Editing Dwight L. Moody (section)

===Evangelistic travels===
[[File: Dwight Lyman Moody Vanity Fair 3 April 1875.jpg|thumb|left|Dwight Lyman Moody, ''[[Vanity Fair (UK magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', April 3, 1875]]

During a trip to the United Kingdom in the spring of 1872, Moody became well known as an evangelist. Literary works published by the [[Moody Bible Institute]] claim that he was the greatest evangelist of the 19th century.<ref name=Bailey>{{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Faith |title=D. L Moody |orig-year=1959 |year=1987 |publisher=The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago |isbn=0-8024-0039-6 |page=Cover}}</ref><!-- On what scale of criteria? --> He preached almost a hundred times and came into communion with the [[Plymouth Brethren]]. On several occasions, he filled stadia of a capacity of 2,000 to 4,000. According to his memoir, in the Botanic Gardens Palace, he attracted an audience estimated at between 15,000 and 30,000.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=George D. |title=What Will A Man Give In Exchange For His Soul? |date=October 26, 2011 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=9781465380982 |page=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JmuuMa2uVTYC |language=en}}</ref>

That turnout continued throughout 1874 and 1875, with crowds of thousands at all of his meetings. During his visit to Scotland, Moody was helped and encouraged by [[Andrew A. Bonar]]. The famous London Baptist preacher [[Charles Spurgeon]] invited him to speak, and he promoted the American as well. When Moody returned to the US, he was said to frequently attract crowds of 12,000 to 20,000, such crowds being as common as they had been in England.<ref name="worthychristianlibrary.com">{{cite news |url=http://www.worthychristianlibrary.com/dl-moody/ |title=D.L. Moody - |newspaper=Worthy Christian Books |publisher=Worthy Christian Library}}</ref> President [[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant]] and some of his cabinet officials attended a Moody meeting on January 19, 1876. Moody held evangelistic meetings from Boston to New York, throughout New England, and as far west as San Francisco, also visiting other West Coast towns from [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada to [[San Diego]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=anpF-BdAEFQC&q=moody%20evangelistic%20meetings%20took%20place%20from%20Boston%20to%20New%20York&pg=PA315 |title=The Life of Dwight L. Moody |first=William Revell |last=Moody |date=June 1, 2001 |publisher=The Minerva Group, Inc. |isbn=9781589632752}}</ref>

Moody aided the work of cross-cultural evangelism by promoting "[[The Wordless Book]]", a teaching tool Charles Spurgeon had developed in 1866. In 1875, Moody added a fourth color to the design of the three-color evangelistic device: gold — to "represent heaven." This "book" has been and is still used to teach uncounted thousands of illiterate people, young and old, around the globe about the [[gospel]] message.<ref>Austin (2007), 1-10</ref>
[[File:Open Air Preaching WB.jpg|thumb|Missionary preaching in China using Moody's version of ''[[The Wordless Book]]'']]

Moody visited Britain with [[Ira D. Sankey]], with Moody preaching and Sankey singing at meetings. Together they published books of Christian [[hymn]]s. In 1883, they visited [[Edinburgh]] and raised £10,000 for the building of a new home for the [[Carrubbers Close Mission]]. Moody later preached at the laying of the foundation stone for what is now called the [[Carrubbers Christian Centre]], one of the few buildings on the [[Royal Mile]] which continues to be used for its original purpose.<ref name="worthychristianlibrary.com"/>

Moody greatly influenced the cause of cross-cultural [[Christian mission]]s after he met [[Hudson Taylor]], a pioneer missionary to China. He actively supported the [[China Inland Mission]] and encouraged many of his congregation to volunteer for service overseas.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JmuuMa2uVTYC&q=China%20Inland%20Mission%20and%20encouraged%20many%20of%20his%20congregation%20to%20volunteer%20for%20service%20overseas&pg=PA116 |title=What Will A Man Give In Exchange For His Soul? |first=George D. |last=Johnson |date=October 26, 2011 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=9781465380982}}</ref>