Revival Addresses, by R A Torrey, Chapter 3, Found Wanting

Author(s): Torrey, Reuben Archer (1856-1928)
Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
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R.A. Torrey is one of the greatest American evangelists. Often mentioned alongside Dwight L. Moody (of the Moody Bible Institute), Torrey spent his life (1856-1928) traveling the world (Great Britain, China, Japan, Australia, India) and spreading the gospel of Christ. Revival Addresses is a compilation of 40 sermons he preached at rallies around the world. If one is daunted by the sheer volume of the mes-
sages, "The Greatest Sentence Ever Written" is a good place to start. It focuses on 1 John 4:8, "God is love." This simple sentence inspires some of Torrey's most powerful messages of hope and love for the unsaved. Primarily a collection of
sermons designed to bring unbelievers to salvation, Revival Addresses is a masterful resource for pastors, but also for unbelievers or Christians looking for motivation for evangelism.
Abby Zwart
CCEL Staff Writer
Practical theology
Evangelism. Revivals

About the Author
Reuben Archer Torrey (1856-1928) was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer.
Torrey was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on January 28, 1856. He graduated from Yale University in 1875 and Yale Divinity School in 1878. Following graduation, Torrey became a Congregational minister in Garrettsville, Ohio, in 1878, marrying Clara Smith there in October 1879. From 1881 to 1893, the Torreys had five children.

After further studies in theology at Leipzig and Erlangen Universities in 1882-1883, Torrey joined Dwight L. Moody in his evangelistic work in Chicago in 1889 and became superintendent of the Bible Institute of the Chicago Evangelization Society (now Moody Bible Institute). Five years later, he became pastor of the Chicago Avenue Church (now The Moody Church) in 1894.

In 1898, Torrey served as a YMCA chaplain at Camp Chicamauga during the Spanish-American War. Later, during World War II, he performed similar service at Camp Bowie (a POW camp in Texas) and Camp Kearny.

In 1902–1903, he preached in nearly every part of the English-speaking world, and with song leader Charles McCallon Alexander, conducted revival services in Great Britain in 1903–1905. During this period, he also visited China, Japan, Australia, and India. Torrey performed a similar campaign in American and Canadian cities in 1906–1907. Throughout these campaigns, Torrey utilized a meeting style that he borrowed from Moody's campaigns of the 1870s.

In 1912, he served as Dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University), and in 1915, as pastor of the Church of the Open Door in Los Angeles.

His last evangelistic meeting was in Florida in 1927. Future planned meetings were canceled due to his failing health. He died at home in Asheville, North Carolina, on October 26, 1928, having preached the world over and having left a legacy of over forty books.
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