If you read my posts on a regular basis or even just now and then, you probably know I have a love for history. Church history and United States history and reading about the great Christians of the past like, Smith Wigglesworth, Dwight L. Moody, Oswald Chambers, Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, A.W. Tozer and many, many more!
This morning as I was reading about Dwight L. Moody who set up shop in Chicago, I was thinking of our son Lars who is working hard in his career as a cinematographer in Chicago…it was snowing in Chicago last night. I was picturing Chicago when Moody, in the summer of 1858 taught Sunday School on the shores of Lake Michigan. When winter set in he moved into an old, abandoned saloon on Market Street. By 1859 there were one thousand pupils in Moody’s Sunday School!!!! Moody got the title of “Crazy Moody” for his creativity!
On November 25, 1850….this just gives me chills! Abraham Lincoln visited Moody’s school and commended his work!!!!
Moody had the strongest impulse for trying to bring souls to Jesus Christ. Being successful in business (he had been a shoe salesman) meant less and less to him. The only business that counted with him was God’s business, bringing the lost to Jesus Christ.
Did you know this?
Dwight Lyman Moody is perhaps the most remarkable Christian layman America ever produced, he was never ordained, nor did he ever have any formal training for ministry.
What are you waiting for?