Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-18
TOPICS 5oa A DAY OF REST.

The night Is on. The war against Elm in
Omaha through the agency OF the Torrey-
oliver mission, with the assistance Of the
pastors and members Of nearly sixty
churches, will be inaugurated Sunday even
ing at the Auditorium, Plans for the sue
cess Of the mission have been in the max
ing for several months and all concerned
profess TO he very much encouraged over
the prospects at the present time
The personal workers" committee, con-
sisting OF nearly 1900 energetic and faithful
members Of the different churches Of
Omaha who are uniting in the mission, has
held frequent meetings for the purpose OF
being instructed I'm the work which
they are expected to do Neighborhood
prayer meetings have been held weekly
for nearly a month and to stimulate in
terest in the mission nearly all of tho
pastors Of tho various churches exchanged
pulpits last Sunday
Fifteen hundred Of the ablest singers Of
Omaha have been engaged to sing during
the progress Of the meetings, as 1t is the
aim OF the management to have choir
OF at least 5O0 voices at each meeting. The
choir will be led by French oliver, the
chorister for Or. Torrey, whose wide OK
perience eminently fits him for the posi-
ton
In connection with the interest aroused
In the Torrey-Oliver mission word con-
corning the career and accomplishment Of
DR.. Torrey may prove Of interest.
DR.. Reuben a. Torrey was born January
., 1856, at Hoboken, n. ]. Ho was grad-
uated at Tale college and the Yale theo-
logical seminary and while student at
Yale was converted through the means OF
tho celebrated evangelist, Dwight T..
Moody. whose place in the world of evan
gelism he is 50 creditably flling. He was
ordained at the age of 2 as a pastor Of
the Congregational church.
After serving as the pastor Of churches
at GarretsVille. O., and Minneapolis, Mimi,
Dr. Torrey was called 70 the superluten-
dency of the Moody Bible institute at Chi
cago and was Mr.. Moody's chief assistant
in the Worlds fair evangelstic campaign
in 1898 When Mr.. Moody was taken i'll
during an evangelistic campaign at Kan
sas City DR.. Torrey was called upon to
take the place of the world-renowned cvan-
gelist and completed the meetings with
great credit.
! In 1902 he commenced the great evan
| gelistic campaign in Australia and con-
verted over $500 persons in the city OF
Melbourne in less than one month. He
!
tralla and also in Tasmania and New
Zealand and departed from the antipodes
with record Of conversions OF over 10000
souls. A three years campaign in Great
| Britain resulted in over 1900 conversions.
With this magnificent record the success
of the mission IN Omaha is a foregone con-
| clusion and only the measure of the sue
cess is now awaited.
1t is expected DR.. Torrey will arrive this
evening and will meet the ministers, mem
bers of the various committees, personal
workers and all others who are interested
in the welfare Of the mission at the First
Presbyterian church at p. m.
The first meeting at the Auditorium will
begin at p. m, and will be preceded by
a song service, and while Il is expected
that the choir at each meeting will consist
of 500 voices. It IL believed that over 100,
singers will be present at the initial meet
ing,