D.L. Moody Timeline

1876

Elected president of Illinois Sunday School Union; purchases farm at Northfield; Chicago Avenue Church dedicated; evangelistic campaigns in Chicago, Nashville, Kansas City

1877

Evangelistic meetings in Boston, Mexico, and Canada

1878

Seven Month Baltimore Campaign

1877—1878: Meetings throughout New England; in October 1878 begins seven—month Baltimore campaign

1879

Northfield Seminary opens November 3

Northfield Seminary opens November 3; six months’ meetings in St. Louis

1880

First Northfield Conference

1881

Mt. Hermon School for boys established

Mt. Hermon School for boys established; second major campaign in U.K. begins (continues to April 1883)

1882

Meetings throughout England, including Oxford and Cambridge; twice preaches in Paris

1898

Works among soldiers of Spanish-American War; preaches in Colorado, Montreal, Tampa Bay

1897

Meetings in Boston, Chicago, Ottawa, elsewhere

1896

Elected President of International Sunday School Association; meetings in New York