. 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. n the earlier phase ofthe movement were Dr. Edward Dorr Griffin, and PresidentDwigfht, associated with such men as the elder Mills, In its laterphase, in what may be called the supplement to the Revival of1797, the revivalists Nettleton and Finney were prominent. It is an interesting fact in revivals that they frequently succeedsome great calamity. It was so with the wonderful work of graceknown as The Revival of 1859. ^^^ churches, to an alarmingextent, were
. 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. n the earlier phase ofthe movement were Dr. Edward Dorr Griffin, and PresidentDwigfht, associated with such men as the elder Mills, In its laterphase, in what may be called the supplement to the Revival of1797, the revivalists Nettleton and Finney were prominent. It is an interesting fact in revivals that they frequently succeedsome great calamity. It was so with the wonderful work of graceknown as The Revival of 1859. ^^^ churches, to an alarmingextent, were characterized by indifference and conformity to theworld. Speculation was running rife, and men were enteringrecklessly in the race for riches. As a natural result, frauds and fail-ures were very common, and in a day the most fanciful dreamswould perish and millionaires would become paupers. But God was working in it all, and as a direct result therewas a call sent forth to the Christians of the Nation for unitedprayer, and the result was the mighty awakening. *• The Church in America and its baptisms of fire, by D. S. (Copyright.) ...>.T/^ tM rr»nPF, U UNION HALL, NEW^YORK IN^xSge^^^ MR. MOODY AS AN EVANGELIST 273 Its history can never be known perfectly. It is written in Hea-ven, and when we stand there we shall know the full story. But no history of revivals in this generation would be completewithout due consideration being given to the man whose name is ahousehold word, and who has been a blessing to Christians through-out the world, Mr. Dwight L. Moody. Mr. Moody may be regarded as being, in his career andwork, the representative of lay activity in the work of evangeliza-tion—especially of the Young Mens Christian Association asembodying and organizing this activity. That association hadlargely to do with opening the way for him into the variouschurches and communities in the early stages of his work, and withawakening and sustaining enthusiasm in his va
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