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 >>

cite as

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

location of experience: Pennsylvania

Listeners

Dwight Lyman Moody
Public Speaker
1837-1899

Listening to

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Am I a Soldier of the Cross performed by Ira David Sankey

Experience Information

Date/Time mid 19th Century
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, outdoors, in public

Originally submitted by Gill on Tue, 12 May 2015 13:47:06 +0100
Approved on Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:46:57 +0100