Dwight Lyman Moody

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Dwight Lyman Moody

Dwight Lyman Moody (born February 5, 1837 in East-Northfield , Massachusetts , † December 22, 1899 in Northfield , Massachusetts) was an American revival preacher .

Life

Moody came from simple, artisanal and rural backgrounds. When he was four years old, his father Edwin died, leaving his wife Betsey Holton with nine children and a farm in debt. Young Moody was the sixth child, a stocky, strong, and very enthusiastic man who, when he was 17, went to Boston to see his uncle Samuel Socrates Holton, who sold shoes. He moved from Unitarianism to Evangelicalism through Sunday School teacher Edward Kimball of Mt. Vernon Congregational Church . At the age of 19 he moved to Chicago to continue working as a shoe seller, which he then did with great zeal and great economic success. At the same time - after his conversion - he set up evangelistic work. First he collected poor, neglected children for Sunday schools in the slum North Market Hall, and in 1864 a house was built for them. From 1861 to 1873 he worked for the YMCA . Together with the singer Ira David Sankey (1840–1908) he was one of the greatest evangelists of the 19th century. His gospel campaigns were heavily influenced by the revival . The primary feature was the direct evangelistic message and the accompanying chant from Sankey. His first meeting with Sankey, which occurred in 1870 at a conference of the YMCA in Indianapolis , is legendary . Here Sankey was called for later ministry as a gospel singer, and the collaboration of one of the most effective singer and evangelist couples of the times of revival or the sanctification movement began . Moody worked primarily in Chicago, but together with Sankey also carried out gospel campaigns in other parts of America and in England (1873 to 1875 and 1881 to 1884). Moody's educated wife, Emma C. Revell, stood by his side. Moody was a key figure in the emerging sanctification movement. His preaching was shaped by literal interpretations of the Bible. In his native Northfield, he founded a women's seminary in 1879, and in 1889 he founded the Chicago Bible Institute , now named after him, the Moody Bible Institute . His successor there was Reuben Archer Torrey .

reception

In Switzerland and the German-speaking countries, Moody was u. a. also known for his biography, which Franz Eugen Schlachter first published in his magazine Brosamen von des Herr Tisch and later as a small book. Schlachter was also the translator of Moody's work The Way to God . Schlachter had previously reported in the Brosamen about a trip to England in 1884, during which he heard Moody preach in person.

Publications (selection)

Hidden Force , Colportage Library Vol.2 No.39, first edition, 1896

Some of Moody's works have also been translated into German:

  • The crown to the conqueror. Oncken-Verlag , Kassel 1897
  • God is love. Edel 1964; Jung-Stilling, Kreuztal 1967
  • The sky. Jung-Stilling, Kreuztal 1968 (New edition: Nabu Press 2011. ISBN 978-1-24756-628-3 )
  • Not what they thought. Christian publishing house 1969
  • The secret of the blessing. Trachsel, Frutigen 1984
  • The way to God. Translation by Otto Muske. Oncken, Kassel 1948 and 1990; CS Spittler, Basel 1887

Remembrance day

See also

literature

  • Franz Eugen Schlachter : Dwight Lyman Moody. A picture of life drawn from English sources. (On commission at the Bureau of the Evangelical Society Bern) Buchdruckerei H. Schneider, Biel 1894 (new editions: Version Freie Brüdergemeinde Albstadt 2007, version EFB-Verlag 2013 with new footnotes [1] , library archive original digitized online edition Evangelical remote library [2] )
  • Why God Used DL Moody ( Memento from May 12, 2008 on the Internet Archive ) (biography of Reuben Archer Torrey , one of his closest collaborators)
  • Gottlieb Geiß: Dwight L. Moody. From merchant to evangelist , witnesses of the present God 48, Brunnen-Verlag, Gießen and Basel, 1953
  • James F. Finlay, Jr.: Dwight L Moody: American Evangelist 1837–1899 . 1969
  • SN Gundry: Love them in. The Proclamation Theology of DL Moody . 1976
  • William Reginald Ward : Dwight Lyman Moody . In: Martin Greschat (Ed.): Gestalten der Kirchengeschichte . Volume 9.2, 1985, pp. 308-318.
  • Ulrich Gäbler : "Resurrection Time". 19th century revival preacher. Six portraits. CH Beck Verlag, Munich, 1991. ISBN 3-406-35157-3 , pp. 136-159.
  • John Pollock: Dwight Lyman Moody. Led by God. Christliche Verlagsgesellschaft Dillenburg, 1995, ISBN 3-89436-125-5
  • LW Dorsett: A Passion for Souls. The Life of DL Moody. 1997
  • BJ Evensen: God's Man for Gilded Age. DL Moody and the Rise of Mass Evangelism. 2003
  • DM Gustafson: DL Moody and Swedes: Shaping Evangelical Identity among Swedish Missions Friends 1867–1899. (Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences 419. / Linköping Studies in Identity and Pluralism 7.) 2008.
  • Burkard pitcher :  Moody, Dwight Lyman Ryther. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , Sp. 97-98.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Franz Eugen Schlachter : A visit to London , brochure with a summary of three articles from the magazine Brosamen from Herr Tisch . Self-published by Freie Brüdergemeinde Albstadt, 2006

Web links

Commons : Dwight Lyman Moody  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Britannica: Dwight L. Moody - American Evangelist
  2. ↑ Jochen Klein: Dwight Lyman Moody (1837–1899) , Soundwords, January 1, 2001
  3. ^ Christianity Today: Dwight L. Moody - Revivalist with a common touch
  4. ^ Moody Bible Institute: Meet Dwight
  5. ^ Cf. Karl-Hermann Kauffmann: Franz Eugen Schlachter - a Bible translator in the context of the sanctification movement , Johannis-Verlag, Lahr 2007; Karl-Hermann Kauffmann: Franz Eugen Schlachter and the sanctification movement. (Biography with reference to the spiritual environment of Schlachter and with a short history of the Schlachter Bible, detailed version with 100 illustrations. Commemorative publication for the anniversary "100 Years of the Schlachter Bible") Self-published by Freie Brüdergemeinde, Albstadt 2005 / Brosamen-Verlag, Albstadt 2010 ISBN 978-3-00-046811-7 .
  6. ^ Dwight Lyman Moody in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
personal data
SURNAME Moody, Dwight Lyman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American revival minister
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH East-Northfield , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1899
Place of death Northfield , Massachusetts