The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
No Lack of Enthusiasm
 Last Night.
 an SM FULLY 5000 ATTENDED
 SERVICES OF WEDNESDAY Df. Torreyis Believer in the Old
 fashioned Hell.
 e ssys That Anyone Who Believes in the nibIe and Christ Must Believe in Place of Tor
 ment.

There were more than 5000 persons that went to listen to pr. Torrey last niaht and. by the same token, there i we're some 5000 odd folk who, while tliateninF to the sermon, forgot all they lenay have heard about Dr. Torreys iiack of emotion. If there was nothing fAlne in evidence last night. emotion was in the singing, in the praying ana saboye all, In the preaching.
 The subject of that solemn and sur ring sermon was. Hell; Its Certainty and What Sort of Place It Ia pr. sTorrey believes absolutely in the oid- Sashioned Hell. and he showed, furth- ernore, that all persons who believe Tn the Bible and the Christ of the Bible, .an,,st also believe In terrible place of torment for all unrepentant sinners. Those who hardened to him were at times in a state of nerve -strain that Dordered closely upon tears.
 Az a ntting prelude to this impres- sive sermon, the large audience sang sas if 1t were swept from it's feet by re- 1i~ioua fe-yor. for the first time since the first meeting. If Dr. Palmer's ef- forts ever bore fruit, it was last nignt when he got, not only the women, put nearly all of the men to really sings as # their hearts were in the spirit or the revival. Altogether 1t was most memorable meeting. i. As there were about 1000 persons at the afternoon meeting. 1t was esti. mated that a total of more than 5.000 persons attended both services. Sey- nral of the ministers gave 1t as their opinion that yesterday was the most successful revival day that has yet be- fallen in Montgomery. pr. Torrey VIII continue his talks on Hell in hts ser mon. Hell; What Sort of Place It Ia. and Who is Going There" tonight. There were seventeen conversions dn- ring the day, making a total of Sls.
 pr. Torrey preached on The FoweF of the Bible" yesterday afternoon. He gave eight ways in which the power Of the Bible shows itself. and finished by saying that a man who negleets his Bible, neglects all the good there IS m life. The majority of folk in the large audience promised that they would spend at least ten minutes with their Bibles each day hereafter.
 Hell; It's Certainty, And What Sort Of a Place It Is." was the subject of iDr, Torray's sermon last night. pr. Torrey began, by saying.
 "H I were to choose my own sub- 5ect to preach upon, I certainly would never cheose this. always speak up- 2 on 1t with reluotapce and p@ins and l cannot remember a time when I have more painfully the weight of the re- sponsibility that is mine. than this afternoon and evening. It is an awful subject. but a minister of God has no right to choose his own subjects. He must go to God for them, and am con- vinced that God wishes me to speak upon this awful subject tonight. would rather preach unpleasant truths than pleasant error. There are per- sons, I know who will call me nar- row, 'harsh,' cruel and not up to date But as to being narrow. have no desir etc be any more broad than Jesus Christ was; as to being cruel. is 1t cruel to tell men the truth2 AS far as being up to date is concerned. l would rather be behind the times with Jesus Crist than up to date with the Devil" .,.st
 The text wa, Matthew V 2s a if thy right eye causeth thee toe Jmble, pluck it out. and cast it fro thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell"
 Dr.. Torrsy explained that he was not giving either his own speculation or those of any other man, but that he was just giving what the apostles, Christ and God said about hell He said that he took his text from the ser mon on the Mount, for two reasons first because 1t exactly suited his pur- pose; secondly-Abecause. although there are a good many people of today who do not believe in the whole Bible they do believe in the Sermon on the Mount. He also called attention to the fact that many. persons have said that the revised Version has done away with heIl. and that that was one of the