. The life and work of Dwight L. Moody, presented to the Christian world as a tribute to the memory of the greatest apostle of the age. Mr. Moody had developed strong Calvinistictendencies, and he found a worthy opponent in one of his fellowclerks who, by bringing up, was a Methodist. The question ofamusements was also taken up. Mr. Moody was strongly averseto any frivolous form of amusement, or any amusement whichseemed to him frivolous. The story is told that he came into thestore one night from some religious meeting, and found two of theclerks engaged in a game of checkers. He dashed the c
. The life and work of Dwight L. Moody, presented to the Christian world as a tribute to the memory of the greatest apostle of the age. Mr. Moody had developed strong Calvinistictendencies, and he found a worthy opponent in one of his fellowclerks who, by bringing up, was a Methodist. The question ofamusements was also taken up. Mr. Moody was strongly averseto any frivolous form of amusement, or any amusement whichseemed to him frivolous. The story is told that he came into thestore one night from some religious meeting, and found two of theclerks engaged in a game of checkers. He dashed the checkerboard to the ground ; then, before any one could protest, droppedupon his knees and began to pray. It must not be thought, how-ever, that he was entirely averse to healthful sports. On thecontrary, rough games and practical jokes were a keen delight to him. Recruiting for the Church Shortly after his arrival in Chicago, Mr. Moody united byletter with the Plymouth Congregational Church, of which Dr. Roy was at that time pastor. It was a hospitable church, andMr. Moody was not slow to find an opportunity to exercise his. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK 9^ desire to do practical Christian work. He rented five pews andkept them filled with young men at every service. He also went \out and hunted up boys and girls for the Sunday school. Thestatement has been made that he asked for a class in the Sunday \school but was refused. This is doubtful, for Mr. Moody himselfrecognized and declared at that time that he could not teach. He,however, took part in the prayer meetings, and in his work as arecruiting officer for the church of Christ, began to ignoredenominational lines. Recruiting for Sunday Schools It seemed as if no church could give him enough to do; there-fore he began to attend a Sunday morning class in the First Metho-dist Church, and to work with its Mission Band, which was composedof a number of devoted young men, who every Sunday morningused to visit various public places an
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