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Get NR Tablets today. 666 LIQUID-TABLETS , SALVE-NOSE DROPS / lOnlyS Good Merchandise Cm Be CONSISTENTLY /Wvert/W a BUY ADVERTISED GOODS e Razing of an Old Chicago Building Recalls Career of Dwight L. Moody, , Famous Evangelist of 50 Years Ago The Chicago Avenue or “Moody’s Church’’ as it appeared soon after completion in 1876. It has recently been torn down to make room for the new buildings of the Moody Bible institute which Moody founded in 1886. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) T HEY have torn down an oldtime building on Chi cago’s famous “Near Northside” which was a land mark, rich in the religious lore of America. It was the old Moody church building on the northwest corner of La Salle street and Chicago avenue, where a modern business district links a part of the famed “Gold Coast” with a typical city slum. Erected in 1873. by the world-famous evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, this build ing was known as the Chica go Avenue church until the death of its founder in 1899. Retrained the Moody church, it finally was outgrown and purchased in the last days of the World war by the Moody Bible institute of Chicago. But even though the disap pearance of this picturesque building removes one of the tangible evidences of the in fluence which Dwight L. Moody once exerted upon American society, it makes room for what appears to be an even greater monument to the great evangelist. • For with the passing of this his toric building has come the launching of a building program by the Bible school founded on adjoining property by Moody more than half a century ago. Already a 12-story administration building-‘-complete with studios of a 5,000-watt radio station, WMBI, located in the tower— casts its shadow over the build ing site soon to become a grass plot on Moody Bible institute’s downtown campus. Meanwhile, basement of the proposed Torrey- Gray auditorium—named in hon or of Dr. R. A. Torrey, first su perintendent, and Dr. James M. Gray, late president of the insti tute has been finished. Origin of the Moody church is directly traceable to the street urchin Sunday school class or- i 1 Dwight L. Moody, one of the most colorful of American evan gelists, in a characteristic pulpit pose. ganized in Chicago in 1858 by 21- year-old Dwight L. Moody. Moody was born in Northfield, Mass., February 5, 1837. He was brought up on a farm until he was 16 year? of age when he left home and went to Boston where he was employed in a store for several years. Clerk in a Shoe Store. In Boston he became a profes sor of religion under the preach ing of a Dr. Kirk and shortly aft erwards emigrated to Chicago where he found employment as a clerk in a large wholesale shoe store. Perhaps it was indicative of his later powers as an evan gelist that he soon became one of the most successful salesmen in the place. While thus engaged he began to spend his evenings doing mis sionary work among the lowly and destitute of the city. One day he applied for a teaching position in a mission Sunday school but was told that already there were too many teachers. But if he would bring his own class, they told him, he could teach. Accordingly, the next Sunday the young shoe salesman turned up with a dozen street toughs in tow. Once started, nothing could stop the growth of this unique class. There were fights. One day a careless scholar entered with his cap on. A loyal mem ber spotted him, sent him sprawl ing with a blow between the eyes and the comment, “I’ll teach you not to enter Moody’s Sunday school with your hat on.’’ But in spite of such disruptions enroll ment soared with mushroom growth and Moody scoured the city for teachers. When attendance hit 1,500 Moody’s Sunday school was known throughout Chicago. And when, one day in 1860 President Lincoln visited the school, its fame spread throughout the Mid dle West. And no wonder. For in addition to his ability to at tract noted persons to his school, Moody’s methods of operation were shockingly unconventional. His plan for disposing of unfit teachers had little to ask in effi ciency. Scholars were allowed to transfer from one class to an other. Inevitable results were that teachers who failed to in terest their scholars were quick ly left without classes. His devices for publicizing his school were as novel as they were successful. He issued stock certificates of the “North Market Sabbath School association: cap ital, $10,000 ; 4,000 shares at 25 cents each.” These certified the purchase of shares “for the erec tion of a new building.’’ . . . “For dividends, apply at the school each Sabbath at 3 p. m.” Moody's ’Bodyguard.' At another time 13 street arabs were promised new suits at Christmas for regular attendance every Sunday until that time. Their names: Red Eye, Smikes, Madden the Butcher, Indian, Jackey Candles, Giberich, Billy Blucannon, Darby the Cobbler, Butcher Kilroy, Greenhorn, Black Stovepipe, Old Man, Ragbreeches Cadet. All but one fulfilled the conditions and the newly uni formed squad became known as “Moody’s bodyguard.” Capitalizing on the incident. Moody made “before and after” photographs. These he hung un der the captions “Does It Pay?” and “It Does Pay!” Proof that it did became apparent in many cases. One day years later a former teacher in the old Sunday school stopped before a railway ticket office. “You don’t seem to know me,” said the agent. “No, I don’t believe so,” replied the traveler. “You know ‘Moody’s body guard’?” “Yes, I have a picture of them at home.” “Well,” the agent answered, “when you get home, take a good look at the toughest of the lot, and you’ll see the chap you’re looking at now—and a church member.” A Union Army General. Others went into the North Market Sunday school as youthful hoodlums and came out respect able citizens. One became post master of Chicago, another a gen eral in the Union army. Thus it was inevitable that out of this ex panding group should come a per manent organization. Young men and women who had grown up in the school were reluctant to leave. So in 1864 the Illinois Street church was erected—then a strange organization made up of persons from every church de nomination and persons outside all denominations. But the years of Moody’s first church building were numbered. On the Sunday night of October 8, 1871, while he was preaching on the text, “What then shall I do with Jesus which is called Christ?” the fire bells sounded. Soon Moody had difficulty in mak ing his voice heard above their clamor. At length he gave up saying, “. . . Take this text home with you and turn it over in your minds during the week. And next Sabbath we will . . . decide what to do with Jesus of Nazareth.” That was the night Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicked over the lantern that started the great Chi cago fire. About midnight Illinois Street church was laid low by the flames and Moody never saw his congregation again. Aided by Wanamaker. But almost before the fire in Chicago was extinguished Moody was in the East soliciting funds for relief work. Soon with money provided largely by John Wana maker of Philadelphia, he re turned, built a temporary taber nacle where for months destitute families were housed and serv ices were held. Then as his work became wider known contribu tions were received from all parts of the country. These, together with pennies with which Sunday school children purchased bricks, built the basement and first story of the church at the corner of LaSalle and Chicago avenue. This was housed over and first occu pied in 1873. Meanwhile Moody found him self faced with a real difficulty. The fire had left Chicago in ashes. There were no homes anywhere near his church where he could find people to invite to the serv ices. Not even saloons. So he decided on a trip to England. And while there he was so im pressed with the need of people for Christianity that in 1873 he Returned with his song leader, Ira D. Sankey, for a three-year evan gelistic campaign of the British Isles. Moody and Sankey Return. Upon the return of Moody and Sankey to this country, they ap peared often in the new Chicago building. At the same time, as ever, Moody attracted to his pul pit some of the most famous men of his time. There probably is no single church in the Middle West in which so many great per sonages appeared. Roll call of speakers at old Moody church in cludes Henry Ward Beecher, Wil liam Jennings Bryan, “Gen.” William Booth, Andrew Murray, George Muller, P. P. Bliss, J. Hudson Taylor, Henry Drum mond, John Hay, Thomas Spur geon, Gen. O. O. Howard and a score of others. Meanwhile, the reputation of D. L. Moody spread. He conducted evangelistic meetings in virtually all of the large cities in the East* He launched two schools in Mas sachusetts—a girls’ school at Northfield and a boys’ school across the Connecticut river at Mt. Hermon, both of which are in existence today. Then in 1886 he founded a Bible school in Chicago later to be renamed Moody Bible Institute. In November, 1899, Moody be gan his last evangelistic mission —a week of meetings in Kansas City, Mo. Fifteen thousand peo ple jammed the auditorium the first night to hear him. A thou sand more were turned away. Each night it was the same. But Thursday, the sixteenth, Moody suffered a chill, found it difficult to walk and was ordered to bed by a physician. He was taken to his home in Northfield, Mass., and died there on December 22. Today, 66 years since its foun dations were laid. Old Moody church—first institution inspired by a one-time shoe salesman— has been leveled. But the mem ory of D. L. Moody, one of the most colorful of American evan gelists, lives on. Influence of the Moody-Sankey revival in Britain is a matter of history. Even today in England and Scotland there are hamlets where whole church congrega tions live in the memory of the American evangelists. In the larger cities audiences of 10 to 15 and even 20 thousand turned out night after night to hear Moody preach and Sankey sing. Even Englishmen will admit that Sankey’s singing revolution ized church music in Great Brit ain. Heretofore church organs were few—the idea being that mu sical instruments were an abom ination to the Lord. And the only songs used were Psalms which were chanted rather than sung. Sankey changed all this. With Moody’s support he brought in a portable organ, placed it on the pulpit and sang spirited songs. These proved irresistible even to the stolid British. To meet the v demand for this type of singing Moody and Sankey got together a collection of their songs and had them printed. Success of the new song book ' was instantaneous. First edition was sold in a day. Bookstores were emptied of the second. Then they appeared in drygoods and grocery stores, in meat markets —even the newsboys hawked them until 13,000,000 copies were sold. Although Moody and Sankey re fused to copyright their book, the publishers did and soon royalties had mounted to a considerable figure. Still the evangelists would have none of it. In desperation a committee was formed to de cide on the dispensation of the funds. One member knew of the unfinished-church in Chicago, and as a result $30,000 was sent to add the upper floor and tower of the building in 1876. Moody’s Democratic Ways. But above all else it undoubted ly was Moody’s naive and demo cratic spirit that won Britain. One night in London he was, as was his habit, directing the seating of the audience. As he anxiously watched two bewildered old ladies who were vainly looking for front seats a friend brought upon the platform a distinguished English earl. “Glad to see you, lord,” said Moody. “Won’t you please take a couple of chairs to those two old ladies down there?” He did. On another occasion it was whispered to him with consider- An unknown shoe salesman at 24 with hardly a year’s schooling, in less than two decades Dwight L. Moody founded two secondary schools and a Bible institute, or ganized a church and made his name a household word on two continents. able consternation that an exalt ed personage had just entered the hall. “I hope she may be much blessed,” Moody whispered back. • • * During the World’s fair of 1893 the Chicago Avenue church, bet ter known as “Moody’s church,” became headquarters for a city wide evangelistic campaign. When fair officials announced open day Sunday, churchmen threw up their hands in holy hor ror.' “Let’s outlaw it!” said some. “Boycott the fair!” cried others. “No,” replied Moody good na- turedly. “We’ll just run them out of Sunday business.” Thus the city was divided up into districts and a church named for each section. Meetings were held nightly, and every means possible employed to attract peo ple. Moody himself plunged into the thick of the fight. He rented Forepaugh circus’ largest tent and pitched it on the fair’s front doorstep. At first he could get it only for Sunday morning services. Ten thousand persons attended and the circus plugged its after noon and evening shows with the announcement: Ha! Ha! Ha! Three Big Shows! Moody in the Morning! Forepaugh in the Afternoon and Evening! But the idea proved a boomer ang. Instead of attending after noon and evening circus perform ances people crowded into a near by church which Moody had se cured. As a result circus officials abandoned their performances. Then they asked Moody to supply an evangelist to hold meetings Sundays in their tent in other cities at their expense. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BABY CHICKS BRED FOR PRODUCTION: DnckU RAISED FOR PROFIT: Chicks SOLD BY QUALITY: Tarkeys STARTED CHICKS: Pullets MILFORD HATCHERYp^^ 1 ®^^. Assorted heavies.blood- < jd-coqn tested. No cripples — •P CHICKS! 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