Biography of Dwight L. Moody

Dwight Lyman Moody was born on February 5, 1837 in Northfield Massachussets. He was born into an Unitarian family of Edwin and Betsy Moody. Sadly, his father passed away when Moody was only 4, leaving his mother to raise the family on her own and by the occasional support of the Unitarian church. As a child, Moody was only able to "experience" baptism once when an Unitarian pastor offered to renew him. Even though his mother was apart of the church, she never persuaded him to read the Bible unless they were at Sunday School. Moody would not be able to fully experience the glory of God until much, later. Since the death of Edwin (Moody's father), it was never easy for Betsy (Moody's mother) to support the family. Because of this, the highest level of education Moody was ever able to obtain was a fifth grade education. At age 17, Moody moved out of his mother's house and found a way into society. He moved to Boston where he than became an apprentice for his uncle's shoe store (Holton's Shoe Store). Since Moody was now under the care of his uncle, he was forced to attend Sunday school like he did when he was a child.The only difference was that now Moody was more involved and attentive. At the age of 18, Moody became a Christian because of Edward Kimball, a Congressionalist Sunday school teacher that he had come encounter with. After Moody became a christian, he decided to move to Chicago where he would become another apprentice in a shoe store (Wiswall Brothers) where he would be able to pursue his goal 100,000 fortune. Although selling shoes was Moody's current occupation, after becoming a christian, he started to fond the art of preaching the gospel.
Along with joining mission bands and prayer revivals, Moody's first ever sign...

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...ied Moody to also set a spark in us. Moody was so passionate about the Lord and I think we need to like Moody and go out and share to others. Nowadays they might not be as accepting as they were in the 19th century, but for a Christian that should never stop you from trying. Even though this is not irrelevant, I think that we also studied our individuals to show that there is so much more to the person than the book will ever describe to us. I would have just thought of Moody as an evangelist who created the Student Volunteer Movement if I hadnt picked him as my person. After researching, I was dumbfounded to see all these things that Moody had done other than the movement. In the end, I think the main point was to learn that were more than just one person and if we put our mind and our hearts to it, we can impact the world around us, just like Dwight Lyman Moody.