Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-17
ST DAY THE MOST FRUITFUL OF ANY
Auditorium Crowded at Both the Day and
Evening Aeetings.
TWO OTHER SESSIONS HELD ELSEWHERE
Rev. Mr., Jsoobey lalks to the Ken and
Mrs arksr to Women in These
PAPERS CoIPuWEnTtD FOR FAIRNESS
Before the Close of the Evening
Meeting it IL Announced That the
Money 20 Pay All Expenses
Had Been Collected.

Had Been Collected.
with the inspiring strains of that solemn
hymn, God Be with You Till We Meet
Again" voicing the sentiments of thou
sands of persons the Torrey mission was
brought to a close with a big meeting for
men in the Auditorium Sunday evening.
1t was a day Of big meetings The Audi
torlum was crowded with women in the
afternoon and los arose and signihed their
intention to lead Christian ltfo, Before
his sermon at this meeting DIT. Torrey
answered question sent him by woman
who said she was member of the Epsco-
pal church She stated that she UNDER
stood that he had declared that no one
could dance and play cards and go TO
heaven. She stated that she was an at
tendant Of the Episcopal church, and that
her church believed that these things could
be INDUCED in by Christians. Dr. TOrrey
said he had never declared that playing
| cards and dancing were a sure bar to
heaven, but only that when Christians did
these things the influence on others was
| bad.
| The Lyric theater was crowded in the
afternoon with men, to whom Rev. Mr.
Jacoby delivered powerful sermon, as
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desire to lead the Christian life
This is an age when people demand to
| be convinced" said Rev Mr. Jacoby. "A
man said to me that he would believe In
Jesus If he could see Him walk on the
| water as He did In the DAYS NJ old. But
he wouldn't. He would look TOO find some
thing on His feet that kept lin from sink
| ing.
"The worldly life has pleasures. It is
no use to tell men that It has not. know.
| ! had pleasure In that life, pleasure Of
| certain kind. but I want to tell you that
| I had more real Joy in one minute of my
| Christian life than in all the years I spent
| in sin.
1.-THE foundation Of the Christian life is
faith One must simply take Gods word
and believe It. Now, If man comes to me
and wants to know the way OF life, admits
that he is a sinner and believes that Christ
i died for him, then ] point out TO him Gods
promises and be calls on God FOR saliva
lion, do you think that when he comes to
the gates of heaven God will turn him
away? No. He will not That man has,
to the best Of his knowledge, compiled with
the conditions which God has laid down in
the Bible and his salvation is sure"
The women's meeting last evening was
held in the First Presbyterian church,
where Miss Parker addressed crowded
| house.
Biggest Meeting of SERIES.
The Auditorium was filled with men In
! the evening and there was rousing meet
ing, which resulted in the largest number
of conversions secured Mt any single meet
ing. 1O3 coming forward and promising to
begin the Christian life. The choir over
flowed the seats provided for II upon the
platform and go were seated in the neigh
Borlng galleries. Several bands of singers
went about the streets and into some OF
| the hotels before the meeting, singing and
distributing circulars.
When Rev. J. Randolph Smith, In an
nouncing the collection, said that the
women at the afternoon meeting had con-
tributed more than $500 there was a ripple
of applause. He stated that practically all
of the 5000 which the mission has cost
has been raised On Friday the committee
found It needed 81. 15O The collection Fri
day evening was $4OO This, with the money
received Sunday afternoon and evening,
was suficient TO make up the sum needed
to pay all bills
Rev. Mr. Smith also spoke words OF COM
mendation for DR.. Torrey and his assist
ants
The work of the newspapers OF Omaha in
the mission was commended most warmly
by DR.. Torrey before he preached
I'VE owe much of the success Of these
meetings to the two morning newspapers
of Omaha" said DR.. Torrcy. Il don't know
Of a word that has appeared in either Of
these papers that has not been help to
our mission. The same is true Of the even
ing editions of these papers"
He also commended the faithful atten-
ton and cooperation Of the ministers Of
| the city in the work.
NOW IL the Accepted Time.
To-day and Tomorrow" was the subject
Of Dr. Torrey's concluding Sermon He
took as his text two verses Of the Bible
The Holy Ghost saith today" and Boast
not theyself OF tomorrow"
To-day is the wise mans day." said Dr.
Torrey; Tomorrow is the FOOLS day. There
| is no greater secret Of success than TO do
, thing as quickly as It is seen. Those
who fail IN business or politics are those
! who procrastinate. Il is the same In things
! eternal. There are thousands Of people in
= Omaha who intend TO become Christians
7 some day but they are putting It on,
/ Even people who are of the world know
that Christians have a Joy OF which they
I know nothing. Why go without this JOY
when you may have Il now2
"The sooner a man accepts Christ, the
sooner he escapes the wretchedness Of "A
worldly life the torture OF the conscious
ness that he is unsaved. the punishment
! OF moral bondage, whether II be intem-
, perance, impurity or any Of the other sins
] OF the worldly. The man who comes to
Christ escapes the dread OF death which
! constantly pursues those In the world. All
must think OF death every day, II Is present
Z In everything. The shadow OF death falls
right athwart our gayest pleasures. But
there is no fear Of death to the Christian.
Christ has taken away death and brought
: ! In it's place life and immortality.
/ by coming 20 Christ man escapes the
, dread OF future judgment He may try to
laugh away the thought OF the dread day,
? but down IN his heart he has the fear OF
the judgment
! THE sooner a man ac 5pts Christ, the
{ more he can do for Him A man who
! claims 10 be a Christian and does not Try
TO spread the joys Of his religion, is not
T true Christian.
- mans eternity will be richer II he
is saved early. We are saved by faith,