The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-01
BIBLE TALKS WILL
BRING REVIVAL Of
SCRIPTURE STUDY
Churches of Five DenomIna-
tons Join in Two Weeks
Institute to Hear Nations
Most Popular ExpoSitorS.

You are going TO see more peo-
pie carrying their Bibles next week
than you have seen in Memphis for
many a day" said Evangelist ]. h.
Phillips, Of Macon, Ga, founder and
director OF the annual Bible confer
ence movement. which will be inau-
gurated in Memphis next week.
when such men as Dr. K. A. Tor
rev, DIR. William Evans. DIR. Henry
Ostro mand DR.. James NJ. Gray start
talking about the Bible" DR. Phil
lips continued, "they will convince
you in just few minutes that 1t is
the most fascinating book you ever
picked up. After their lectures, the
people hurry home to get out their
old Bibles and after the first night,
they bring the good book along TO
read on the street car"
In the opinion Of DIR. Phillips, more
people are studying the Bible in
systematic way today than ever be-
fore. This is proven, he says. by the
remarkable growth of the adult Bible
classes in all denominations. But
interest in systematic Bible reading
is not confined 10 the church schools.
Thousands of peoole who are not
active in Sunday school work. and
who seldom attend church, are dis
covering new beauties in the classics
OF the Bible that cause them to turn
often from current news and fiction
to the Book of Books.
Seven years ago. the annual Bible
conference was started by Or. Phil
lips at Chattanooga, where he was
at that time pastor or the Baptist
tabernacle. This conference grew
TO such proportions that Or. Phil
lips finally gave all his attention to
the work and begah organizing
chain OF conferences throughout the
South.
Beginning Sunday. the institute will
continue two weeks. with services
daily at Central Baptist church and
evening lectures at Idlewild Presby-
terrain. st, Johns Methodist church
and McLemore Christian church the
first week. All evening services will
begin at 1880 o'cloc:;.
DR.. Torrey, of the Los Angeles
Bible institute, will preach Sunday
night at Idlewild Presbyterian church
and lectures there every night dur
ing the week. He will also speak at
3 pm. every day at Central Bap-
tist church, beginning Sunday. Dur
ing the second week he will speak
at noon and at pm. at Central
Baptist church. DR.. Torey won in
ternational fame whom he toured the
world in series of revival meet
ings with Dr. Alexander. known as
the Torrey- Alexander team.
DIR. Evans is the author OF some |
lof the most helpful Bible study books |
in print. For years he was assoc
ciate dean OF the Moody Bible In |
stitute at Chicago, later with the |
Los Angeles Bible institute. he Is
l.. nV,Nf n
conference work. He VIII speak Sun |
day night at ST. Johns Methodist |
church, and every night during the |
week. He will also speak daily at
IL am. at Central Baptist church.
DR.. Ostrom, of Chicago, is perhaps
best known as an evangelist, hav-
ing conducted large tabernacle meet
ings in all parts of the United states.
He Is now connected with the eN-
tension department of Moody Bible
Institute and Is giving all his time
10 conference work. Beginning sun
da yevening, he will lecture each
night at McLemore Avenue Christian
church, and at 2:S0 pm. daily at
Central Baptist church. /
DR.. Gray is one OF the greatest
living Biblo eXpositors. lie is the
author of the Synthetic Bible study
and other valuable texts. He will
sneak at Central Baptist church at
room and at night during the first
week of the conference.
There will be a mass meeting for
women at Central church at 80 pm.
Saturday, at which Miss Ena Bridges,
missionary, of Urmia, Persia, will
relate some of her thrilling eXpper-
fences during the war.
Special music will feature all of
the meetings, Rev. William Young,
OF Lincoln, Neb,, being in charge Of
The singing at Central church.