Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-24
FIFTY-THREE CHURCHES JOIN
strosg Union Of Christian Feross to Assail
the Citadel Of Satan.
PREACHERS FOR NILES AROUND TO CONE
ManaEers of the Torrey-Oiiver RE-
liEiOus Warfare Rt Audi
toriun, Are Busy Planning
Their CampaiRn.

Fifty-three evangelical churches Of Omaha
and the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION and Young Women's Chris
tiau association have co-Operated
thus far In the arrangements for
the Torrey- Oliver mission at the Audito-
rum from November IS to December Is,
and others are expected to give their hand
20 this great religious upheaval. planned TO
be the most notable ever held In the west.
And on each OF these ffty-three churches
and across the headquarters Of the ASSOC
Citations large banner. bearing this
inscription in big letters. will he hung;
This church unites in the Torrey-oliver
mission"
TorreE is the Moody and Oliver the
sankey; Torrey the preaching evangelist.
Oliver the singing messenger. Both are
men OF power and personal magnetism.
Aside from the pastors OF the dfty-three
Omaha churches. pastors Of other evangcl-
teal churches for radius Of 100 miles
around Omaha have been invited to par
ticlpate in these meetings and they arc
evincing not only a determination to do 50
as much as possible but an enthusiasm
that inspires hope among the local man
ayers Of the revival. with Rev. r. ~.
Torrey thanked by this army OF Christian
soldiers. Mr. oliver will find himself sup
ported by a choir of fifteen select persons
to lead the singing OF those vast assenl-
! blaSes and music viii be made one Of the
prime munitions of the churchs warfare
| against the hosts Of Satan. Mr. French
Oliver himself will train this choir, which
will be selected from the various churches
participating each church to contribute a
quota Of 20 per cent Of its membership to
the makeup Of the singing phalanx.
Churches Taking Part
These are the churches now united In
this movement:
Baptist--Calvary. First. First Swedish,
Grace. Emmanuel. olivet Christian-First.
North Side ongregational-Cherry Hill,
First. Hillside, Plymouth. st. Mary's Ave
nue. Saratoga. Lutheran-Grace, Imman-
uel, Kountze Memorial. our savior's, Dan
ish st. Marks. Methodist-First, Hans
com Park. Hirst Memorial, McCabe. Pearl
Memorial. Norwegian Danish. Seward
i Street, Dietz Memorial, Swedish. Trinity,
Diclxey Chapel, Benson, Walnut Hill. Mis-
sions-swedish Evangelical. Presbyterian,
Bohemian, Castelar,, Central United Church
Of the Covenant Clifton HIN, Dundee, First,
First United. First German. Knox, Lowe
Avenue Second Presbyterian, Third Presby-
! terlan, Westminster. Miscellaneous-Peo-
pies church. South Omaha: Baptist
First Swedish. Methodist--First, Leher.
| Memorial. Presbyterian - United. First,
Young Mems Christian association.
Executive Committee in Charge.
An executive committee composed OF
prominent churchmen. clergy and laity OF
Omaha, has the plans for this revival in
! charge. This committee meets every Mon
ton the basic principle on which the re-
vival is to be conducted-interdenom
tionalism-and to that end the resolution
provided that Sunday. November T. each
pastor engaged in this series of meetings
should exchange with another brother pas
tor of different denomination. 30 that nc
church would that day have a minister OF
it's faith.
At this meeting Monday night communi,
cations were read from the secretary OF
the Young Women's Christian association
| at the University of Nebraska asking what
Arrangement could be made to provide en-.
tertainment for twenty-five or thirty young
women from the university during tn,
Thanksgiving week to attend the revival
This matter win be referred to the loca
Young Women's Christian association.
Conference OF Ministers.
December 3 an evangelistic conference OF
ministers including those I'm Omaha and
those for 100 miles around Omaha, win b'
held when details of the revival win bC
handled.
In addition 70 the executive committee IL
lead Of affairs there is a personal workers
committee of 400. which meets every Tues
day evening at the Omaha General hos
pital Monday night II adopted a resolu
tion calculated TO put into practical opera
day night. II met last night at the FRS
Presbyterian church, led by Rev. Clyd,
Clay Cissell. d. D.. OF the Hanscom Parl
Methodist church. These 400-no designs
meant by the name-study the Torrey sys
tenn Of revivals as taught in Mr. TorreyI
book
II is the intention of the executive com
mittee to have a weekly paper or bulletin
published through the revival giving mat
tors Of interest concerning the meetings
Rev, r. A. Torrey writes from Nashville
Tenn. where they are holding revival
that they are hlling the Auditorium Their
daily, and it is supposed to seat 5000 PEG
pie. From his letter Il is learned that Mr.
oliver will do much OF the preaching an,
that personal direction Of the singing, asid
from training Of the singers, will be give
over 10 MI Butler, who Is leading Il there
"Oiver prefers preaching to singing" say
the letter. Mr.. Torrey says II II their pIai
to hold two meetings daily and the secon
or third week hold meetings during the mid
day for business and professional man