See also:DWIGHT LYMAN See also:MOODY (RYTHER) (1837-1899)
, See also:American evangelist, was See also:born in the See also:village of See also:East See also:Northfield (Northfield township), See also:Massachusetts, on the 5th of See also:February 1837
.
His See also:father died in 1841, and See also:young See also:Dwight, a mischievous See also:independent boy, got a scanty schooling
.
In 1854 he became a salesman in a See also:shoe-See also:store in See also:Boston; in 1855 he was " converted "; and in 1856 he went to See also:Chicago and started business there
.
Beginning with a class gathered from the streets, he opened (1858) a See also:Sunday school in See also:North See also:Market See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, which was organized in 1863 as the See also:Illinois See also:Street See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, and afterwards became the Chicago See also:Avenue Church, of which he was layman pastor
.
In 186o he gave up business and devoted himself to See also:city missionary See also:work
.
He was prominent in raising See also:money for Farwell Hall in Chicago (1867), and in 1865-1869 was See also:president of the Chicago Young Men's See also:Christian Association
.
Ira See also:David Sankey (1840-1908) joined him in Chicago in 187o and helped him greatly by the singing of See also:hymns; and in a See also:series-See also:- MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
- MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)
MOON
of notable revival meetings in See also:England (1873-1875, 1881-1884, 1891-1892) and See also:America they carried on their See also:gospel See also:campaign, and became famous for the See also:Moody and Sankey Gospel Hymns
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In 1899 Moody opened the Northfield See also:seminary for young See also:women, at Northfield, See also:Mass., and in 1881 the adjacent See also:Mount See also:Hermon school for boys; in each a liberal See also:practical See also:education centres about See also:Bible training; the boys do See also:farm-work and the girls See also:house-work
.
In 1889 he opened in Chicago the Bible See also:Institute, and there trained Christian workers in Bible study and in practical methods of social reform; at Northfield in 1890 he opened a Training School in domestic See also:science in the Northfield Hotel, formerly used only in summer for visitors at the See also:annual conferences, of which the best known are the Bible (or Christian Workers') See also:Conference, first held at Northfield in 188o, and the Students' (or See also:College Men's) Conference, first held in 1887
.
Moody died at Northfield on the 22nd of See also:December 1899
.
His sermons were colloquial, See also:simple, full of conviction and point
.
In his See also:theology he laid stress on the Gospel and on no sectarian opinions—he was, however, a pre-millenarianite—and he worked with men as much more " advanced " than himself as See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Drummond, whom he eagerly defended against orthodox attack, and See also:George See also:Adam See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith
.
Moody's sermons were sold widely in See also:English, and in See also:German, Danish and See also:Swedish versions
.
See the (See also:official) See also:Life of Dwight L
.
Moody (New See also:York, 1900), by his son, W
.
R
.
Moody (b
.
1869), and the estimate in Henry Drummond's Dwight L
.
Moody: Impressions and Facts (New York, 1900), with an introduction by George Adam Smith
.
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