Narrative of Messrs. Moody and Sankey´s
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Excerpt from Narrative of Messrs. Moody and Sankey´s: Labors in Scotland and Ireland, Also, in Manchester, Sheffield, and Birmingham, England It is for obvious reasons desirable, when strangers like Messrs. Moody and Sankey are exciting so much interest, and producing so great an impression, that the public should be made acquainted with the circumstances that have brought them into the position which they now occupy. It ought to be known that they have not run unsent, and have not taken upon themselves, without due cause, the responsibility of the work which they are now carrying on. A brief sketch of the chief facts in Mr. Moody´s life will show clearly how this matter stands. Mr. Moody was born in the year 1837, in the State of Massachusetts, in the district which was the scene of the great awakening, under Jonathan Edwards, about a hundred years before. But so far from his inheriting anything from that remarkable movement, he had not even heard the Gospel of the grace of God till he was about seventeen years of age. Going about that time to Boston, to be trained for business in the establishment of an uncle, he one day went into the church of Dr. Kirk, a Congregational minister in that city. There, for the first time, he listened to an evangelical sermon. It had the effect of making him uncomfortable, and he resolved not to go back. He felt that his heart had been laid bare, and he wondered who had told the preacher about him. Something, however, induced him to go back next Sunday, and the impression was renewed. A Sunday-school teacher in whose class he had been, having come to see him and ask for him at his place of business, he opened up his mind to him, and he was enabled to enter into that peace and joy in believing to which he has been the instrument of introducing so many. Not very long after this, Mr. Moody left Boston and proceeded to Chicago, where he entered into business for himself. Being full of the desire to be useful, he went into a Sunday-school, and asked the superintendent if he would give him a class. In this school there were twelve teachers and sixteen pupils; and the answer to his application was that if he could gather a class for himself he would be allowed to teach them. Mr. Moody went out into the streets, and by personal application, succeeded in bringing in a score of boys. He enjoyed so much the work of bringing in recruits, that instead of teaching the class himself, he handed it over to another teacher, and so on, until he had filled the school. Then he began to entertain the notion of having a school of his own. He went to work in a neglected part of the city. Sunday is the day devoted by many to concerts, balls, and pleasure generally. Mr. Moody saw that to succeed in such a population, a school must be exceedingly lively and attractive, and as he observed that the Germans made constant use of music in their meetings, he was led to consider whether music might not be employed somewhat prominently in the service of Christ. Not being himself a singer, he got a friend who could sing to help him, and for the first few evenings the time was spent between singing hymns and telling stories to the children, so as to awaken their interest and induce them to return. A hold having in this way been established, the school was divided into classes, and conducted more in the usual way. This school became the basis of wider operations. After a time a lively interest in divine things began to appear among the children. This led to the holding of meetings every night, and to the offering of prayers and delivery of addresses suitable to the circumstances of the children. These meetings began to be attended also by the parents, some of whom shared the blessing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.
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