The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08

then. one of two friends who went to New York to make their fcrtuneG One Of them died after he had amassed four million dollars, the other was In good business when suddenly his daughter was taken from him. At hrst he was heartbroken, until one day # suddenly dawned on him that he could devote the rest of his life to saving other meas daughters to God From that time on, he has worked to rescue fallen women. and has saved thousands of souls all over the world. "So." con- ciuded pr. Torrey, which one of those man do you think reaped the greater reward--the man who died and left four million dollars bshind him, or the man who took thous4nds of souls with him to 0od?-
 digging . well In Minnesots. One man wAs down in the we'll while the other was on the surface drawing out the dirt in bucket. Suddenly the man in the we'll was engulfed In qufcksand. His comrade was unable to aid him, so he went and got another man. The two men were unable to make any headway. Neither were three or four. 30 finally the whole town was enlist ed. and by working all day and all night they finally succeeded In digging the man out and saved his life. I Did any of you ever work all night to save a soulr' demanded pr. Torrey. "Did you ever get smother man to help you, and that falling, did you finally get the town or the city to join with you in your isbors--and yet . soul is far more precious than q life. If whole town worked all day and all night to save life, why can't town work all day and all night to save q souiT'
 .Tf I should announce today. that tomorrow morning intended to make public secret process whereby stones could be turned lnto diamonds, that for the first and last time would give my secret Co the public at 6 o'clock
 in the morning, do you doubt for . mement but that merchants and bank era, lawyers and doctors and every body else in the city would come to the auditorium tonight and camp out until morning. waiting for mel" xnseReae fin Souls.
 pr. Tofrey went on to say that for such Q thing people would come from all over the south and from sthe ends of the earth if possible. He said that the mud looking for stones. even the most influential and dignifed of all.
 And he asked why people do not show the same interest and enthusiasm in Iturning the souls, that are stones, in- l to souls that are diamonds worthy of 1 a place in Christ,s Eternal Diadem. | Another story he told wss that of
 a young man whom he knew when he was in Minneapolis. He was asked I he lived a long way from him. he ask I ed another minister. friend of his. | to look after the young man. Thfs friend. in making his first report said that the young man was not setting along very we'll as he had said, that
 his greatest purpose in life was 'to shine in society,".
 eThis man, at least he wore trous- ers," said Dr. ToRrey, almost made me loose my faith in mankind".
 l Going on. he said that few people Il noW-a-days, ever speak of President Mckinley. They are stopping their .alk about Roosevelt and in ten years one will scarcely remember him. It's
 all Taft now. showing the value of t earthly success.
 II Save Ome More.
 His first sermon he concluded by a
 story. This story he explained, he had told more than 100 times in his sermons around the world. It was of l: two young men, who went to the North western University years ago. Il Their names were 'Ed' and VIII.
 Spencer and they came from Evanston, in, Iowa. i In the fall of their first year in col- lege, the Lady Elgin was wrecked on
 the coast Of Lake Michigan. All of the students went over to see the T wreck. The weather was bitterly cold and there seemed to be no hope for the persons on the ship which was fast breaking up.
 Il lBut Ed Spencer was a strong swim. mer and he persisted in going into
 the water with a rope about his waist to make an attempt to save the ship l wrecked people. After almost super human efforts, he, alone and unaided I brought back seventeen persons. Twice he collapsed ana had to fight with his friends to go back, until at last he fainted and was put to bed. 1 And all that night in his deiirium he would start up and cry to his brother 'wilr who was nursing him. "Do you think I did my best? Do you think did my bestT'
 And all that night, he repeated that question again and again? said EDr. Torrey". and all night his brother
 replied. Why Ed you saved seven
 "Yes', .Ed would reJoin. but don't you think that could have saved one more? Oh, if could have only saved one moreE
 Men and women of Montgomery. we are standing by a stormy sea in
 which many barks are going down l and many lives are being lost, the souls, ana repeat that cry of ga
 Spencer's oh. If we could only save one more"'.
 The EveniAs Service.
 | To an audience that overhowed the Iaudie0rium. and from which hundreds were turned away on account ofSth lack of room. Dr. Torrey delivered Q sermon last night, his text being. "God" As Q result of this meeting many per- sons publicly accepted Christianity. sIgnifed their willingness to aid in the work of recovering souls to God.
 This sermon was for the most part an argument against scientific disbe- lief in God, and pr. Torrey. after saying that the first thing the Bible tells us, Is that God is," quotSd the hrst clause of the fourteenth verse of Palms. 'srhe fool says in his heart there Is no God"
 Mature proves that there Is a God" Inc said, ''the order, Ghe beauty, the symmetry of nature ali point to an IomnIBotent and benehcent, being who lereated all things. If one asks, Did Nature have an Intelligent maker? lwoui0 ask the question. did the watch IhaVe an intelligent maker7
 "Or, as some scientists and philosop- Ihers tell us of the universe, did dancing particles revolve around and around through space until at an appointed ltIme they wfirled together and formed this watch? So, pr. Torrey said that