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contents Acknowledgments · ix Introduction · 1 chapter one D. L. Moody Arrives in a Changing Boston · 15 “There Is a Magnetism in His Voice” chapter two The Early Years of Evangelical Institution Building, 1858–1883 · 33 “Good! You’ve Got the Fire in You” chapter three Evangelicals and Boston Politics · 65 “The Next Protestant Move Will Be No Boys’ Play” chapter four The Salvation Army and Other Evangelical Organizations Led by Women, 1884–1892 · 93 “Aggressive Christianity” chapter five Evangelical Consensus and Division · 117 “All of This Confusion and Hurt” chapter six The North End and the South End in the 1890s · 137 “Let Us Re-take the North End for Methodism” Conclusion · 165 “The Most Marvelous Revival of All of Her History” Notes · 181 Bibliography · 255 Index · 277 ...

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