Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-16
CROWDS FLOCK
TO TABERNACLE
HUNDREDS OF WOMEN FAIL TO
GAIN ADMISSION
SEVENTY CONVERTS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN MADE
DR.. Torrey breaches on Surrender to
Messiah and Tells How He. Was
Saved from Committing
Suicide

Between 5000 and 5000 women and
girls attended the Torrey evangelistic
meeting yesterday, while hundreds
were turned away, being unable to
gain admission to the large tabernacle
1t had been hoped to accommodate
the great Sunday crowds by having
the afternoon meeting for women ex
clusively and the evening service for
men. The afternoon service was to
open at $3.50 o'clock, but at 3 o'clock
every available seat was filled and the
song service began. At 3:15 the doors
were closed.
Rev e. p. Ryland, president of
the Church Federation, said the law
compelled the aisles to be kept clear
The steps to the platform and every
foot of space were occupied.
In point of numers the service yes
terday afternoon was one of the most
successful of the campaign. When the
invitation was extended, Dr. Torreys
God bless you," which greets every
one signlfying his or her intention Of
becoming a Christian, was heard fire.
quently as little girls not yet in their
teens and elderly women nearing three
score and ten, rose in all parts of the
building. In one section four young
women arose together, while in an
other six young girls stood UP in
body.
During his sermon DIR. Torrey said
in part:
"This world is full of women-men,
too-who hate to think, and they come
out with broken lives and broken
hearts. How many women in Los An
geles a few years ago met promising
young men, with good manners and
handsome faces, and, perhaps, after
attending balls or the theaters they
made proposals of marriage? Instead
of thinking seriously, they accepted
e,rat
that they had married fools and ras-
calls.
"Some people go through life with
out thinking for thirty consecutive
minutes of the Christian life and the
life to come.
surrendering to God
'"What does it cost to live and die
without Jesus Christ? What do we
mean by a Christian surrendering to
God? l believe it is any man, woman
or child coming to God as sinner, ac-
cepting Jesus Christ as Savior, accept
ing God as lord and master, pub
licly acknowledging him and striving
each day to please him.
"There isn't a woman here this at
ternoon without Jesus that has peace.
Not to be Christian is the sacrifice
of the, most wonderful joy on earth.
You think, perhaps that some Chris
tians of your acquaintance do not have
peace and joy. But there are two
kinds. People who profess and are
not, and those who profess and really
are Some try to hold to Jesus Christ
with one hand and the world with
the other It is usually the right hand
on the world and the left on Jesus.
With some when they sing I surrender
all it is true.
ut is at this point that the devil
he
have to give up this and that, and al
ways go about with a long face
"The devil is a liar from the be-
ginning, and that is one of his boldest
lies So far from it taking all the JOY
from life, you will find that you have
never known real gladness. The devil
deceived me at that point several
years.
II was going to be a lawyer, as so
many in my family had been before
me- One day, while up in the attic
found a church covenant and thought
1 would see if 1 could be Christian.
On reading it I found that | could say
yes to everything until I came to the
clause that said you must go wherever
the Lord called you. Now, / thought,
the Lord might call me to be a preach
er, and intended to be lawyer so
decided couldn't be Christian, and
set out for a life of pleasure. My father
everything to make a boy happy. 1
was sent to Yale at the age of Is
wears and there is much to interest a
Young fellow at an institution like that,
especially if he has plenty of money.
had all I wanted. My father never
asked me what / did with 1t. I think
1t would have been better for me if he
had So went in for good time. Did
/ find it? I found disappointment, UNI
rest and wretchedness.
Saved from Suicide
plunged more deeply and did 1
find joy? I found despair, and one
night, tired and discouraged, I decided
to end it all, and went to the drawer to
draw out the weapon that l thought
was there. could not find it, although
1 believe to this day that it was there.
But God kept me from it,
II dropped to my knees and told GOD
if he would take from me my load L
would do anything he asked. I simply
thought of Kidding myself of disap-
pointments, but to my amazement
found joy, and since then, through all
the long years, that joy has grown
better. If you want the sweetest JOY
take Jesus Christ.
mot to be a Christian costs the sac
rifice of the hope of an eternal life.
Your hope for the future Is more inn
portant than for the present. There is
not a woman here tnat does not DelleV6
this. If YOU were asked to choose be-
tween a million dollars today and from
tomorrow poverty and prison for life,
or to have poverty today and million
dollars for the rest of your life, you
would choose the million for life. So
your hope for eternity is stronger than
the desire for the present.
mot to be a Christian costs the sac
rifice of the highest womanhood. Every
one has fallen from Gods Ideal. The
only way to attain 1t is In regenera-
ton in God through Jesus Christ, and
if you do not accept Jesus Christ the
highest you can attain is a caricature
of womanhood. Is there woman here
who is willing to be that?
mot to be Christian costs the sacri-
flee of .Christ's acknowledgment in the
world to come. whatsoever shall con-
TESS me on earth before men, him will
I confess before my Father who is in
heaven.
1--WE are justified by faith, but only
the real faith and that always means
open confession.
you ask what eternal life means.
I can't tell you But take the moment
in your life in which the joy is high
est multiply it infinitely and carry it
through all eternity and you will have
some conception of what 1t means.
Eternal Damnation
What does it mean to perish? /
can't tell you. Take that moment III
your life in which the despair is utter
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