Dwight Lyman Moody in Pennsylvania - mid 19th Century
from My Life and Sacred Songs, pages 6-7:
The next day I received a card from Mr. Moody asking me to meet him on a certain street corner that evening at six o'clock. At that hour I was at the place named, with some of my friends. In a few minutes Mr. Moody came along. Without stopping to speak, he passed on into a store near by, and asked permission to use a large store-box. The permission was granted ; he rolled the box into the street, and calling me aside, asked me to get up on the box and sing something. "Am I a Soldier of the Cross ? " soon gathered a considerable crowd. After the song, Mr. Moody climbed up on the box and … more >>
Ira David Sankey, My Life and Sacred Songs (1906), p. 6-7. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431434825891 accessed: 24 November, 2024
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Date/Time | mid 19th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |