Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-10
DIR. TORREY ON CONFESSION
Evangelist Says 1t Takes More Courage to
Be Christisn Than Soldier.
SIX THOUSAND MEN ATTEND SERVICE
Same Sermon Delivered 60 Larger
Audience of Women In Afternoon
Fourteen Hundred COnver-
siOns to Date.

That It takes courage to be a Christian
was the keynote of the address Of DIR.
Torrey Sunday evening at the Auditorium
to an audience of over 5000 men, COM
prised of many Of the most reL preventative
men Of Omaha. The subject of the re-
marks of the eminent evangelist was
Heroes and Cowards." which was also
the subject at the afternoon meeting to
women only, when seventy-nine women
publicly confessed Christ Sunday even
ing the main floor Of the Auditorium was
crowded to its capacity with men, women
not being admitted, with the exception Of
members of the choir. The galleries were
crowded, and such a large choir was in
attendance that 1t was necessary to seat
over a hundred Of the singers In the north
balcony
From a numerical standpoint, with re-
spect to the attendance and also in the
number of conversions obtained, the even
ing meeting was one of the banner events
of the mission. The published plea for
support of the mission by many prominent
business men had the effect Of increasing
the attendance, although there were more
women at the afternoon meeting than
there were men at night. DR., Torrey said
that this was not usually the case, as the
men were the more faithful in attend
ance. Some idea of the scope Of the mis-
sion can be obtained from the fact that
over 400 conversions have been obtained
during the three weeks of the mission,
and this number was augmented Sunday
evening by the conversion of over forty
men.
Real Christians Are Heroes.
The invocation was pronounced Sunday
evening by DR.. Herring, who made a
-
version of the impenitent. After an in
| troductory address by DR.. Torrey, in
which he exhorted the laymen and others
to strenuous effort during the last week
Of the mission, which was inaugural
/ with the Sunday services, the speaker
/ said:
! IL have a subject tonight that everyone
/ is interested in Heroes and Cowards.'
| Every man loves a hero and every man
| desIises coward Though the men Of
! Jerusalem believed in Jesus, they kept
! their faith to themselves Can you con-
| ceive of anything more cowardly7 And
! yet many of you men here tonight are
| even more contemptibly cowardly. You're
not men enough to publicly confess Him,
! because Jesus Christ is not popular in
! your crowd. Shame on you! 1t takes
/ courage to be a Christian in this God
hating world 1t takes more courage 20
be real Christian than it does to be a
soldier. 1t takes more courage to be a
real Christian than good many Of you
linen here tonight possess.
Public Confession Necessary.
ITO be a Christian Is something to be
proud of, not something to be ashamed Of
| There is nothing to be ashamed Of in
Jesus Christ. You respectable, upright
men who do not profess Christ exert far
more influence against Christ than the
rumseller, for your scope Of influence is
greater. The better you live the more
your influence is against Christ, for who
knows the source of your life II you don't
confess Him with your lips? Gentlemen,
l call upon you to do your duty tonight,
and I'll guarantee that II you publicly
confess Jesus Christ like a man, you'll
feel joy you never thought possible this
! side of heaven.
Lots of people say: I don't believe in
! this publicity; that confession should be
secret But the Bible says directly the
contrary, and there are innumerable man
dates in the Bible to that effect
There won't be any sneaks in heaven.
thank God. We've got enough of them
down here. But I'll never be a party to
getting men in church who are not men
enough to stand up and publicly confess
! Christ. The most contemplate cowardice
of which a human being is capable Is the
cowardice that makes a man tremble in
fear that some one will laugh at him II
he cOnfesses Jesus Christ. You owe all
you are in the world to Jesus Christ"
At the beginning of his address Dr. Tor
rey announced that his subject for the
Monday afternoon meeting Will be "The
Baptism of the Holy Spirit"