The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
Vast 7hrongs Hear 7orrey Make Impassioned Appeal
 For Winning Souls to Jesus

-whom do you regard as really wise mani" Tze safd:
 If I went throueh the streets oI various waiks of life. what do you think that their reply would be to that question If | asked d banker he would reply, My idea of . wise man Ia one who through his wisdom ana shrewc- ness has accumulated more money @and more of this worid's goods than any body else.' If went up to the state House and asked . politician the same question he would answer, One who ia 90 well veraed in political and eco- homie questions that he possesses more than anyone else the power to nnd out and gratify the demands of his con- stituents. one who fills each success- i've political ofice until in the enc ns crowns his career by becoming the President of the t5nltsd States, per
 The leading educator. pr. Torrey said, would reply that the most suc- cessful man was the one who deeply versed in philosophy and philanthropy. had done the most to increaee the worlds store of kpowledge. Tne so most successful who derived "the most pleasures from. life"
 .But, if you asked God that cues- tion," said the speaker. earnestly. ssthere would come laundering doWn from that Golden Throne the hcAv- eniy answer. He that saveth sonls. and he only. and tnat conLronss l..,n. .,ss s
 tEvcryone who wishes to be cons sidered wise by cod should make the winning of souls the business or sneir
 "Tn the first place. Jesus Christ left the order .0o ye to all the world ana make apostles of all nations cSns n. fIIs orders had been obeyed he quoted again from Acts. viii. |, "And they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Tneh
 Tt is serious to disobey an crder in war time. but it ls far more seflous l for any of us to disobey the order of Jesua. for le said. sYe are my friends | if ye do whatsoever command ye. . | pr. Torrey emphasized the "Tf seyereI i times. Then he went on to say tnaS | in answer to the question what does | 1t mean to be Chrfstiap. the great l majority of people always answer "A af,mt ao' you know what 1t means Co I be a follower of Christr he demand | ed. Tt means that one must pc Im- l bued with the same spirit az Christ. l and how many of you remember that | passage, The Son Of man has come to seek and to save that which vas lost <
 "Is that what you came for9 IF sees | and to save that which was lostr II | that what you men and women nsvt come for, are working for. and will dis
 Then after pause he sald: "Ther, l ia one little passage in the Bibtes tha l could I repeat 1t, In exactly the was l that would like to repeat it, and en' I ph asize three words in 1t. in exactis I the way that would like to em'
 phasize them, would leave Montgom, s-y without another word saslsnes I that you would eli so forth and spens l the remainder oe your lives in thu T earneat and aucceasful endeavor o I saying souls to cod. I<wOuld feel tha Il my work here was done without ths I need of preaching another single ser mon. That passage. which yonshave si l probably seen. Id in the nftn chapter
 the Book of John, the goth verse. I verts s sinner % from the Srror of hl I way, shall save . souISfrom death. The Story ea the DianA6nd. fl Then pr. Ttr1eY. ab Is his wont. n
 lustrAtod his meaning with story. H 1 said that when he was In Chicago q 1 tile time Of the World's Fairs he wa
 attracted to q certain pert or en' I grounds where large throng wea al
 ways gathered. To see what tha l thronK of people were ga9ing at, h, had to stand upon his toes and lool over the heads Of the people. and thaI I he aAw that it was q huge and ,almos I priceless diamond that was attracting
 such an absorbed attention.
 "But do you know. that after thu | fair was over," sald pr. ToFrey, cer
 tain millionaire in Chicago purchased that almost uneQualed stone and gav' 1t to his wife. A short time after wards he dIed, and not a month aftel
 his death, his wife married another man. That's what diamonds ar'
 worth" he concluded. The lesson be-
 ing, that persons neglected the win nlng Of souls in their eagSrness to vii
 diamonds. when the winning of thu soul of one person i'd . million timei
 mcre valuable as an enduring and ev' erlasting profit.
 pr. ToFTey. told two more storiei