The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-06

own mother was In hell. wrote n In
aQuirer.
Then three people told you lies"
DR.. Torrey remarked. THAT lie has
followed me about the earth. IL Is not
even original. for Ii was told Of Moody,
Sam Jones and Major whipple before
Ianyone Y heard OF me. The devil
is certainly o original. or he would
TRY q new story occasionally. My
lnlother was a Christian woman and q
beautiful character. I owe my saliva
ltion to her prayers for me. and l ex-
lpecE to be united with her some day
i'm heaven. They have varied the story
In different places.
Il nave been accused of saying that
my grandmothers were II hell because
they played cards. Neither OF them. I
believe. could tell one card from an
other. Playing cards won't sehd a per-
son TO hell. although it's a foolish way
of spending your time. In London ~
a preachers meeting some said | had
lsaid that my aunt was in hell because
lshe played cards, and it was related
how a man hearing 1t left the building
with the remark that when he go. 10
hell he would give my love TO my unit
why, | only had two aunts. and both
were Christian women"
THEATRES THE DEVILS TER
RITORY.
Three ministers who persisted In he
IChicago lroquois theatre fire were re-
lferred TO by Mr.. Alexander at the
Injecting for prayer and testimony hat
preceded the afternoon meetink. 4
woman had told how the revival meet
Iings had caused her 10 quit going to
the theatre. Those ministers were in
the devils territory" said DIR. Alex
lander. Il wouldn't like 10 have gone
Ito heaven from a theatre. IT'S 4 ques-
,tion If these men got there"
Splitting hairs over trivial disputes
the Bible is a waste OF time.
DIR. Torrey declared in his afternoon
sermon.
Il have known preachers" he said.
who stay up all night. IL necessary.
in order that they might argue about
the Technology OF words in the Bible.
SO many people force their opinions of
the meaning of certain things in the
bible upon others who are beginning
Ito see the light in their own way"
Christians who object 10 converts
doing personal work Immediately af-
tier their conversion were advised by
IDr. Torrey % study the life OF st.
Paul.
Immediately after Paul saw the
light at Damascus said the evangel-
list, "he went at once To n synagogue
land convinced many Jews that Christ
WAS the Scum of God"
Unbelievers were urged by DR.. Tor
Irey at the Third Regiment Armory in
the evening TO bring their honest
doubts to him, and all were promised
Ia hearing. He wanted only honest
Iskeptics, he said for he believed many
calling themselves skeptics
lare merely humbugs. At the close of
the meeting he gave an audience To
NEARLY 100 people and answered oucs-
ition after question in most cases try
ling TO make clearer the replies he
made to the written questions At he
moon meeting.
For the first two weeks | was in
philadelphia" he said, Il was dis
Icouraged because people were o writ
ling to the newspapers me, nor
was | receiving abusive letters. When,
however. infidels and others oommenc-
led 10 pitch into me / knew WI would
have a great revival. | new then h e
devil was beginning to worry.
Many of you, | know, have honest
ldoubts-you are waiting TO be convinc-
ed that the Bible is the word of God
II promise all skeptics, infidels. agnos-
tics, theosophists and unitarians VINO
will come to me and deal fairly with
Ime that | will convince them. because
II have never encountered an honest
Idoubter who would state his case and
listen to mine that | have not per-
jsuaded."
An Irish baronet, Sir Algernon
lCoote. of Dublin. attended the meet
lings yesterday. He is vice president
of the International Young Mems
christian Association. and. with his
son Arthur. is in this country as a
delegate to the International Students
congress, I be held in Nashville. His
son is making q study of Y. NJ. {. A.
organizations in American colleges.
Speaking at the afternoon meeting,
the elder Coote described the great
lrevivals started in Graf Britain by
Moody and Sankey and later by DR..
iTorrey. There will be no meetings to-
fday.-Philadelphia Record.