Shortly after Dwight Moody ndash came to faith in Christ the evangelist resolved not to let a day pass without sharing God rsquo s good news with at least one person On busy days he rsquo d sometimes forget his resolution until late One night he was in bed before he remembered As he stepped outside he thought No one will be out in this pouring rain Just then he saw a man walking down the street Moody rushed over and asked to stand under his umbrella to avoid the rain When granted permission he asked ldquo Have you any [... more]

During ldquo Chicago Day rdquo in October the city rsquo s theatres shut down because the owners figured everyone would be attending the World rsquo s Fair Some four hundred thousand people went but Dwight Moody ndash wanted to fill a music hall at the other end of Chicago with preaching and teaching His friend R A Torrey ndash was skeptical that Moody could draw a crowd on the same day as the fair But by God rsquo s grace he did As Torrey later concluded the crowds came because Moody knew ldquo the one Book that this old world [... more]