Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-13
HAS BELIEF IN
PERSONAL DEVIL
SAYS HIS FOOTPRINTS ARE IN
Los ANGELES
COUNTS AS FOLLOWERS MEN OF
LITERARY ABILITY
DR.. Torrey Declares Saloons and Gam
bling Houses Haunts of Evil
One and Says He'll Ought
to Be

'There is personal devil and his
footprints are in Los Angeles. The sa-
looms and gambling dens are the places
where the devil shows himself with his
evil ways" said DR.. Torrey last night
at the Gospel tabernacle on the topic,
MEN Need Hiding Place" DR.. Tor
rey said that he had never felt the
need of a hiding place more than since
coming to Los Angeles.
The largest congregation of any or
the week day services gathered last
night to listen to the sermon. me
music under the direction of Mr..
Palmer, who has charge of the chorus
choir, and Mr. Young, soloist, together
with the piano numbers by Mr.. Roper,
have come to be popular features OF
the campaign. DR.. Torrey said IN part:
twenty-five years ago l went into
an art gallery in the old country, ana
l saw picture there which represented
a terrific storm. Men, women, chlldfen
and animals We're hurrying to seek
refuge or a hiding place from the
furies of the storm. The picture re-
minded me that every person needs
hiding place.
Everybody has sinned. Some say
that their consciences do not trouble
them. That may all be. Their con-
sciences may be asleep, but they never
die. III any one Il1IlkS ne tdtiA hletSNCA
his conscience he is mistaken. 1t may
sleep for a time, but it is liable to
wake and cause much trouble.
1.-THE real devil is an educated man.
He is cunning and powerful, and is
more than match for most persons.
TAKE many of the fsms,' they nave
their followers But they are the work
of the devil. Men fall in with them,
with much reading, and can read as
well backward as forward. They are
often men of literary ability, but who
are led by a scholarly devil who is more
than their match.
with many if a man believes in
hell he is a mossback. / believe in
future day of Judgment because the
Bible says so. My own common sense
tells me of day Of judgment.
Betrayers of Women
"If there is no hell, there ought to
be for some men, especially those who
betray young women. Some men, be-
cause they are rich, take many adj
vantages that are decidedly deserving
of a hell Mothers often look up to
disreputable young men just because
they are rich and encourage their
daughters to marry them. Some rich
men will destroy the characters of
young girls. These men are upheld by
society, but the girls never are. They
are doomed to the potter's field, while
their betrayers are Haunting in high
society"
IF the devil ever is about us it is
when we pray. We often have to fight
our way in prayer. If we Just use
routine prayer we might as well whis-
tie for all the good it does u.s." said
DR.. Torrey at the meeting yesterday
afternoon.
''How to Pray So as to Get What
You Ask was DR.. Torrey's subject
and he said in part:
''The Bible tells us how to pray-not
for something better, but for exactly
what you ask When Peter was in
prison did they take up collection to
get him out? Certainly not They
said they would pray him out of
prison. If the enemy had heard of 1t
they would have sneered at the idea.
"'Unto Cod is the prayer that
counts 7 do not believe one prayer in
a hundred is offered to God. Often
times they are not real prayers. Many
do not think of God, but of how their
prayers will affect the audience. When
one merely tries to move the audience
with an eloquent prayer that prayer is
to the audience and not to God, and
is a failure. Unto Cod is marked in
many places in my Bible, and would to
God that those words would sink deep
into your hearts.
Dropping WORD '6iooo
"How can we come into the presence
of God? sc is by the blood of Jesus
Christ and there is no other way. Many
drop the blood out of their theology.
When they do the important feature Is
dropped out.
"A man cut out of the Bible the
word blood wherever it occurred and
sent it to me, saying the book was
better without it. l gave him a de-
cided answer that I would not cut out
blood from my Bible, for it is the
blood of Jesus Christ that is the saw
ing power of the world.
1T is the work of the Holy Spirit
that makes God real to us when we
pray. Did you ever hear prayer when
you thought your words went only IN
the air and were meaningless, and
that it would be useless to attempt to
continue to pray? This is the time
when you need to pray, looking up to
God in simple prayer for the spirit of
God to come upon you"
The usual services will be held sin the
tabernacle this afternoon and evening
DR. Torrey will speak this evening on
1.-THE Refuge of Lies"