Talk:Dwight L. Moody

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Needs better organization[edit]

This article is very poorly written and organized. The cited bio at http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Dwight_Moody is far superior. I'd copy it over here almost word for word if that were acceptable.11 Arlington (talk) 23:36, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV[edit]

I think that perhaps someone who is less enamoured with Moody and his accomplishments should write his biographical entry. Lord have mercy, this is the man that popularized Dispensationalism in America and our hagiographic author prefers rather to speak of crowd estimates. Sheesh. WFD Moody was a man who learned to yield himself to God, it wasn't that he accomplished much but that God accomplished it through him.

That kind of response is exactly what is wrong here, I'm afraid. This article is in need of some serious work to bring it up to an NPOV standard. Tarc 21:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tarc, please point out which parts of the text you believe need work. I'd like to see this article in better shape as well. --Ktdreyer 03:04, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I know nothing about this man, so don't feel comfortable editing this article myself. But, as it stands, it's little more than hagiography. 64.109.251.85 20:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So a person that dislikes Dl Moody would give a more "balanced" bio? And I suppose that the encyclopedic entry praising chris hitchens was balanced? When it comes to politics and religion you'll never find anyone who is going to be satisfied with a WIKI-pedia entry.. Ive found wiki-pedia to be quite leftist in its POV. I think this article on DL Moody is woefully short and not at all very flattering to the man.. it makes him look like a dunce, just as the left paints all evangelicals. If youre biggoted against "fundies", as theyre often refered to, any even slightly civil thing said about them will not be TOLERATED..and I think youve proved this quite nicely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.254.112.136 (talk) 19:29, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No. An editor disinterested in Moody's spiritual program and interested in history would "give a more 'balanced' bio".

The long, mysterious quote at the beginning of the "Civil War" section is puzzlingly unattributed. Can anyone provide a citation or even an attribution? Rt3368 (talk) 15:45, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Photo caption[edit]

The photo is dated circa 1900, yet the article lists his death as December 1899. Surely he is alive in the photo? 24.215.155.9 17:06, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What? No mention of Sankey?[edit]

I cannot think of any reason why an article on Moody fails to mention a name so frequently coupled with Moody - Sankey. ACEO 18:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Err...so add it! Akradecki 22:47, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adding detail[edit]

I've tried to add some verifiable detail to the article. Hope this helps. He's an interesting man; more would be better. Daderot 21:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nonresistance?[edit]

I have read that he taught nonresistance. If this is true, should it be added?

"There has never been a time in my life when I felt I could take a gun and shoot down a fellow being. In this respect I am a Quaker." DL Moody [1]

68.118.72.67 17:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One statement cannot be used as indicative of an entire personal philosophy...if you can come up with a bit more comprehensive reference, though, yes it should be added. Akradecki 17:14, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. Have you had a chance to see the source link? It provides a little more detail. 68.118.72.67 17:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Possible correction on schools founded in Massachusetts[edit]

I attended Mount Hermon school from 1970-1971 and then its successor, Northfield Mt. Hermon school from 1971-1974. The article says that DL Moody founded three schools that became NMH. To the best of my knowledge there were just two schools that combined to make Northfield Mt. Hermon. They were Northfield School for Girls and Mt. Hermon School for boys. An earlier name for Northfield was Northfield Seminary. Northfield was founded in 1879 and Mt. Hermon was founded in 1881. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrefleuriel (talk • contribs) 19:18, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

Citation[edit]

Hello I am totally new to this. However I was recently doing some research on D.L. Moody. I was reading a book called The Life of Dwight L. Moody, written by his son William Revell Moody. It was published in 1900 and is the authorized biography of D.L. Moody. The three day of gruel claim that needs citation comes from page 25 of this book. It was published by Fleming B Revell.

It took me 10 minutes just to figure out how to do this so if someone who knows what they are doing could check this out and update it that would be great.

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snow530 (talk • contribs) 01:44, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey I am editing myself. The quote from the Civil War section is also in the above book.

Snow530 (talk) 01:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've added Refimprove to the top of the page due to a dozen (12, I counted) cases of "Citation Needed". I figured I'd mention my change here.108.85.152.134 (talk) 23:06, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-semite?[edit]

At the Museum of Jewish Heritage where I visited today, there was a timeline of significant events in the tolerance and persecution of Jews by non-Jews. Dwight L. Moody is listed as a kind of founding father of American anti-semitism. Is there anything to back this claim up? patsw (talk) 03:07, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Patsw, I've never heard of that. I went to his school and read several of his books. One of my professors actually did his PhD dissertation on him. I don't think that claim is valid from my knowledge. Lassitergregg (talk) 19:14, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

page move[edit]

Moody was at one time commonly known as "Dwight L Moody," and his lectures and sermons were published hardbound in many volumes, looking very much like the "World Book" or Britannica of my youth. "D. L.", or the middle name spelled out, were not as common. If some of you attend Moody, you might know better what usage is common today, but I have been familiar with his sermons for 50 years, and I never heard his middle name until Wikipedia. I propose to move the page to Dwight L. Moody. rags (talk) 17:36, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]