Ira D. Sankey
American gospel singer and composerWikipedia
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Sep 24, 2026
David WolinHOST
He went on to become a London merchant and devoted himself to open-air preaching with the Plymouth Brethren for 73 years.
David WolinHOST
He even helped with the outreaches of D.L. Moody and Ira Sankey in England in 1875, which is the same time he wrote the words of what is by far his most famous hymn.
David WolinHOST
Now, as a merchant, he had the privilege of often traveling around the world by ship.
David WolinHOST
And so those rolling swells of the ocean were not just imagined.
Dennis EversonHOST
Moody was he was at like an evangelistic conference, you know, where all these men get together about evangelism.
Dennis EversonHOST
And that's where he met Ira Sankey, who sang for him for years.
Dennis EversonHOST
And he heard him sing, and he was like, come meet me over here.
Dennis EversonHOST
And he met him on a corner, and he got like the old box, the old soapbox, and he had Sankey stand on it and sing, and people gathered around.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
I think in some respects you could make the argument that preachers were kind of the rock stars of the 19th century.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
When D.L. Moody and Ira Sankey come to London, In the 1870s and 1880s, there's a point where over about a year and a half period, three and a half million people come to hear them.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
And that's genuinely like Taylor Swift numbers in terms of a tour.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
um they are you know people sell outside like little dolls of dl moody that you can give to your kid and there's tea sets with their pictures on it these kinds of things and yeah the celebrity culture is real um It's certainly exploited by third parties.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
I think in some respects you could make the argument that preachers were kind of the rock stars of the 19th century.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
When D.L. Moody and Ira Sankey come to London, in the 1880 1870s and 1880s there's a point where over about a year and a half period um three and a half million people come to hear them and that's that's genuinely like taylor swift numbers in terms of a tour They are, you know, people sell outside like little dolls of D.L. Moody that you can give to your kid.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
And there's tea sets with their pictures on it, these kinds of things.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
And yeah, the celebrity culture is real.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
I think in some respects, y- you could make the argument that preachers were kind of the rock stars of the 19th century.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
Um, when D.L. Moody and Ira Sankey come to London in the 1880, 1870s and 1880s, there's a point where over about a year and a half period, um, three and a half million people come to hear them, and that's, that's genuinely like Taylor Swift numbers in terms of a tour.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
Um, they are, you know, people sell outside, like, little dolls of D.L. Moody that you can give to your kid, and there's tea sets with their pictures on it, and these kinds of things.
Thomas BreimaierGUEST
And yeah, the celebrity culture is real.