Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-01-19
THE MOODY INSTITUTE
After Twenty-Five Years.-By How
ard w. Pope.

d. l.. Moody was once seen stand
ing in vacant lot in the rear of
The Moody Church with his heal
bowed in prayer and being asked
what he was praying for, said that
it was for money with which to erect
a building for Bible Training
School This prayer was answered in
part by the erection of the present
mems building. Continued answer was
given in the purchase of buildings
on LaSalle Avenue for women's dorm
tories, and still further in the mems
new building dedicated February 5th.
1910 and the women's new dormi-
tory which is in course of construc-
ton, the outside is now complete
the contractors are busily working
on the inside construction in the hope
of its partial occupancy by Foun-
der's Day, February 5, 1911.
These buildings born of prayer,
and built by prayer, have been con-
secrated by the prayers of nearly
5000 students. who have here learn
ed the deep things of God, and es-
pecially, "the exceeding greatness Of
His power to usward who believe. a"
Someone has said that boy with
out a fortune is fortunate boy. How
ever this may be, it is certainly for
tunate for many young people that
Dwight l.. Moody was born poor, for
it led him to sympathize heartily with
every other young man who like him
self had small means and large as
pirations.
He early recognized that a con-
siderable part of our religious work
must be done by lay workers. He
also saw that there were thousands of
young men and young women to
whom a college education was impos-
sible but who with a year or two of
training in the English bible, person
al work and music might be able tc
fiji many positions of usefulness
which their gifts and calling might
Indicate
This led him to found the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago, which af
fords perhaps the most remarkabl,
combination of study and practica
work that the world has ever seen
1t is in no sense a theological semin
airy or rival of the seminaries. 1t doe
not teach Hebrew or Greek. but i
has FIVE different methods of teach
ing the English Bible The training
is so practical. and the religious az
mosphere so inspiring that hundred
of ministers and theological student
come here to supplement their sem
mary course. Some missionary board
also advise all their candidates 70
the foreign field to spend at least
few months at the institute.
The method is to combine practi
cal training with lectures and study
Mr.. Moody being prominently a ma
of one book and having achieved hi
marvellous success with that alone
naturally felt that the English hi
marvellous success with that alon,
naturally felt that the English Bib
ought to occupy the first place in tn
training of men for Christian worl
Accordingly the students are requil
ed to study the Bible as a whole, an
to dissect each chapter so as to dii
cover the principal subject and lea,
ing lesson.
? Furthermore they are shown no
to use the Bible in leading men
] Christ. and in meeting the variot
= excuses which arise in Christia
/ work. Each student has from thrs
, to five assignments a week for pc
sonal work in jails. missions, Go
a pei wagon or other services. and the
e are examined on their personal woI
e as well as on their studies In tn
! way they get an all-round expe
3 fence which the classroom alor
e could never give them.
Z Nothing develops a worker iii
+ meeting difficulties, and if one cs
e conduct an open air meeting whe
q every other door is a saloon. or brot
n el. or a five-cent theatre, and ARE
n the attention of such a crowd wi
S the simple story of the Cross al
actually lead men to Christ, he
bound to grow in grace and kno'
is ledge and spiritual power Work Iii
e this drives men to their knees al
It no students who are living a carele
It end prayerless life will dare attem
d 1t.
3 This combination of religious wo
l. with classroom training is very hel