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D.L. Moody

Moodys Anecdotes And Illustrations

D.L. Moody

A collection of illustrative stories and anecdotes from the preaching ministry of D.L. Moody, providing practical examples and vivid narratives that demonstrate biblical truths for use in sermons and spiritual instruction.

216 Chapters

Table of Contents

1 PREFACE. 2 D. L. MOODY'S Anecdotes and Illustrations. 3 True Love. 4 How a Young Irishman Opened Moody's Eyes. 5 Love's Triumph in John Wannamaker's Sunday School. 6 AFFLICTION. 7 Broken Hearts. 8 |That is Your Fault.| 9 |It will Kill Her.| 10 |Father, Father, Come This Way.| 11 The Place of Safety. 12 GOLD. 13 ASSURANCE. 14 |Five Million Dollars.| 15 Engaging Rooms Ahead. 16 |He Will Not Rest.| 17 |Very Orthodox.| 18 |I Don't Know.| 19 |If I Knew.| 20 |I Know!| 21 Moody's Declaration. 22 BELIEVE. 23 A Child at its Mother's Grave. 24 |You Know Me, Moody.| 25 Rational Belief. 26 THE BIBLE. 27 |How Christ Expounded It.| 28 The Scotch |Draw the Bible| on False Doctrine. 29 Moody and the Infidel. 30 |Deluged with Blood.| 31 GOLD. 32 BIBLE STUDY. 33 Moody Visits Prang's Chromo Establishment. 34 Get the Key to Job. 35 One Book at a time. 36 Note what Jesus Says. 37 One Word. 38 The |I Ams,| |I Wills,| Etc. 39 BLIND. 40 |Pull for the Shore.| 41 A Blind Man Preaches to 3,000,000 People. 42 Money Blind. 43 GOLD. 44 THE BLOOD. 45 A Man Drinks up a Farm. 46 All Right or all Wrong. 47 The Fettered Bird Freed. 48 GOLD. 49 CHILD STORIES. 50 |Won by a Smile.| 51 A Little Boy's Experience. 52 Love. 53 A Little Boy Converts his Mother. 54 A Father's Mistake. 55 A Boy's Mistake--A Sad Reconciliation. 56 Moody and his Little Willie. 57 Jesus |Wants them All to Come.| 58 Never to See its Mother. 59 A Little Child Converts an Infidel. 60 The Dying Child. 61 |Emma, this is Papa's Friend.| 62 Moody's Little Emma. 63 Stubborn Little Sammy. 64 Spurgeon and the Little Orphan. 65 CHRIST SAVES. 66 A Father's Love for his Boy. 67 Lady Ann Erskine and Rowland Hill. 68 The Czar and the Soldier. 69 The Artist and the Beggar. 70 Commercial Traveler. 71 Governor Pollock and the Condemned Criminal. 72 A Man who would not Speak to his Wife. 73 GOLD. 74 CHRISTIAN WORK. 75 |We Will Never Surrender.| 76 The Faithful Aged Woman. 77 A Dream. 78 The Faithful Missionary. 79 Forty-One Little Sermons. 80 GOLD. 81 CHRISTIAN ZEAL. 82 Saved and Saving. 83 The Missing Stone. 84 Sad Lack of Zeal. 85 A Zealous Young Lady. 86 How Moody Treated the Committees. 87 CONFESSING CHRIST. 88 A Business Man Confessing Christ. 89 Two Young Men. 90 Peter's Confession. 91 The Blind Beggar. 92 GOLD. 93 CONVERSION. 94 Very Hard, yet Very Easy. 95 The Arrows of Conviction. 96 How a Citizen Became a Soldier. 97 Moody a Young Convert. 98 |Free.| 99 Safe in the Ark. 100 GOLD. 101 DECISION. 102 |A Day of Decision.| 103 Moody Puts a Man in his |Prophet's Room.| 104 GOLD. 105 DELIVERANCE. 106 Geo. H. Stewart Visits a Doomed Criminal. 107 The Demoniac. 108 Spurgeon's Parable. 109 GOLD. 110 EXCUSES. 111 I Am Not All Right. 112 |Those Hypocrites.| 113 |I Can't Feel.| 114 I Am Not |One of the Elect.| 115 Why did he not take his Wife along? 116 Excused at Last. 117 The Invitation. 118 GOLD. 119 FAITH. 120 Taking |the Prince at his Word.| 121 Mr. Morehouse's Illustration. 122 Faith More Powerful than Gunpowder. 123 FORGIVENESS. 124 A Rich Father visits his Dying Prodigal Son in a Garret and Forgives him. 125 Moody and the Judge. 126 Reuben Johnson Pardoned. 127 GOLD. 128 GRACE. 129 Dr. Arnott's Dog |Rover.| 130 Young Moody Penniless in Boston is Warned by his Sister to |Beware of Pickpockets.| 131 A Heavy Draw on Alexander the Great. 132 A Long Ladder Tumbles to the Ground. 133 GOLD. 134 HEAVEN. 135 Mothers are Looking Down from Heaven. 136 The Rich Man Poor. 137 The Dying Boy. 138 A Sad and Singular Story. 139 |It's Better Higher Up.| 140 Calling the Roll of Heaven. 141 INFIDELITY 142 Sambo and the Infidel Judge. 143 An Infidel who would not Talk Infidelity before his Daughter. 144 Infidel Books. 145 How a Little Study Upset the Plans of a few Prominent Infidels. 146 GOLD. 147 INTEMPERANCE. 148 The Way of the Transgressor is Hard. 149 A Rum-Seller's Son Blows his Brains Out. 150 A Distiller Interrogates Moody. 151 A Remarkable Case. 152 |O Edward.| 153 Moody Asks a Few Questions. 154 GOLD. 155 LIBERTY. 156 |Liberty Now and Forever.| 157 Out of Libby Prison. 158 An Emperor Sets Forty Million Slaves Free. 159 Moody on |Duty|--How He Loves His Mother. 160 Moody with Gen. Grant's Army in Richmond. 161 Condemned to be Shot. 162 Snapping the Chains. 163 Napoleon and the Conscript. 164 The King's Pardon. 165 GOLD. 166 LITTLE FOLKS. 167 The Scotch Lassie and Dr. Chalmers. 168 Johnny, Cling Close to the Rock 169 Obedience. 170 Jumping into Father's Arms. 171 How Three Sunday School Children Met Their Fate. 172 PARENTAL. 173 |That is the Price of My Soul| 174 The Two Fathers. 175 The Stolen Boy--A Mother's Love. 176 The Repentant Father. 177 A Defaulter's Confession. 178 Divided We Fall. 179 The Faithful London Lady. 180 Arthur P. Oxley! Your Mother Wishes to See You. 181 The Loving Father. 182 PRAISE. 183 Ten Years in a Sick Bed, yet Praising God. 184 GOLD. 185 PRAYER. 186 The Praying Mother. 187 The Sinner's Prayer Heard. 188 Black-balled by Man, Saved by Christ. 189 The Praying Cripple. 190 A Child's Prayer Answered. 191 The Orphan's Prayer. 192 GOLD. 193 REAPING. 194 By the Wayside. 195 What Moody Saw in the Chamber of Horror. 196 Reaping the Whirlwind. 197 Madness and Death. 198 SAVED. 199 Angry at First, Saved at Last. 200 |Saved.| 201 Terribly in Earnest. 202 |The Moody and Sankey Humbug.| 203 The Reporter's Story. 204 The Skeptical Lady. 205 GOLD. 206 SONG STORIES. 207 |Let the Lower Lights be Burning.| 208 |More to Follow.| 209 |Pull for the Shore, Sailor.| 210 TRUST. 211 Mrs. Moody Teaching her Child. 212 WISDOM. 213 WORD PICTURES. 214 The Cross and Crown. 215 AFFECTING INCIDENT AT SEA. 216 PUBLISHED BY

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