(Or, The Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work) In Moody’s own words, “the object of this book is to help others to know the source of true power, that both their zeal and their knowledge may be of increased service in the Master’s work.” The authour saw a lack of power in both testimony and work of Christians in his day—how much more are we in need of the Holy Spirit’s power upon our labours today?!
“Some day you will read in the papers that D. L. Moody of East Northfield, is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now; I shall have gone up higher, that is all, out of this old clay tenement into a house that is immortal—a body that death cannot touch, that sin cannot taint; a body fashioned like unto His glorious body.
I was born of the flesh in 1837. I was born of the Spirit in 1856. That which is born of the flesh may die. That which is born of the Spirit will live forever.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899) may well have been the greatest evangelist of all time. In a 40-year period, he won a million souls, founded three Christian schools, launched a great Christian publishing business, established a world-renowned Christian conference center, and inspired literally thousands of preachers to win souls and conduct revivals.
A shoe clerk at 17, his ambition was to make $100,000. Converted at 18, he uncovered hidden gospel gold in the hearts of millions for the next half-century. He preached to 20,000 a day in Brooklyn and admitted only non-church members by ticket!
He met a young songleader in Indianapolis, and said bluntly, “You’re the man I’ve been looking for for eight years. Throw up your job and come with me.” Ira D. Sankey did just that; thereafter it was “Moody will preach; Sankey will sing.”
He traveled across the American continent and through Great Britain in some of the greatest and most successful evangelistic meetings communities have ever known. His tour of the world with Sankey was considered the greatest evangelistic enterprise of the century.
It was Henry Varley who said, “It remains to be seen what God will do with a man who gives himself up wholly to Him.” And Moody endeavored to be, under God, that man; and the world did marvel to see how wonderfully God used him.
Two great monuments stand in the tireless and unwavering work and ministry of this gospel warrior—Moody Bible Institute and the famous Moody Church in Chicago.
