. 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. ppy under the burden ofseventy winters, visited her son during the great revival inNew York, where her force of character and admirable man-ners were most highly appreciated. Ah, my friend, saidRev. Dr. Cuyler to Mr. Moody, it is easy enou
. 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. ppy under the burden ofseventy winters, visited her son during the great revival inNew York, where her force of character and admirable man-ners were most highly appreciated. Ah, my friend, saidRev. Dr. Cuyler to Mr. Moody, it is easy enough to seewhere you got your vim and your hard common sense. When Dwight was a child of four years of age his father /suddenly died, leaving for the support of his widow and herseven children, of whom the oldest was but thirteen years ofage, nothing but a little house on the mountain side, with anacre or two of land, and even this encumbered with debt. A month after her husbands death another boy and girlwere born. Some of her worldly-wise neighbors advised herto give away or bind out her children, all except the twinbabies; but this she would not do. God had endowed herwith unusual strength, both of body and mind, and with acheerful courage and a habit of looking on the bright side,as well as with humble trust in Him who is the Father of the J > f. Life and Labors of D. L. Moodv. it fatherless, and the God of the widow, she bravely lifted herburden of poverty and toil, and carried it patiently and hope-fully through the long years, until her sons became her for-tune, as they had been her burden and her care. The old-fashioned mansion of the Moody estate, with its ample barnsand broad acres, is the result of patient and frugal toil throughthe days of small things, as well as of the larger enterprise ofher sons grown to mans estate. Mr. Moody himself hasdone much to improve and beautify the old homestead, andnear by has built himself a beautiful though unpretentioushome, where
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