The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-25
PRAYERS MADE FOR THE
 STRAY ONES or MONTGOMERY
The Evangelist Held Three Services
 During the Day.
EAe Hope T. E1p'e.-ed That All Mont Oomery May Be Stirred With
 the Spirit Of . Great Revival.

Some of them with pale, but all of them with happy faces. those stout hearted church folk of Montgomery and from the surrounding country. too. who have entered into the revival with ell their hearts and souls, passed Quiet- ly out of the auditorium last night, sf- ter long day of fasting and prayer. More than one citizen who saw them on their silent homeward way. remark ed that there is a joy in other things beside three square meals every twen- ty-four hours.
 There have been other days that have witnessed more stirring times in the great bare hall where the revival services are held. but there has been no other day that has brought such quiet peace and calm happiness as Ash Wednesday brought with it to these earnest and devout folk who spent the entire day in meditation and prayer. The auditorium was at no time dur ing the three JceetingI flllcd with reo- pie. but 1t seemed to be filled with peace. and an atmosphere of worship was most apparent, as that even such as neglected to fast and to pray. were not in the hall long before they came under it's influence too.
 | Dr. Torrey and those who are work ing with him. feel that the results of the prayers. yesterday. will be felt in the future meetings. Tn many of the prayers the ministers. as well as Dr. Torrey ask ed that Montgomery be visited with revival that will stir 1t to It's foundations and that all the sur rounding country may be awakened with the fire of revival also.
 The afternoon talks on the work of the Holy Spirit, as a person are very interesting, and a number of people have said that they get more help from these talks than from the sermons in the evening. And the fact is. they do help, Christians and non Christians alike.
 Dr. Torrey amused his audience last night when he discussed Christian Sci- enoe. He said that he didn't like to ridicule anyb ody's belief, but that sometimes 1t is the only way. and this was a case in point. He was empha- sizing the statement he had made, that disbelief in a fact does not do away with the existence of the fact In doing this he told two amusing Christian Science stories. One of them was:
 { "A little girl. whose mother was try lug to bring her up as e Christian Sci enlist came to her mother one day, and Said:
 
 [ '-The mother saw a good opportunity Do begin to instill the doctrines of her 6eAfef in the child mind, so she re proved her daughter gently. saying,
 "You don't mean that, dear. You mean your grandfather thinks he is yick.'
 { "The little girl listened intently. A day or two later. she came running up to her mother and cried. oh. mama H.. at. It. H. II | And that and the other story he told about 3 mans testing Christian Sci ,,entist's non-belief in the existence of pain. with long and very pointed pin. convulsed the audience. Dr. Tor !rey has been very outspoken. in his .entipathy to Christian Science, but he idelved that much farther than hereto. fore into the subject last night. [ Ministers services will be held at the First Baptist church today. ! MORNING SERMON. "Hindrances To Prayer" was the subject of Dr. Torrey's sermon. yes. terday morning. More than a thousand persons came from the neighborhood prayer meetings to listen to him. and many others. who could not come asked to be remembered in prayer
 In his sermon, Dr. Torrey empha- aized worldliness. the neglect of Gods Word, and above all, the fostering ot idols in the heart, as the greatest ob- stacles to prayer. By idols. he meant the love for a human being, a son or a husband or brother. or a wife. that was greater than the individuals love for God. When Dr. Torrey concluded his talk and asked all those to stand who would from now on endeaxor to put away all manner of sin from their lives, to feed daily upon the Word of Bod, abstain from all worldly pleas 0res. and to put no one before God in their hearts. almost the entire audi ence arose.
 AFTERNOON SERVICE.
 Dr. Td<fey continued to talk of the ,swork of the Holy Spirit" yesterday afternoon. He said that the chief work bf the Holy Spirit is as witness to Jesus Christ. A person cannot come to a living knowledge of Christ, unless the Holy Spirit makes His testimony sn the heart first. Christian may work for hours and days and weeks with a sinner 50 no purpose. until the Holy Spirit testifies through the work CT in the heart of the sinner. to Jesus