Moody was by far the most extraordinary proclaimer of the Gospel that America has produced during the last century, as Spurgeon was the most extraordinary in Great Britain.

Those two heralds of salvation led the column.

They reached millions by their eloquent tongues, and their printed words went out to the ends of the earth.

The single aim of both was to point to the cross of Christ, and to save souls; all their educational and benevolent enterprises were subordinate to this one great sovereign purpose.

Neither one of them ever entered a college or theological seminary; yet they commanded the ear of Christendom.