Woodruff County news., 1907-11-07

for years was collector of internal rev enue in Brooklyn, and who was such power in the prevailing politics of that city that he was rendered, but refused, a nomination for the mayoralty, which was tantamount to an election, gave Dr. Torrey other ample means of learning by personal contact of the great realities of life.
 Dr. Torrey was educated at Yale, from which institution he holds two degrees, the first being taken when he graduated at the age of 19. He is one of the two last men to graduate from that famous institution at such youthful age, the limit being raised to affect the graduating class of the year following his degree. Later he went to Berlin and Leipsic, where he studied for four years. Returning to America he entered the ministry, and in 1894 came to join Moody in Chi cago.
 After the death of that beloved min ister and evangelist Dr. Torrey re- mained in charge of the work until
 
 world evangelist. His first cosmopoli- tan campaign was held in Japan ill that year, and in the month he was there 1000 conversions of natives were recorded. About the same num- Der embraced the teachings of Christ during the month he spent in China. In both of these countries, as well as in all others where different Ian guage than English is generally spok- en, Dr. Torrey addressed his audi ences through an interpreter
 From China Dr. Torrey and his companion, MT Alexander, went to Australia, where they preached and sang the Gospel in nearly every city of prominence. They were one month in Melbourne, and in that time 50 meetings were held and 8,642 pro fessed Christianity and had their names enrolled as among those saved from reckless and minimizing living through the power of God, shown through Dr. Torrey and MT. Alexander. 1 Similar results were produced in Syd- ney and the three leading cities of New Zealand, and Tasmania was awakened as we'll.
 The next step in the world cam paign undertaken by Torrey and Al exander was England, where all the principal cities were visited, and serv- ices conducted in halls seating not | less than 5000 persons. Three months spent in Liverpool resulted in the con version of 12,500 persons. In London, at Royal Albert hall, which was se- cured for the meetings, the evangelists remained two months. The hall seat ed 10000 and accommodated 2,000 more, standing. This hall was filled every afternoon and evening, special meetings for men and women being held, so that those who fiocked to hear the evangelists might be better accommodated. But, as it was, as many were turned away from every service as gained admission.
 In Birmingham where there was a seating capacity of 5000 with room for 1000 more standing, thousands were turned away from every service and the campaign attracted so many people that the services of the mounted police were necessary to keep the crowds in check In one month 7,700 people were converted.
 l In one day during the Liverpool campaign, which was the greatest single day of the crusade in England, 220 women professed conversion at the afternoon meeting, and 440 men at the evening service. In the world S campaign of Torrey and Alexander 102,o00 persons whose names and ad- dresses were recorded professed Chris tianity. They occupied positions in