The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-22
EVENING SERVICE.

What Are You waiting ForY was the subject of pr, Torrey,s sermon ,, last ,st And now why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized, washing away thy sin. calling on the name of the Lord" The part of the text that pr. Torrey em- Why tarriest .thouT' He said in part:
 "It was God who asked that ques-- ton through His servant Ananias, of Saul of Tarsus; and l. believe that God me. tonight, of every man. woman and child in this hall that is not an open : ly confessed. out.and-out follower of Jssu. Cnrist God Is wS. ssyips .1s tonight, 3 waiting torY
 Then pr. Torrey told the story of how Saul of Tarsus. while on Q journey to Damascus to arrest and bring to their deaths the Christians of that city. saw Christ in a cloud of glory. Christ told him to so to Damascus and ne would be told what to do. He went there and spent three days in fasting self to Jesus. So God wearied with waiting sent His servant. Ananias with the message, Why do you not come out openly and eonte. Him whom you
 After telling his audience that God was asking them that same question tonight. he said:
 "What are you waiting for that you
  tell me your real reason. If you did that I could sit down beside you with the Word of God and show you how little there is in your reason. If get almost every man and woman in this building that Is out of Christ to accept Him tonight But there is no time for that, so I want you all to look upon this, not as sermon. but as talk direct to you as personal con- versation with me-"
 After a few minutes of silence In which pr. Torrey had asked al, agnos- selves that question. why am wait one one by one. He said:
 Tn the first place. some of you have ; said tonight, I am waiting until snail be convinced; just as soon as l an, convinced that the Bible is the Word of God and Jesus is the Son of God. con.:s % :s0is l iaas Sstors the nv xsod will come to me at the close of thls meeting, l will show you how to nnd. beyond all manner of doubt that the Bible Is the Word of God and Christ Is AeN Doubter Should Pray.
 pr. Torrey's method, which he says has proved almost infallible all around ss S .9s saa s.s k fir finn the o dSSsses Ds .s book and Christ Is His Son. He says that If a doubter does that honestly and fsithfnlly' he VIII n, be nSsnsr sonverss1 sn give him to know the truth, He relat. ed several cases in which the truth of this statement had been proven.
 som.Sns sns sfssna siss may Sass ssy as much as you do. but I am waiting till have enjoyed the world enough, Fnd Thsis n are MonsSaery sssas s%s of h saye sitien srgThs Thsy 'ia @aHs na s' ths mstaEs thinking that when they grow tired oi out any sacrifice; they think that aftel a while a man will grow tired of this world and give it up without any sf. fort. What a great mistake! The enjoyment you get out of 1t. but the tighter Its grip becomes upon your
 In explaining this point. pr. Tore, his alcohol at first, and drinks from pleasure. Finally. however. he be. comes disgusted with 1t and wants tc give 1t up. but the habit is too strong right on drinking. The same way wltf other things of the world, money-get ting, cards, theatre-going. etc.
 'In the third place there are many their friends, and young ladies art waiting for their lady. friends. womer are waiting for their husbands, lover! are waiting for their sweethearts--ont is waiting for another. What I say tt you Is. you come to Christ first ant bring your friends with you. If you friends love you as much as you lov, them. when you come to Christ theI will come along. too. It is better tha you should take them to Heaven witl you, than that you should go to hel with them. Perhaps they say the, won't come with you. then I say to 70, to come alone. I would rather be il Heaven without any friends than II hell with all my friends"
 Someone else says. Well. that Is no what I am waiting for; I am waitinl A great many. There Is many al earnest soul that would really like t, be a Christian. but they think that the, have not got the right kind of feeling Some are waiting for the joy and peac that Christians talk about. But yol