A fact about Dwight L. Moody that people might be shocked to find out
Amber Rice Miller
November 17, 2014
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Summary: Read to find out what the surprising fact about Dwight L. Moody actually is.
It isnt enough for me to just talk about the Baptism of the Holy Spirit; I want to give some real life examples of people whose lives were changed by it.
One of the greatest evangelists of all time, Dwight L. Moody, received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In R.A. Torreys book, Why God used D.L. Moody, he fills us in on Moodys experience:
D. L. Moody had a very definite enduement with power from on High, a very clear and definite baptism with the Holy Ghost. Moody knew he had "the baptism with the Holy Ghost"; he had no doubt about it. In his early days he was a great hustler; he had a tremendous desire to do something, but he had no real power. He worked very largely in the energy of the flesh.
But there were two humble Free Methodist women who used to come over to his meetings in the Y.M.C.A. One was "Auntie Cook" and the other, Mrs. Snow. These two women would come to Mr. Moody at the close of his meetings and say: "We are praying for you." Finally, Mr. Moody became somewhat nettled and said to them one night: "Why are you praying for me? Why don't you pray for the unsaved?" They replied: "We are praying that you may get the power." Mr. Moody did not know what that meant, but he got to thinking about it, and then went to these women and said: "I wish you would tell me what you mean"; and they told him about the definite baptism with the Holy Ghost. Then he asked that he might pray with them and not they merely pray for him.
Auntie Cook once told me of the intense fervor with which Mr. Moody prayed on that occasion. She told me in words that I scarcely dare repeat, though I have never forgotten them. And he not only prayed with them, but he also prayed alone.
Not long after, one day on his way to England, he was walking up Wall Street in New York; (Mr. Moody very seldom told this and I almost hesitate to tell it) and in the midst of the bustle and hurry of that city his prayer was answered; the power of God fell upon him as he walked up the street and he had to hurry off to the house of a friend and ask that he might have a room by himself, and in that room he stayed alone for hours; and the Holy Ghost came upon him, filling his soul with such joy that at last he had to ask God to withhold His hand, lest he die on the spot from very joy. He went out from that place with the power of the Holy Ghost upon him, and when he got to London the power of God wrought through him mightily in North London, and hundreds were added to the churches; and that was what led to his being invited over to the wonderful campaign that followed in later years. Time and again Mr. Moody would come to me and say: "Torrey, I want you to preach on the baptism with the Holy Ghost.
Here is what the late Charles Finney, who has been called, The Father of Modern Revivalism, said of his experience:
As I turned and was about to take a seat by the fire, I received a mighty baptism of the Holy Ghost. Without any expectation of it, without ever having the thought in my mind that there was any such thing for me, without any recollection that I had ever heard the thing mentioned by any person in the world, the Holy Ghost descended on me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul. I could feel the impression, like a wave of electricity, going through and through me. Indeed it seemed to come in waves and waves of liquid love; for I could not express it in any other way. It seemed like the very breath of God. I can recollect distinctly that it seemed to fan me, like immense wings. – Charles Grandison Finney, The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney.
From then on, Finney recommended the experience to all believers – especially those who needed to minister power to others. Today he is regarded as one of the greatest evangelists in church History.
There are two men who went on to have a powerful impact on the kingdom of God after receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I truly believe that although we can do good things for God without the baptism of the Holy, we can do greater things for God with it. Stay tuned for my testimony on how the Baptism of the Holy Spirit has changed my life.
