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Title: A full history of the wonderful career of Moody and Sankey
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Goodspeed, E. J. (Edgar Johnson), 1833-1881
Subjects: Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899 Sankey, Ira David, 1840-1908 Evangelistic work
Publisher: New York, H. S. Goodspeed & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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continued power isas fair as anything human can be. It is natural to ask whothese men are, and how they came into this mighty work. Istheir gift a genius, a rare marvellous talent, or are they commonmen with no special endowments ? How then were they trainedand prepared for the exercise of such influence for good ? Wewant to know somewhat of their early life, that we may learnthe secret of their power. Did they grow into their presentagency from humble beginnings, and by the use of common op-portunities, or is there a miracle about their history and career?What qualities have they in their constitution that have madethem capable of extraordinary achievements and what advan-tages have they possessed superior to those of other men ?From the facts that have crept out here and there from theobscurity that envelopes their lives, we gather enough to showus all we need to know for the answer of our inquiries and thesettlement of every problem presented by their wonderfulcareer of evangelism.
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MOODY S EARLY LIFE. 13 CHAPTER II. THE BOY AT HOME. Dwight Lyman Moody was bom in Northfield, Massachu-setts, Feb. 5th, 1837. These rugged hills and plains have bornemany noble men and nourished in them a vigorous life, whoseforces have been given to the world in vast streams of useful-ness. And this lad, born in a lowly spot, of humble parentage,will rank as a harvester of souls, among the names that menwill not let die, and God will wreathe with everlasting honor.It was apparently a misfortune that the father should die, andleave the widow to struggle against poverty with her brood ofyoungsters. But He who sitteth on the circle of the heavensordered a great blessing to spring out of apparent ruin. It wasneedful for every member of the family to bear the yoke, andto feel the necessity of personal self-denial and exertion. Theywere living on a farm which was mortgaged, and had to toil forbread in a land where nature yields scanty nourishment evento hard workers. But on her rugged brea

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