Moody - The Winner of Souls by A Chester Mann and published by Classics.
In the year 1858, there began in Chicago a religious movement which became the greatest revival movement of the century, the abundant fruits of which can be seen today in every part of the world. It centred around D.L. Moody, who resolved in his early life that he would let God show to the world what He could do with one man fully surrendered to His will.
This is how a contemporary preacher of Moody’s era described him: “The secrets of Dwight L. Moody’s power were; First, a definite experience of Christ's saving grace; he had passed out of death into life, and he knew it. Secondly, he believed in the divine authority of the scriptures; the Bible was to him the voice of God. Thirdly, he was baptised with the Holy Spirit. Fourthly, he was a man of prayer; he believed in a mighty and unfettered God. Fifthly, he believed in works, in ceaseless effort, in the power of organisation. He expected the supernatural to work, but through the natural. He hitched his wagon to a star, but he always kept the wheels on the ground, and the axles well oiled.”
