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Moody and Sankey was the evangelical

Evangelism

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duo of Ira David Sankey

Ira D. Sankey

Ira D. Sankey , known as The Sweet Singer of Methodism, was an American gospel singer and composer, associated with evangelist Dwight L...

and Dwight Lyman Moody

Dwight L. Moody

Dwight Lyman Moody , also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts , the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers.-Early life:Dwight Moody was born in Northfield, Massachusetts to a large...

. Starting after their meeting in June 1871, the team wrote Christian

Christian

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songs and traveled throughout the United States

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and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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calling people to God

God

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through their use of song, with Moody preaching and Sankey singing. Together they published books of Christian hymns.

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