder, Farmer,
 Educator and PhilanthrOPtst.

esting and fascinating phases of his
 life. He is an organizer, builder, ar
 educator, an author a publisher and q
 farmer carrying into these departments
 of work system, thoroughness, anc | knowing no failure Northfield, a coun'
 try hamlet on the Connecticut river
 made historic by legends and traditions of its old owners, the Indians, is now a sacred shrine for Christians for all de-
 nominations being known as the birth
 place and home of D. l.. Moody and the
 headquarters of enterprises that touch the whole English speaking race. No | where is seen, to such an extent, the
 wide-reaching proofs of his power. as
 here in his boyhoods home.
 | In the night watches ther came be-
 fore him the vision of the chain gang,
 the prison, and the army of prisoners
 within, with no wholesome reading or
 helpful influences. He saw in remote
 village families destitute of books or
 with meager libraries of dime novels
 or sensa tional literature. He saw the
 shelves of our booksellers filled with
 cheap and poor books, sold for a tritle,
 appealing ofttimes to a depraved taste.
 To create a counter current and to reach
 the criminal classes, shut in to them
 selves, he determined to publish works
 of a high grade and yet entertaining and instructive, that could be manufac-
 tured in good style and placed on the
 market at as low rate as the poorer books. Books for the criminals. the
 hungry public, could be secured from ! foreign and American authors, attrac- tive in dress, interesting in matter ! hence the result in formation of the Bible institute colportage association" 1 with headquarters at Chicago and an eastern branch at Northfield. The post age laws of America allow these pub lcations to go as second-class matter
 which gives an easy and cheap method
 of transportation. In the three years
 since this enterprise was started 70
 different volumes have been issued.
 These are all sold by booksellers in the usual way, or by colporters and stu dents, who are often enabled to pay
 their board and tuition for four years
 at the Moody schools It is self-sup-
 porting and no funds are solicited for
 this enterprise. One month recently
 the sale reached nearly 100000 copies.
 Already some 2,500000 volumes have
 been sold. These represent weight of
 nearly 5000 tons. Placed end to end
 they would make a pathway of books 232 miles long, or piled one on the top of the other, would form a column near ly four times the night of Mt. Blanc.
 In this catalog are translations into German, Danish. Norwegians, Swedish, to be followed as soon as possible by translations into Polish. Bohemian, Dutch and French. These books are also being placed on fishing boats off the Banks for sailors. They are on sale at the mission home in Shanghai, China Two scientific gentlemen, collecting in Zulu land, birds for the British museum gave an order for copies to be used by them as they met with traders and others scattered in that far country. Not only does MT Moody desire thus to scatter broadcast over the hills and in the valleys, pure and healthful read ing, but also to place in the prisons of our land these books, which are eagerly called for and read. Contributions for this purpose are constantly coming in and already over 5000 copies have been placed in the prisons of the United States and Canada Many remarkable conversions have been the result, one of them as striking as the case of the jailer at Philippi, when Valentine Burke noted criminal of St Louis, was reached by the truth as reported in one of the books. As soon as practicable there will be Spanish translations to new lands now opening to the gospel
 Like Sturgeon, Meyer, Murray and other distinguished preachers, MT. Moody not only has reached Il vast null 1 titude with his voice, but a larger num- Der with his published sermons and ad- dresses. He has written some fl vol umes, which have had a circulation of over 2,000,000. Of his Way to God" 500, ,00o have been issued. translations having been made in German, Swedish, | Danish, Norwegian. A quarter of mil i lion have been sold of the book entitl- ed Heaven" The Moody and Sanlzey hymn books have had a fabulous sale, Their birth was on this vice. On the | first visit of the two evangelists to Eng ! land the singing of solos was a startl. ing innovation. The conservative ele- l ment were shocked. Yet MT. Moody was | receiving requests for copies | of these songs. So they were issued | from time to time in separate leaves | and were pasted into the hymn book | used in his services. When enough had | for small volume, pub fisher was sought. None were found [ iaring enough to issue it on their own account. To get it printed MT. Moody assumed the responsibility. He was poor, as he had lost nearly all in the Chicago fire, and the small sum needed -Ook almost is entire fortune. The irst book has been followed by series if six volumes, and the last one and he best, issued some two years ago. Sacred Songs and Gospel Hymns" of which half million have been sold. is II many respects superior to all. It in dudes many of the most devotional lymns ever issued, of the highest char Lcter of words and music In the Iorthfield conference of 1898 we noticed hat the good old fashioned hymns dear O all denominations were often selected " Mir Moody for his great audiences.
 The first leatlet MT Sankey had pub ished In England was entitled "Yet 'here is Room" The words were writ en for him by Rev Dr, flora tius Bon r in 1874 The second was T Am Praying for You,'' and the third "The Ninety and Nine" No 1 Gospel Iymns'' was made up in 1875 by Messrs Ia anlyeU and PliSs TbIIs JNac fha cr,a1l