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DWIGHT LYMAN MOODY (RYTHER) (1837-1899)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 802 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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, which was organized in 1863 as the See also:Illinois See also:Street See also: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 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 . 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 See also:Drummond, whom he eagerly defended against orthodox attack, and See also:George See also:Adam See also: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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