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The American Evangelists, Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey
The American Evangelists Dwight L Moody and Ira D Sankey Author:Elias Nason Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. MB. MOODY'S FIRST MISSION-SCHOOL. HIS NORTH MABKET SCHOOL. ANECDOTES. -HIS ARMY WORK. Mr. Moody's Study of the Bible. His Mission. His ... more »Business Rela- tions. His School at the Rookery. His Method of managing it. Description of the School.Mr. Reynolds's Opinion. Recruiting for Pupils. Removal to the Hall of North Market. J. V. Farwell, Superintendent.Increase of the School.Energy of Mr. Moody. His Character as a Man of Business. He pays a Bill for a Customer. He devotes his Whole Time to God. His Life in Danger. An Assault. One Idea. Interview with Infidels. Prayer in a Saloon. A Drunkard saved. Interview with Bishop Duggan. Thanksgiving at the Rookery. Visit of Mr. Lincoln. Prayer in the Cars. The Old Pony. Mr. Moody's Army Life. Marriage. Answer to Prayer. Chapel. Entrance into Richmond. " Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in." Jesus Chbist. " Only an armor-bearer, now in the field, Guarding a shining helmet, sword, and shield; Waiting to hear the thrilling battle-cry, Beady then to answer, ' Master, here am I.'" P.P. BLISS. The city of Chicago, then containing about 175,000 people of various nationalities, little dreamed of the benison it was receiving when the young Christian clerk, D wight L. Moody, entered it. Rough and ignorant, to be sure, he was; but his counsellor was theLord, his guide the Bible. This precious book he carried in his bosom; he studied it as a message sent direct to him from heaven. He received its teachings, not as questionable or mythical, but as real, practical, and obligatory. It was the voice of God speaking into the innermost chambers of his soul. It meant precisely what it said; and this he felt must be translated by him, ju...« less