21 sermons from Dwight L. Moody His Life and Labors. Unabridged and updated for Today's Readers. Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899) was “a chaplain of sorts for both sides during the Civil War” He later held evangelistic campaigns in the United States and Great Britain where ten of thousands came to hear him preach the gospel. The Lord used him in saving many thousands of souls during forty-three years of ministry. Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.