Dwight L. Moody

Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 - December 22, 1899), also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now the Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Press.

Related Topics:
February 5 - 1837 - December 22 - 1899 - American - Evangelist - Publisher - Northfield Mount Hermon - Moody Bible Institute

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Moody's work in Chicago, Illinois led to the largest Sunday School of his time. He labored so abundantly that within a year the average attendance at his school was 650, while sixty volunteers from various churches served as teachers. It became so well known that the just-elected President Lincoln visited and spoke at a Sunday School meeting on November 25, 1860.

Related Topics:
Chicago, Illinois - Sunday School - Lincoln

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

After the Civil War started, he was involved with the U.S. Christian Commission of the YMCA, and ministered at several battlefields.

Related Topics:
Civil War - YMCA

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

He started a church in Chicago that was burnt down in the Great Chicago Fire. It was rebuilt within three months. His lay follower William Eugene Blackstone was a prominent American Zionist.

Related Topics:
Great Chicago Fire - William Eugene Blackstone - Zionist

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

It was in a trip to England that he became well known as an evangelist, to the point that some have claimed he was the greatest evangelist of the 19th century. His preaching had an impact as great as that of George Whitefield and John Wesley within Britain, Scotland and Ireland. On several occasions he filled stadiums of 2,000 to 4,000 capacity. In the Botanic Gardens Palace, a meeting had between 15,000 to 30,000 people. This turnout continued throughout 1874 and 1875, with crowds of thousands at all of his meetings. When he returned to the United States, crowds of 12,000 to 20,000 were just as common as in England. President Grant and some of his cabinet attended a meeting on January 19, 1876. His evangelistic meetings were held from Boston to New York, throughout New England and as far as San Francisco, and other West coast towns from Vancouver to San Diego.

Related Topics:
England - 19th century - George Whitefield - John Wesley - Grant

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

He preached his last sermon on November 16, 1899. It has been claimed he was instrumental in winning one million people to Christ, although this is unprovable, due to lack of centralized record keeping.

Related Topics:
November 16 - 1899

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• http://www.moody.edu/