The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-11

promise with Goa is not conversion,
though often mictaken for 1t, but con-
version Is the turning Of the soul 20
God, the surrender of the will, heart
and soul to God as your Savior. God,
will change your heart If you will but
let Him, Now is the proper time for
conversion. Behold, now is the accept
ed time; now Is the day of salvation"
Rev. r. A. Torrey of Chicago next
spoke on the need of a hiding place for
the soul. 'Every man." said he, needs
hiding place from four things-frst,
from his conscious; second, from pas
sion and sin; third, from the power Of
Satan; and fourth, from the wrath to
come. In the first place, a man needs
a hiding place from his conscience.
There is no torture like an accusing
conscience. That there is such thing
we are certain and are not obliged to
go to the Bible or religious literature
to read about it, but can read about 1T
in heather literature and can find it in
the experience of every day. We do
not measure the size of the sins which
we have committed when conscience
awakes with that majesty which God
gives it and accuses you saying, Thou
hast sinned.'"
We also need hiding place from
the passion and sin within ourselves
and from the power of satan. Some Will
tell you that there is no such thing as
personal devil, but tell you there is.
The Bible also tells us that there is,
and 1 have found that the man who
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every time. Time was when L did not
think so; when was student at Yale,
and when I was anything but Christ
ian. At that time this building knew
me often, but did not come here then
for religious purposes. was indeed
anything but Christian Time was
when I was a skeptic; when I doubted
everything in the old book (the Bfble)
from cover to cover, but | thank God
that is now all changed.
We also need a hiding place from the
wrath to come. Some will tell you that
there is no Judgment ito come. Men pay
several dollars to hear an able lecturer
say so. You hear it limited even from
some pulpits that there is not much to
tbe afraid of, but the Old good book says
differently, and 1t is safe to bank on
that every time. You know yourselves
that a day of retribution must come.
Do you suppose that there Is no day
of judgment and retrilbution for a man
who, by flattery and otherwise, ruins a
woman and accomplishes his hellish pur-
poses, even though he may be received
into the best society; may even walk the
halls of congress, whether his victim lies
in an outcast's grave in a pauper's field.
There are more tragedies of that kind
In New Haven than in almost any
other city of its size in the world. There
may be some such men in this audience
to-day. Oh, We seducers, and there are
some here now. Would ITO God / could
unmask you, but cannot That I must
leave to Go l tell you there is time
coming when those men will be unmask-
ed before an outraged God. There is a
day of judgment. Every mans reason
and conscience tells him so, and SO does
the word of God. The hiding place from
all these things is Jesus Christ, and His
undying love.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Torrey's re-
marks he invited all in the audience who
desired to confess Christ and try to
lead a better life to stand up, and elev-
en- responded to the invitation Several
of those seated on the stage gave their
experience in Christian life, and the
meeting adjourned about o'clock.
NO OPEN AIR MEETING.
Owing to the cold and inclemency of
tbp yUaa thar tbora n4ro M xrncnaI II, croy,
meeting in the open air at Broadway at
$3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
AF'TERNOONiSBR THE JAIL
AT 3 o'elock yesterday afternoon SER
vices were conducted at the women's de-
partment in the jail by Mrs. George r.
Clarke of Chicago. The services were
largely attended and the inmates were
largely affected by the words of hope
and good cheer brought to them by the
Christian Workers and several pro-
fessed intentions of leading better lives
in the future. The remarks at the Jail
were made by Mrs. George r. Clarke
of Chicago and Mrs. H. D. Walker of
Providence.
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT TORREY
AT UNITED CHURCH.
Rev. R. A. Torrey, president of the
Bible Institute and chairman of the
ninth annual convention of Christian
Workers, addressed a congregation of
over 500 persons at United church yes
terday morning.
Despite the cold, drizzling rain which
fell all the morning, the church was
filled before the usual hour.
Rev. Mr.. Torrey did not select a text.
but delivered an address on Christian
work.
He said the greatest Christian work.
er in the world was the apostle Paul.
Paul shaped the Christian church and
was prime mover in it's foundation.
Mr.. Torrey added that with very few
noteworthy exceptions the greatest
workers were all in the first generation
of the history of the church.
He spoke of the difficulty which most
of us have in doing Christian work, and
showed that it was because we had not
the proper relations to God. Many be-
lieve that we should love God because
of the great beauty of His moral char
acter, but this cannot excite in us the
sympathy which we must feel for our
fellow men who are most in need of our
help. First We must see ourselves as
God sees US. We must see who and
what He is, and who and what we are;
then we love, God not because of His
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