The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08

NTGOMGhI T AOV Er Jesus" was finally published. it swept thfenrin the sdueatieusl csntsrs Of Eu- rope like f1ame. People who did not agree with the theories as set forth "a that book, were not considered very intelligent.
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 "But 1t was not long before other scholars picked many flaws in, that. book, and 1t was set aside. After ssrause, but not as great as Strauss. came Ernsst Henen, . Frenchman. with another book taking away the mir acIss from the life of Christ. But 1t was not iong before his book. too. was discredIted by all thinking persons That settled that question, once and for all. so today this much is proven. The story of Jesus of Nazareth Is true, as related in the history of the Four Gospels, and back of Jesus stands God.
 That would prove that God is But further than that. I know God from personal experience, I know Him bet- ter than I know anybody on earth. bet ter than the members of my own fam lily.
 "A quarter of century ago, put that theory that there is a God to the test. staked all that held dear on that probability--that there is a God. risked my life, my health. my home and my reputation. If there had not been God. would not be alive today. risked and I won. I know God.
 T gave up my salary, and all my Every penny I had I got by going to God and ssking Him for 1t. He never failed me. The money came In ordi- nary ways and 1t came in extraordi- nary ways: 1t came in by pennies and it came in by the thousands of dollars, sometimes not until the very last mo- uent, but It always came.
 \ remember once in Chicago. when was with Mir. Moody at a revival there. We were all about to sit down to dinner when Mr. Moody stopped and told us that he needed ss.o0o. He said: "'We will all kneei, while I pray to God for se.ooo with which to carry on my work Answer to Prayer. 'sMr. Moody, in his child-liixe way, prayed. He simply told God that he needed s6,00o. Before we left that
 room. messenger boy came in with a telegram. MT. Moody read it to us: "xour friends in Northheid have ta-
 ken up . collection for you. Six thou sand dollars In basket. More to fol- low"
 Dr. Torrey then told of how he had met man from Northneld later. who explained that. at what must have been just the time that Mfr. Moody and his friends were kneeiing in prayer in Chicago, . minister arose and said that he felt that MT. Moody needed money for his work, and 50 the collection was taken up--there' was a conference in Northfeld--and Mir. Moody got his money.
 aTt would have been pretty hard to convince us right then that there was no God who answers prayers, said Dr. Torrey. "The man who denies God be- cause he. doesn't want to believe is e supreme fool"
 "The secoud thing that the Bible tells us is that God is very great. One of
 the most popular modern writers said, ''God owes 1t to man to explain the
 mystery of evil"
 pr. Torrey now showed how small man really was, that each man was one of one billion. i've hundred mill lion. that the earth would go into the | sun one million two hundred thous- and times. that besidea our solar sys- | tenn there are one million others vis- l ibIe, through the telescope, and beyond
 them there was an infinite number of
 solar systems.
 s.Many,s said pr. Torrey is divided |
 vided by one millions two hundred 1 thousand, divided by one million, di- | yided by an indefinite number | God" said Dr. Torrey, "ts one null 1 tiplIed by one billion i've hundred mil
 lion, multiplied by one million, two I hundred thousand. multiplied by one
 million multiplied by an infinite num- l ber-that is God-and yet man at- I tempts to say what God ought to do" Il God ls Holy.
 Fl '"The third thing the Bible tells us is that God Ia holy ,Godsis holy; man is a sinner, and without the shedding of, the blood of a sufficient sacrifice there is no hope for man. And the | fourth thing that the Bible teaches us Is that we must meet God--the rich est man in Montgomery must meet Him
 and the poorest man must meet Him. face to face. Some of us here may
 meet God in twenty-four hours. Prob | ably sixty of us will meet Him within
 the year. by the law of probability. | In forty years almost all of us will have come face to face with him and
 in sixty years there will be none of us in this hall tonight who has not come face to face with Him. "So, are you ready to meet God?
 Can you meet Him with joy and not 1 with fear, with exultation and not with
 dismay? Am I, are you. under the l aeOnlnB OIooos ana 50 cen you ansWeE | that uuestion-'Art thou ready?' 1 Mondays Session. l Tomorrow afternoon the subject of
 Dr. Torrey's sermon will be '"rhe Pow
 or of Prayer" and in the evening 1t
 will probably be, Where Art Thou?" | The afternoon meetings will begin promptly at 2:30 o'clock and the even- | ing meetings at 8 o'clock. It is very important that people desirous of at- l tending these meetings should be on
 time, as it is very disturbing to Dr. Torrey when they are late, and when he commences to preach the doors are locked | Dr Jacoby is in charge of the help- CTS in the movement and will instruct them in the uses of the Bible between
 the hours of e:45 and 7:15 p. m. There will be no meetings of any kind Sat. urday.
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