The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-07-06
Leader Of Philadelphia's
Revival Interests Large
Audience Of Busi-
ness Men.
Evaassilsf's Answers Were Sc Direct
ssd TsaIlaE Thsi M Hearers 40.
pisa4ed Several Tlmss-Eiss
hs clisched lis AFszmssi
Abssi sAs WIhais uAsi
SNailewsd Isaah.


~ 6EORGE Z. y DAvIA
Philadelphia l. being stirred mogs
than fOE q generation past By the re-
Vivai campaign u Torrey Alexander.
The very atmosphere seems charged
with spiritual ferVOr." declared a
world famous Christian leader q few
days agO. PcOple are acceptihg Christ
On the street cars. railroad trains aud
every where. They sem Just waiting
Tor q word 90 IN converted ORs Old
lady who Was nrcently cOnyeTted said
that nobody had spoken 10 me al,out
accepting Christ for the past Hfty
years.
tine dag Dr. Torrey read 4 I~tter
frOtn q detective asking fOT prayer for
q scOre % policemen who handle tlse
crowds at the revival meetiRgs. Hell
IL tO0 real ca me- wrote tia detective.
for me to dOubt there l. he'll
A lsiercsiIas heetiss.
Que Of the most interesting meetings
held siBce the beginning u thu revival
campaign occurred q few days sincs
when Dr. Torrey devoted the noon
hour az ths business mems meeting o.
answering questions sent In 90 him By
correspondents. An audience u about
Lao vas present 10 hear the answers
10 his criticA aud bis replies were 80
direct aud bis thFusts - keen that scy.
eral times the audience bTOke into
SPONTANEOUS Applause.
The first QucstiOn Dr. ToTrey an
sWered dealt with q lie which has FOL
lowed him around the world TIE
question Was a. follows:
= have been told hy three different
people that yeu have stated az your
meetinRs that yOu know that your own
mother 10 In hell today. Did y0a make
any such statementsY"
Everybody that has attended my
meetings knows . didn'G" dsrlared Dr
TOFrey. MY mother Was q good chris
tian woman. ! owe my salvation 60
her prayers. humanity speaking. and.
Thank tod. she 10 with Christ In the
gloFy hut everywhere ! have gone
arOund the world that Kind Of DE has
followed me. People don't like the
docirlts ! teach about future punish
ment. but they can't disprOye H. -
they tell lies atOut me. Sometimes the
lie 10 varied A yOung man told one
Of tlBe maSt VrOsnincnt ministers Ia
this town that be had heard NE SAY
Ia the armOry that ! knew my Erand-
-. -. A.. tn 1885,. a. s.laWaF
cards. I don't think that either u
my lsrandmOthers knrw cue card from
another. ! have every reasOa % 10
lieVe that they were 10th Christian
woalsn aud that they ars 10th In
RlOTy. And II thry had played cards
tl.at wouldn't prove that thcy would
10 10 hslL ! know lots % Christian
peOpIe whO play candA . think they
are doing foOlishly.
In England the stOry was = ittIs
different u was that ! said my aunt |
had Eoas % he'll aud that a yOuag man
had got NJ % 80 out % the msetlng
and that ! said. Young HsaH. yOa are
going straight 90 h-Il' and tha, b.
turned round aud said. shall . tAke
your love % your suntY Now. I never |
had but two auntA One Of them !
never saw. and the other was IN ear.
n-st nsemluer of thu Presbyterian
church. and think that The one ! new
o. saw was an earnest Christian no
maRL And yet the sioTy was eirculat'
I'd IN Ilsadon When Z Was suing there
told In . ueetlnE % minister's % TIN
Churrb Of England ~ q rcasoa fOr not
inviting ne that I had said that pub
licly In Cardiff. waisA
That stoV was tlrst told abOut y.
L. MOody. then about sam JOnes. then
about Major whlttis. then about an
evangelist who Was In Australia before
! was. and then u Was tod about ne.
10 h wondpFful how tn esvll lacks In
wiz dcn't yoa SIT something newr
.houtea Mr.. Alexander amid laughter
md spplau-e.
kswsssps hza's Qusstiea.
This h from q nswSPaper man
aid Dr. ToFrey. lutrOdseing ths neat
lnestioa -If God h Omnipotsnt In the
full ssnss % ths term. how can any
Dthsr bslag IN ths universs -the dsvil
bor instancs any absolute o.
sysriasting pOwerr
lie deean't Ths dsvil Doesn't pessess
power. and ~ Doesn't possezs
Bvsriastins power. Tbs devil b Coins
10 wind NJ IN he'll Net much poueR
lh,out that"
And 70 Cod had besn oBaipotent
Irom tAs BEGINNING coatiansd ths
luestioaeF, 'h0w could IN dsrsl Oh
ain any power without BIZ eonssntr'
he didn't Cod oOassntcd % his
Aavtng power Cor HE owp wtse pr
,ooeA"
A tiasaE nnn round n aadiencs ~
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