Show a Evangelists and Laymen Join to I Drive Devil from Chicago T t flHI p4 I I j f ti k I F 0 i I m z i i e fr 1 t S II y i 1 J EY LJR PAJ 2 2E7 ChlcagoA strenuous effort Is under un-der way to make this city too hot for his Satanic majesty the devil If tho campaign Inaugurated Is successful the forces of evil will retreat before the onward march of a victorious army whose slogan Is civic purity and whose emblem is the banner of Christ Rev Dr R A Torrey whose singularly singu-larly successful career as an evangel 1st has encompassed practically every nation and every country of the globe within tho past few years Is the general gen-eral In command of tho campaign Behind Be-hind him and the ministers who are olned with him In the effort to drive sin from Chicago Is what is known as the Laymans KyangelisUc council a body made up of business men of Chicago many of them prominent In financial commercial and Industrial circles It Is a business mens movement move-ment backed financially find morally by substantial and successful laymen who believe In the efficacy of Christianity Chris-tianity Being a Mistiness mens movement the campaign lias thug far been carried car-ried on In a businesslike manner The opponents of Satan who are seeking to wrest Chicago from the grip of the evil one have provided a big Gospel tent heated by steam radiators being run Into the building and connected with a nearby plant The tent Is guaranteed to seat 12500 persons It Is doubtful whether such a comprehensive com-prehensive campaign against sin In all Its hideous aspects has been undertaken under-taken In Chicago since the days of Dwight L Moody It is possible that tho present Gospel campaign may reach proportions beyond anything of tho kind ever undertaken in this city cityHev Rev Dr Torrey Is an experienced evangelist He Is practically fresh from his experiences In an aroundtho world trip which astounded everybody In tho amount of Interest created and in the results which followed the brief engagements of himself and his assistant assist-ant C M Alexander who Is now on another trip around the world necessitated neces-sitated by the Illness of tho great Gospel Gos-pel singers wife but made profitable from n moral standpoint by evangel JBUU WUrK Dr Torrey before ho started on his evangelistic tour of the world was pastor of the Moody church In this city and superintendent of the Moody Institute for a number of years lIe was closely associated with Mr Moody and managed the worlds campaign of that Illustrious evangelist It was during the eight years In which Dr Toney was pastor of the Moody church that ho acquired the basis of his reputation as an evangelist evangel-ist As ho himself describes It ho Was always an evangelist pastor Each year of his pastorate was a continuous con-tinuous revival campaign Especially was religious fervor Induced during tho summer months During tho last year of his pastorate over 2000 persons per-sons embraced the faith of Christ und Joined his church In addition to these there were many more who I were converted to a better life and who I united with other churches but of I whom no actual count was kept I Dr Torroy himself IB a most interesting Inter-esting personality lIe was born In Jlohoken N Y January 3 1850 Early In life his father who was a prominent Democratic politician located lo-cated In Brooklyn N Y and In that city adjacent to Now York > with tho metropolis affording au excellent school for the study of life conditions the present ovangellst was reared Tp < cpnpectlpns of his father who for years was collector of Internal revenue rev-enue In Hrooklyn and who was such a power In the prevailing politics of that city that he was tendered hut i of need a nomination for the mayoralty which was tantamount to nn election gave Dr Torrey other ample means of learning by personal contact of the great realities of life Dr Torrey was educated at Yale from which Institution ho holds two degrees tho first being taken when lie graduated at the age of 19 lIe Is one of tho two last men to graduate from that famous Institution at such a youthful age the limit being raised to affect tIme graduating class of the ypfir following his degreci Later ho went to Berlin and Lelpslc where ho studied for four years Returning to America he entered the ministry and In 184 came to join Moody In Chicago Chi-cago After tho death of that beloved minister min-ister and evangelist Dr Torrey remained re-mained In charge of tho work until 1902 when ho began his career as a world evangelist Ills first cosmopolitan cosmopoli-tan campaign was held In Japan In that year and In the month he was there 1000 conversions of natives wore recorded About the same number num-ber embraced the teachings of Christ during the month he spent In China In both of these countries as well as In all others whore a different language lan-guage than English Is generally spoken spok-en Dr Torrey addressed his audiences audi-ences through an Interpreter From China Dr Torrey and his companion Mr Alexander went to Australia where they preached and sang tho Gospel In nearly every city of prominence They were one month In Melbourne and In that time CO meetings were held 1 and 8012 professed pro-fessed Christianity and had their names enrolled as among those saved from reckless and unthinking living through tho power of God shown through Dr Torroy and Mr Alexander Similar results were produced In Sydney I Syd-ney and the three leading cities of New Zealand and Tasmania was awakened as well TIme next step In the world campaign cam-paign undertaken by Torrey and Alexander Al-exander was England where all tho principal cities wore visited and services serv-ices conducted In halls seating not less than 5000 persons Three months spent In Liverpool resulted In the conversion con-version of 12500 persons In London at Royal Albert hall which was secured se-cured for the meetings the evangelists remained two months Tho hall seated seat-ed 10000 and accommodated 2000 more standing This hall was filled every afternoon and evening special meetings for men nnd women being hold so that those who Hocked to hear tho evangelists might be butter accommodated But as it was as many were turned away from every service as gained admission In Birmingham where thoro was n I seating capacity of 8000 with room j for 2000 more standing lousnds i I wero turned away from every suvlce and the campaign attracted so ma i people that the services of the mounted police wore necessary to keep till crowds In check In one month 7700 people were converted In one day during time Liverpool campaign which was the greatest single day of the cnmado In England J 220 women pi of eased conversion a tho afternoon meeting and 440 mime at time ovenlim norvlco In tho worldf campaign er vjrrey and Alsxande 102000 persons whoso names and ad droBnoa worn recorded profosaod CJirle tlanlty flip > oocupled positions Ic life all the way front earls to Uums In London especial royalty became Intelestod In the movement and at ended the meetings at Hoynl Albert hall and ninny ti coronetod luad bowed at the altar In complete mirren I del to tho Master whom Dr Torrey f oYO Is serving In his most useful capacity The ranipi4gn In i Ikrlln I I was interesting I inter-esting In that Count WliMmhn and 2ount llernsdoif two of the best iiiown nnd moat icapocted members if the t iermim nobility t tided us In i erpreters for Dr Torioy Dr Torrey ilniBelf Is a Uncut German 1 speaker mil often addressed I Ills I m meetings I In Heilln III time tongue of time fatherland nit irsually l ono of the to counts was prestiit to give till t proper Interpretation Inter-pretation of the words of tho evangel lilt In a iimnner that would be the most effective with I the antI iommce Dr Torioy him spent much of the timE since his retmn from lie world tour III ovangillstlc work In this country coun-try In some respects ho believes that t Sunday uI mitch 17 of tho t present year wall ono of Imp most vemarknblo days ho ever witnessed Ho was holding hold-ing evangelistic services In Buffalo There woio three meetings one for women ono for men and boys and till t thlid for men only At tho meeting for young men and boys 702 ranging In age from in to 15 J years came forward for-ward amid professed Christianity Bishop Berry of the Methodist Episcopal 1 church who waw present ut this service said to Dr Torrey I never saw such a sslght before Ill IsIs Is-is Pentecost In all there wero 1002 conversions In Buffalo that day Such In brief Is the evangelistic history of the man who has been secured se-cured to head tho laymens movement to drive tho dovll from Chicago With the record of accomplishment which Dr Torioy has and with the Interest that already has developed In these remarkable evangelistic meetings meet-ings thoro Is every reason to believe that what the laymens council expects ex-pects will como true and that beforetime before-time end of next month Chicago will have had a religious awakening such as It never has experienced An Idea of tho businesslike methods meth-ods with which this remarkable campaign cam-paign Is being pursued Is manifested In the posters which advertise tho meetings They are printed on yellow yel-low cardboard In black and red Ink Tho word Sin appears In large rod letters at tho top of the poster Tho top two lines read What Sin Costs Chicago Beneath III black type with a red ruled border appear these statements state-ments Thousands of lives every year Millions of dollars to suppress crime Hundreds of widows and orphans caused by dilnk and crime Thousands of girls led astray Thousands of boys arrested for crime Hundreds of insane and suicides Dozens of women assaulted In a circle with a red background near the bottom of the poster appears the slogan To Win Men to Christ At tho bottom of the poster In large black typo Is the war cry I Help Drive Sin From Chicago Aro you not aggravated at times by these men who profess an interest III your meetings for tho solo purpose of getting money for their present needs was asked Dr Torrey Indeed no ho answered Some of the most steadfast of tho converts I have mado In my evangelistic cam palgns have been tho filthiest nppar ently tho most hopeless specimens 01 humanity upon whom your eyes eve rested There was one man a partlcula case Ho hung around tho Moody In stltuto for three years Ho was a drunkard and one of the kind who np parently had lost every atom of manhood man-hood and responsibility He once nearly killed his wife while on a drunken spree Ho used to come hero and work every possible pretext for getting money with which to buy rliInlc rliInlcWe We kept him going among us for almost three years We know ho was working us but we thought wo wotili be able to change him Into another man Finally 1 the case appealed almost al-most hopeless I was In despair and after an especially flagrant lirench oC good faith on his part I told God that If Ho over gave mo another soul I wanted that man Soon after he hi gnu to change Today ho Is honest tospectcd occupies a high place In lie business world and Is ono of the most earnest amid capable Christian worker In tho entire city of Chicago Is the devil more at homo In Chicago Chi-cago than In any other city with which you are familiar Dr Torrey was asked I Without hesitation he answered NoWhat What do you consider tho mos wicked city In the world San Francisco was ho ropllei without reservation It may be Improved Im-proved now But there was so much ooni for Improvement Tho cities or th orient where cosmopolitan crowds wlile 1 with tho natives are ord uailt tho worst Some of the cities nf lavu and India whole Americans KntHihMon and others of the Anglo axnn rawa ate located In colonies ir > vlthoif question the wlckodos Iar < s of which I have knowledge Dr Yorrey and the ministers am aymon ass lclateh with him In tho ireaent crusade do not eNpect to exl > Is Satanic majesty entirely from hlcairo not yet They have hopes or tho futuro But Just at present hey expect to make Chicago so warm or sin of ovary description that tho lovll will bo content to go homo for 9 icntlnn 00 c |