. Echoes from the pulpit and platform : or, Living truths for head and heart ; illustrated by upwards of five hundred thrilling anecdotes and incidents, personal experiences, touching home scenes, and stories of tender pathos drawn from the bright and shady sides of life. Oirls was still in its in-fancy J\lr. !Moody decided to connnence the same sort of workamong the boys. A farm of four hundred acres just across theConnecticut River came into the market and he bought first pupils assembled in the old farmhouse, and when theyovercrowded it he erected a few brick cottages for their ac- L
. Echoes from the pulpit and platform : or, Living truths for head and heart ; illustrated by upwards of five hundred thrilling anecdotes and incidents, personal experiences, touching home scenes, and stories of tender pathos drawn from the bright and shady sides of life. Oirls was still in its in-fancy J\lr. !Moody decided to connnence the same sort of workamong the boys. A farm of four hundred acres just across theConnecticut River came into the market and he bought first pupils assembled in the old farmhouse, and when theyovercrowded it he erected a few brick cottages for their ac- LIFK OF iMOODV. 73 comniodation. All who had the courag^c to ask for an educa-tion were admitted, and they streamed in from all over Americaand Great Britain. Taking- this success as an indication thathe should go forward, he erected dormitories and a large reci-tation hall, taking all chances and building as fast as the needsdemanded, imtil now there are in these two schools somethinglike twenty beautiful and permanent edifices. In these two schools from six to eight hundred youngpeople are at present receiving a careful training in all themore important branches of knowledge. They are certainlyamong the most remarkal)le and successful educational in-. DINING-ROOM, MR. MOODYS HOUSE AT NORTHFIELD. stitutions in America. The tuition and l)oard are as low as itis possible for them to be, and the instruction is of the veryhighest character. The influences are of course distinctivelyChristian. The dominant idea is that of the developmentof the spiritual nature. and to this end cvcrvthing else mustbe subordinated, although the course of intellectual trainingfits both sexes to enter the l)est colleges or universities inAmerica. An institution of a different character sprang up a littlelater on, as a sort of offshoot from the girls school. Havinga vacant building on his hands for a few months, Mr. Moody 74 LIFE OF DWIGHT L. MOODY. invited any young women who wished to study
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