Revival Addresses Author(s): Torrey, Reuben Archer (1856-1928) Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Description: R.A. Torrey is one of the greatest American evangelists. Of- ten mentioned in concert with 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 com- pilation 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 evangel- ism. Abby Zwart CCEL Staff Writer Subjects: Practical theology Evangelism. Revivals i Contents Note 1 Title Page 2 CONTENT PAGE 3 INTRODUCTION 4 REVIVAL ADDRESSES 5 I. GOD 6 I. GOD IS 7 II. GOD IS GREAT 10 III. GOD IS HOLY. 11 IV. WE MUST ALL MEET GOD. 12 II. THE GREATEST SENTENCE THAT WAS EVER WRITTEN 13 III. FOUND WANTING 20 IV. THE JUDGMENT DAY 30 V. EVERY MAN'S NEED OF A REFUGE 37 VI. THE DRAMA OF LIFE IN THREE ACTS 45 ACT I.-WANDERING; OR THE NATURE OF SIN 46 ACT II.-DESOLATION; OR, THE FRUITS OF SIN. 48 Act III.-THE WANDERER'S RETURN; OR, THE REMEDY FOR SIN. 51 VII. QUESTION THAT SHOULD STARTLE EVERY MAN WHO IS NOT A 54 CHRISTIAN I. THE GREATNESS OF THE SALVATION. 55 II. ONLY SALVATION. 57 III. TO MISS SALVATION ALL THAT IS NECESSARY IS MERELY TO 58 NEGLECT IT. VIII. A SOLEMN QUESTION FOR THOSE WHO ARE REJECTING CHRIST 62 THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE WORLD. IX. REFUGES OF LIES 67 ii I. HOW TO DETECT A REFUGE OF LIES. 68 II. REFUGES OF LIES EXAMINED AND EXPOSED. 70 X. THE WAY OF SALVATION MADE AS PLAIN AS DAY 78 I. WHAT IT MEANS TO BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS. 79 II HOW FAITH MANIFESTS ITSELF. 81 XI. WHAT IT COSTS NOT TO BE A CHRISTIAN 86 XII. THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT ANY MAN EVER ASKED 94 OR ANSWERED I. SOME THINGS THAT DEPEND ON WHAT WE DO WITH JESUS CHRIST 95 II. WHAT WE MUST DO WITH JESUS CHRIST. 99 III. WHO THIS JESUS IS WITH WHOM WE HAVE TO DO. 101 XIII. ONE OF THE SADDEST UTTERANCES THAT EVER FELL FROM THE 107 LIPS OF THE SON OF GOD I. WHY ANY MAN IS LOST. 108 II. WHY MEN WILL NOT COME TO CHRIST. 109 XIV. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 115 XV. EXCUSES 126 XVI. HEROES AND COWARDS 136 XVII. THREE FIRES 145 I. THE BAPTISM WITH FIRE 147 II. THE FIRE OF JUDGMENT THAT WILL TRY THE BELIEVER'S WORKS. 153 III. THE FIRE OF ETERNAL DOOM. 154 Colophon 156 Indexes 157 Index of Scripture References 158 iii This PDF file is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, www.ccel.org. The mission of the CCEL is to make classic Christian books available to the world. • This book is available in PDF, HTML, ePub, Kindle, and other formats. See http://www.ccel.org/ccel/torrey/revival.html. • Discuss this book online at http://www.ccel.org/node/3007. The CCEL makes CDs of classic Christian literature available around the world through the Web and through CDs. We have distributed thousands of such CDs free in developing countries. If you are in a developing country and would like to receive a free CD, please send a request by email to [email protected]. The Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a self supporting non-profit organization at Calvin College. If you wish to give of your time or money to support the CCEL, please visit http://www.ccel.org/give. This PDF file is copyrighted by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. It may be freely copied for non-commercial purposes as long as it is not modified. All other rights are re- served. Written permission is required for commercial use. iv Note Note This book is in the public domain. The person who scanned this book requests that if you sell or redistribute this book for profit, you include a note stating that it is available free on the Internet at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (http://www.ccel.org/). ——————————————————————————————————————— 1 Title Page Title Page REVIVAL ADDRESSES BY R. A. TORREY AUTHOR OF “What the Bible Teaches,” “How to Work for Christ,” “How to Pray,” etc. etc. CHICAGO NEW YORK TORONTO FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY LONDON AND EDINBURGH 2 CONTENT PAGE CONTENT PAGE CONTENT PAGE INTRODUCTION. .. i I. GOD............ 5 II. “GOD IS LOVE”.................................. 17 III. “FOUND WANTING”............................... 30 IV. THE JUDGMENT DAY......................... 49 V. EVERY MAN’S NEED OF A REFUGE.............. 62 VI. THE DRAMA OF LIFE IN THREE ACTS........... 76 VII. A QUESTION THAT SHOULD STARTLE EVERY MAN WHO IS NOT A CHRISTIAN................... 89 VIII. A SOLEMN QUESTION FOR THOSE WHO ARE REJECTING CHRIST THAT THEY MAY OBTAIN THE WORLD..................... 102 IX. REFUGES OF LIES............................ 112 X. THE WAY OF SALVATION MADE AS PLAIN AS DAY.................... 130 XI. WHAT IT COSTS NOT TO BE A CHRISTIAN....... 145 XII. THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT ANY MAN EVER ASKED OR ANSWERED............ 161 XIII. ONE OF THE SADDEST UTTERANCES THAT EVER FELL FROM THE LIPS OF THE SON OF GOD........ 183 XIV. “WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?”................196 XV. EXCUSES..................................... 218 XVI. HEROES AND COWARDS......................... 236 XVII. THREE FIRES.............................. 253 3 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION REQUESTS have come from many quarters for the publication of some of the sermons which God has been pleased to so greatly use in Japan, China, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, India, England, and Scotland. This volume is published in response to this request. The author hopes that the sermons may be used as greatly in their printed form as they have been when spoken. The sermons when delivered, as here published, were taken down in shorthand, but have been carefully revised by the author. Each one of them has many sacred memories connected with it. When one of these sermons was delivered through an inter- preter in a Japanese city, eighty-seven Japanese came forward and declared publicly their acceptance of Christ. After the delivery of another in Shanghai, a large number of Chinese men and women walked out from their places among their heathen companions and publicly professed their acceptance of Christ. On some occasions in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, hundreds of men and women came forward and with their own lips publicly con- fessed their acceptance of Christ as their Saviour and their Lord. Reports of some of these sermons have been given in religious and secular papers, but these reports have been neces- sarily fragmentary and inaccurate, as they have never been revised by the author. I have abundant proof that even these unsatisfactory reports have done good, but it seems desirable that a full and accurate report of what I have said be given to the public. 4 REVIVAL ADDRESSES REVIVAL ADDRESSES REVIVAL ADDRESSES 5 I. GOD I. GOD I. GOD “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God”—Psalm xiv. 1. I have taken, or rather God has given me, for my text tonight a very short one. I do not think you ever heard a sermon from a shorter text. I will not tell you where to find the text. It occurs several hundred times in the Bible. Indeed, open your Bible at random almost anywhere and you will find my text somewhere on the page. It consists of but one word; but it would take all eternity to exhaust its meaning, and then it will not be exhausted. It is “God”—a word the height and depth and length and breadth of whose meaning no philo- sopher has ever fully apprehended. 6 I. GOD IS I. GOD IS I. GOD IS The first thing the Bible teaches us about God is that God is. “God is”—two short words. Tremendous significance! “God is.” If that simple truth gets hold of your mind and heart it will move and mold your entire life. It will determine your science, it will determine your philosophy, it will determine your daily life, it will determine your eternity. “God is.” The psalmist tells us in Psalm xiv.—“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” Please note where he says it—“in his heart.” That is, he says there is no God simply because he does not wish to believe that there is a God. Now, there is a God, and a man that denies a fact simply because he does not wish to believe it is a fool. There is abundant proof of the existence of God, so abundant that no man can sit down and consider the proof thoroughly and candidly without acknowledging the existence of God. Nature proves the existence of God. All through Nature there are marks of creative intelligence. Everywhere in Nature you find order, symmetry, law. You can study Nature in the minute, or you can study Nature in the vast, it makes no difference; everywhere you find the marks of intelligence and creative design. You may take your microscope and turn it down upon the minutest forms of life; everywhere there is adaptation to end, to purpose, to design.
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