Sermons & Devotionals by Reuben Archer Torrey
Reuben Archer Torrey
How To Pray 10 - WHEN TO PRAY
If we would know the fulness of blessing that there is in the prayer life, it is important not only that we pray in the right way, but also that we pray at the right time. Christ's own example is full of suggestiveness as to the right time for prayer. 1. In the 1st chapter of Mark, the 35th verse, w... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 2: Methods of Christian Work, Chapter 11
ORGANIZING AND CONDUCTING A GOSPEL MISSION I. IMPORTANCE OF GOSPEL MISSIONS. 1. In every large city, and in many of our smaller cities, there are great masses of the people that the churches are not reaching. The reasons why they are not being reached by the church are various. First of all because ... Read More
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit 18. The Holy Spirit Sending Men Forth to Definite Lines of Work
We read in Acts xiii. 2-4, "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, d... Read More
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The Great Attraction: The Uplifted Christ
IN A RECENT ADVERTISEMENT OF A Sunday evening service in one of. our American cities it was stated that there would be three attractions: a high-class movie show, a popular gospel pianist and his wife, rendered by a well-known prima donna. It is somewhat startling when an unusually gifted and popula... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 1: Personal Work, Chapter 5
HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE WHO REALIZE THEIR NEED OF A SAVIOR AND REALLY DESIRE TO BE SAVED We come now to the question of how to deal with individual cases. We begin with those who realize their need of a Savior, and really desire to be saved. We begin with these because they are the easiest class to d... Read More
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit 19. The Holy Spirit and the Believer's Body
The Holy Spirit does a work for our bodies as well as for our minds and hearts. We read in Rom. viii. 11, R. V., "But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, He that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall quicken also your mortal bodies through His Spirit that dw... Read More
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Difficulties in the Bible: 22. How Could Jesus Commend the Action of the Unrighteous Steward?
A very puzzling passage in the Bible to many is the story of the unrighteous steward recorded in Luke 16:1-14. Once when this passage was assigned by the International Sunday School Committee, a lady told me that she had made up her mind not to teach it. She said, "The three points of difficulty are... Read More
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How To Pray 11 - THE NEED OF PRAYER BEFORE AND DURING REVIVALS
If we are to pray aright in such a time as this, much of our prayer should be for a general revival. If there was ever a time in which there was need to cry unto God in the words of the Psalmist, "Wilt Thou not revive us again, that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?" (Ps. 85:6) it is this day in which... Read More
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Where Will You Spend Eternity?
"Whither goest thou?" John. 16: 5. OUR subject to-night is, Where Will You Spend Eternity? You will find the text in John 16: 5, "Whither goest thou?" Jesus Christ was about to leave this world. He told the disciples that he was going, but none of them asked Him whither He was going. He reproved the... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 2: Methods of Christian Work, Chapter 12
MEETINGS IN JAILS, HOSPITALS, POORHOUSES, ETC. Jails, hospitals, poorhouses and other public institutions offer a very important and much-neglected field of operations for the devoted soul winner. I. IMPORTANCE AND ADVANTAGES. 1. MANY OF THE INMATES OF THESE INSTITUTIONS MUST BE REACHED WHILE THERE,... Read More
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The Greatest Sentence That Was Ever Written
"God is Love."- 1 John iv. 8. My subject is the greatest sentence that was ever written. Of course, that sentence is in the Bible. All the greatest sentences are in the one Book. The Bible has a way of putting more in a single sentence than other writers can put in a whole book. Yet there are some w... Read More
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Wherein the Bible Differs From All Other Books
Sermon to the graduating class of Bible Institute of Los Angeles, June 25, 1916. "The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat, saith the LORD." Jer. 23:28 R.V. THE Bible stands absolutely alone. It is... Read More
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How To Pray 12 - THE PLACE OF PRAYER BEFORE AND DURING REVIVALS
No treatment of the subject How to Pray would be at all complete if it did not consider the place of prayer in revivals. The first great revival of Christian history had its origin on the human side in a ten-days' prayer-meeting. We read of that handful of disciples, "These all with one accord conti... Read More
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Difficulties in the Bible: 23. Were Jesus and Paul Mistaken as to the Time of Our Lord's Return?
It is constantly taught not only by unbelievers but even in many Christian pulpits and in some of our theological seminaries that Jesus and Paul were mistaken as to the time of our Lord's return. In an interesting little pamphlet published by the American Unitarian Association, five ministers, once ... Read More
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No Hope
"Ye were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world." Eph. 2: 12. THESE words describe the appalling condition of the Ephesians before they were saved, but tonight I wish ... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 2: Methods of Christian Work, Chapter 13
REVIVAL MEETINGS By revival meetings we mean consecutive meetings, day after day and night after night, for the quickening of the life and activity of the church, and for the salvation of the lost. We speak of them as revival meetings because such meetings result from new life either in individuals ... Read More
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The Importance of Personal Soul Winning
"He first findeth his own brother Simon . And he brought him to Jesus." - John 1:41,42. The one who brought his brother to Jesus was Andrew. We are not told that Andrew ever preached a sermon. If he did, the Holy Spirit did not think it worth putting on record. But this brother whom he brought to Je... Read More
Reuben Archer Torrey
Not a Word of Christ Shall Ever Fail
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away." Matt. 24:35. JESUS CHRIST here asserts that His words are more stable and enduring than heaven or earth: that while heaven and earth shall pass away, His word shall not pass away. When we consider the position that Jesus Christ occ... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 2: Methods of Christian Work, Chapter 14
THE AFTER MEETING I. IMPORTANCE AND ADVANTAGES. In successful soul-winning work the after meeting is of the highest importance. Every tent meeting, mission meeting and revival service should be followed by an after meeting. The wise and active pastor will also follow up every Sunday evening service ... Read More
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Difficulties in the Bible: 24. Did Jesus Go into the Abode of the Dead and Preach to the Spirits in Prison? Is There Another Probation After Death?
What does 1 Peter 3:18-20 mean when it says that Jesus went and preached to the spirits in prison? A very simple answer to this question is that it means exactly what it says. But let us notice carefully what it does say: "Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous... Read More
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Reuben Archer Torrey was one of America's best-known evangelists and Bible teachers. He was educated at Yale and also at various German universities. During his early years he went through a time of extreme skepticism, but emerged as a staunch preacher of the faith.
In 1889, while in the pastorate, D. L. Moody invited him to become become the superintendent of his new school in Chicago (now the Moody Bible Institute.) He also served as pastor to the Chicago Avenue Church, now the Moody Church. He and Charles Alexander conducted evangelistic meetings together in many parts of the world.
From the years 1912-19 R A Torrey served as dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. He also served from 1914 as pastor of the Church of the Open Door. From 1924 to his death, he ministered in conferences and taught at the Moody Bible Institute.