The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
ny CAROLYN R. ELLIOTT.

Dr. R. A. Torrey, a Bible teacher of international repute. is in Birmingham
 pr. Torrey will conduct daily Bible conferences at II o'clock every morn ing, at o'clock every afternoon. and at 7;45 every evening for two weeks at West End Tabernacle. His initial sermon will be delivered at II o'clock this morning, A cordial invitation is extended the public to attend this and each service following.
 pr. Torrey is well known as one of the great evangelists. For many years he conducted union evangelistic cam paigns. both in America and abroad, known as the Torrey-AleXanderN meet ings. At one time he was head of the Moody Bible School in Chicago school Inow known over the world for it's Iaggressive work in spreading the Scrip lures. He is author of number of splendid books. such as: What the Bible Teaches" Prayer" How to Win Men to Christi and How to Study the Bible.' He is sought as forceful speaker at all the Bible conferences which today are growing in numbers and power At present Dr. Torrey is dean of the Bible Institute of Los
 
 Two things stand out distinctly in all pr. Torrey's work as an evange- i list, teacher, author-a passion for Christ and a knowledge of the Book. pr. Torrey believes the Bible to be the absolute inherent Word of God. and the Christ of the Bible the Divine Son of God and the only Savior of the world, Under the auspices of the West End Federation of Churches, Dr. Torrey will I l. fH.. i ing and afternoon for discussion of 1 such Bible themes as are of special l interest to those desiring to know more of what the Bible teaches. These con ! ferences will attract numbers of min l isters. Sunday school superintendents, | teachers and all students of the Book.
 Popular discussion of what the Bible 1 teaches will be the aim of these daily
 services.
 | The evening meetings, beginning promptly at 7:45 o'clock, will be evan
 gelistic throughout. For this joint pro-
 gramme of teaching the Scriptures and
 conducting an evangelistic campaign. it l is considered that no better choice could have been made in America than
 has been made in pr. Torrey
 l An attractive feature at every service will be the chorus singing. which will | be in charge of Rev. Dr. Stone, a pas tor of Baltimore. Md. who is also an l 1evangelist-singer of note Dr. Stone is
 said to have built up the biggest mems Sunday school class in the world--a | circumstance which may serve to in !, dicate his powers of organization and
 adaptation. At the tabernacle choir space can accommodate 500 persons, and it is expected to have this space well occupied by select singers.
 1 The fact that the public is invited by | the West End Federation, which in cludes the West End Methodist, Bap- l tist, Methodist Protestant and Vine
 Street Presbyterian churches. is proph- ecy of the interdenomi ma tional and community interest that will be mani fested during Dr. Torrey's stay. The pastors of these churches, Rev. H. M. stevenson, Rev. J. A. Cook, Rev. T. c. Casady and Rev. ], w. Hickman, join
 their congregations in an invitation to the tabernacle. that seats 1900 people. ] Not only is the federation taking care
 of all expense incidept to the meeting,
 but is purchasing and paying for the | five lots where the tabernacle is -lo- | cated thereby to make permanent this most eligible site as place for nopular
 assembly.
 THE FEDERATION
 l As will be recalled, the West End Fed | eration of Churches was developed through the cooperative movement four i years ago of the West End churches, looking to a united effort in evangelism l Union services were held at this time during the summer months. As result l union meeting was planned and tn | present tabernacle erected by the volun-