Dwight Lyman Moody was a predominant late 19th century evangelist, author, and publisher. He was born on a farm in Northfield, MA on February 5, 1837. He moved to Boston where he embraced evangelical Christianity in 1856. He then started doing missionary work and revival tours in both in the United States and the United Kingdom. He was a fundamendalist who taught a literal interpretation of the Bible and to prepare for the Second Coming of Christ.
Near his birthplace in Massachusetts Dwight Lyman Moody founded the Northfield School for girls in 1879 and the Mount Hermon School for boys in 1881. In also founded the Chicago Bible Institute in 1889, which is now known as the Moody Bible Institute. The Chicago Avenue Church has been renamed The Moody Church in his honor.
A prolific author he published a series of books between 1881 and 1898. Including:
Heaven Where it is its Inhabitants, and How to Get There (1881)
Prevailing Prayer (1894)
Secret Power (1881)
Spiritual Power (1881)
Sovereign Grace (1884)
The Way to God and How to Find It. (1884)
How to Study the Bible (1895)
Moody's Bible Characters (1885)
The Overcoming Life (1896)
Sowing and Reaping (1896)
D.L. Moody on the 10 Commandments (1898)
Men of the Bible (1898)
A Life for Christ: What the Normal Christian Life Should Look Like (revised ed. 2017)
Daniel, Man of God: Being a Man of Character in a Babylon World (revised ed. 2018)