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Emma Revell Moody (1843-1903), the wife of famed nineteenth century American evangelist Dwight L. Moody.
Emma Revell Moody (1843-1903), the wife of famed nineteenth century American evangelist Dwight L. Moody. | Screengrab: wholesomewords.org

This week marks the anniversary of when Emma Revell Moody, the wife of famed 19th century American evangelist Dwight L. Moody, died at age 60.

A native of London, England, whose family immigrated to the United States when she was a child, Revell met her future husband while still a teenager, with the two marrying when she was 19.

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“No wife could mean more to her husband than she did. She was wholeheartedly with him in his Christian convictions and in his various soul-winning and welfare activities,” wrote Arthur Percy Fitt in a 1936 book.

“She taught a Bible class in the local church, where her knowledge and wide experience made themselves felt in a quiet way. She traveled with Mr. Moody unless good reasons prevented, and helped with his heavy correspondence. He always relied on her judgment, and valued her for her full worth.”

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