Los maravillosos resultados que han producido los trabajos de evangelización en este país de los dos hermanos americanos cuyos nombres son ahora familiares para nosotros como palabras de casa, una vez más han traído a casa a la Iglesia de Dios la gran verdad de que, cuando el Evangelio de Cristo es proclamado fielmente, es el poder de Dios para salvación, y que su suficiencia no es de hombre, sino de Dios. No con palabras tentadoras de la sabiduría del hombre; ni con pretensiones elevadas a un discernimiento espiritual superior, o una oratoria brillante y cautivadora; sino con toda sencillez, con toda claridad de discurso, y con una convicción intensa de su verdad y una seriedad sincera, esa proclamación del Evangelio se ha realizado a miles de personas que han acudido a escucharla de labios del Sr. Moody.
Sin embargo la misma familiaridad y simplicidad que caracterizan a las declaraciones del Sr. Moody, acompañadas por un poder descriptivo más gráfico que surge de sus propios conceptos vivos de verdad, han sido los medios para llevar a la mente popular las grandes verdades que él ha establecido de una manera mucho más fuerte de la que podría haber logrado con la ayuda de un arte más retórico. Y si es con estos que se tendrán en cuenta la experiencia profundamente espiritual y el conocimiento completo de las escrituras que siempre distinguen a las enseñanzas del Sr. Moody, en cierto grado entendemos el éxito que, a través de la bendición de Dios, hasta ahora ha asistido su trabajos.
Tal vez una de las experiencias más comunes de quienes han tenido el privilegio de escuchar al Sr. Moody es que sus palabras llevan consigo una energía recurrente que surge continuamente con un poco de su fuerza original; un claro símbolo de expresión vigorosa y eficaz, aunque, de vez en cuando puede ser cruda y prosaica en su forma. Pero a menudo es como
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D.L. Moody (1837 - 1899)
Was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church in downtown Chicago. Preached to thousands in evangelistic meetings and had touches of revival in scotland and other countries. Ira Sankey was his worship leader who was used of the Lord in the meetings. Moody wrote many books including "Prevailing Prayer" and "The Way To God."Moody once said: "If this world is going to be reached, I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent." And thus was born his ministry of book publishing, bible college and many other outreaches to equip the average layperson to be a soul winner and do great exploits for the Lord.
D. L. Moody was an American evangelist who founded the Northfield Schools in Massachusetts, Moody Church and Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and the Colportage Association.
As a young man, he spent his evenings in missionary work among the lowly and destitute of the city. This work grew to such proportions that he was induced to give up his profitable business engagements and to devote all his time to religious work in connection with the local Young Men's Christian Association of which he became president. He soon became known as one of the most acceptable public speakers of the country, and was in constant demand at Christian conventions throughout the West and South.
Mr. Moody is supposed to have spoken to more people, and addressed larger audiences than any man of his generation. D. L. Moody was undoubtedly one of the greatest evangelists of all time. The meetings held by Moody and Sankey were among the greatest the world has ever known. They were the means under God of arousing the church to new life and activity, and were the means of sweeping tens of thousands of persons into the kingdom of God.
D. L. Moody may well have been the greatest evangelist of all time. In a 40-year period he won a million souls, founded three Christian schools, launched a great Christian publishing business, established a world-renowned Christian conference center, and inspired literally thousands of preachers to win souls and conduct revivals.
A shoe clerk at 17, his ambition was to make $100,000. Converted at 18, he uncovered hidden gospel gold in the hearts of millions for the next half-century. He preached to 20,000 a day in Brooklyn and admitted only non-church members by ticket!
He met a young songleader in Indianapolis, said bluntly, "You're the man I've been looking for for eight years. Throw up your job and come with me." Ira D. Sankey did just that; thereafter it was "Moody will preach; Sankey will sing."
He traveled across the American continent and through Great Britain in some of the greatest and most successful evangelistic meetings communities have ever known. His tour of the world with Sankey was considered the greatest evangelistic enterprise of the century.
It was Henry Varley who said, "It remains to be seen what God will do with a man who gives himself up wholly to Him." And Moody endeavored to be, under God, that man; and the world did marvel to see how wonderfully God used him.
Two great monuments stand in the indefatigable work and ministry of this gospel warrior - Moody Bible Institute and the famous Moody Church in Chicago.
Moody went to be with the Lord in 1899.
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