. Moody: his words, work, and workers. Comprising his Bible portraits; his outlines of doctrine, as given in his most popular and effective sermons, Bible readings, and addresses. Sketches of his co-workers, Messrs. Sankey, Bliss, Whittle, Sawyer, and others; and an account of the gospel temperance revival, with thrilling experiences of converted inebriates. ord. I like togo all round a text, said Mr. Moody, to see whats after andbefore. I find often it is like a little diamond set in pearls. An adequate account of this great revival would require avolume instead of a few pages. The Christian
. Moody: his words, work, and workers. Comprising his Bible portraits; his outlines of doctrine, as given in his most popular and effective sermons, Bible readings, and addresses. Sketches of his co-workers, Messrs. Sankey, Bliss, Whittle, Sawyer, and others; and an account of the gospel temperance revival, with thrilling experiences of converted inebriates. ord. I like togo all round a text, said Mr. Moody, to see whats after andbefore. I find often it is like a little diamond set in pearls. An adequate account of this great revival would require avolume instead of a few pages. The Christian Conventionheld at the depot, January 19, at which nearly a thousandministers were present; the temperance movement organ-ized in Philadelphia by a large number of reformed andconverted drunkards; the branch revival at the gas-works,where prayer-meetings were sometimes kept up all night bythe different relays of hands as they were relieved from duty;the unanimity of the secular press in their praise of the workaccomplished, in which also the Roman Catholic papersjoined, and the general awakening of the Church to a con-dition of vigor, activity, and Christian unity, were occasionsof gratitude to God ; and the fruits of this revival still remainin permanent and widely extending powers of blessing. Dr. Hatfield relates the case of a man who came into one. IlP .il ,i| Fill,! U ? iM^) mm,,! fCX/ilff^r- ^^ifl^^;; wt ui:^.y} m:€ III,. mm ,* Life and Labors of D. L. Moody. 53 of the Philadelphia meetings, half-intoxicated, but, having stilla sense of his need for help, he tried to rise for prayers. Hiscondition was so evident that those who were near him pulledhim down, thinking his conduct almost blasphemous ; but hepersisted in standing up, and as the drunkenness passed away,he persisted in seeking the Saviour. On his way home thatnight his soul was gloriously filled with the grace of God, ofwhich his life thus far gives good evidence. And since thatnight he declares he has
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