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Anecdotes and Illustrations

Name: Anecdotes and Illustrations
Author: Reuben Archer Torrey

Reuben Archer Torrey

Read by Larry Wilson, downeaster, ShrimpPhish, Julie Anne Thompson, Al Kimball, Scott Cheatham, Belinda McReynolds, Patty H, InTheDesert, JenNoel and Beeswaxcandle · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Publisher's Note (1:52)
A Deacon Who Went Fishing on Sunday (3:36)
An Infidel Converted beside a Coffin (4:29)
The Holy Spirit's Power to Convict of Sin (2:05)
Saved at Ninety-two (1:36)
Do You Believe That, Sir? (3:01)
A Deep Spiritual Concern for Your Soul (2:59)
How the Devil Got Us an Audience (1:47)
The Meanest Thief in Minneapolis (3:22)
Forgiven by Both Fathers (6:07)
No Greater Joy (2:20)
A Converted Jewess (2:25)
The Greatest Sin a Man Can Possibly Commit (3:55)
An Angry Father Converted (1:47)
The Other Half of the Gospel (5:04)
God Uses a Weak Instmment (2:11)
How the Sun Burst Through the Clouds (1:49)
Saved and Healed (1:59)
"All Things Working Together for Good" (1:29)
God is Love (3:39)
First Sober Christmas in Ten Years (1:41)
Three Silver Dollars (4:12)
Prayer Answered on the Other Side of the Globe (3:21)
A Prayer Fifteen Years Long (5:56)
An Opportunity Lost Forever (3:58)
A Child's Prayer Answered (2:23)
The President of a Racing Association Converted (1:47)
A Little Child Shall Lead Them (1:28)
Saved Five Minutes (1:29)
Never be Discouraged (1:14)
Converted by President Wolsey's Singing (1:18)
"If Any Man be in Christ Jesus, He is a New Creature" (1:59)
"Give Me Back My Tears " (2:45)
Conquered by Compassion (3:06)
The Curse Coming Home (1:59)
Big Interest (2:20)
I Have Seen One of Those Before (1:42)
Rescued (4:17)
''I Will Feel for a Man'' (1:58)
"I Have Committed a Sin for Which There is No Forgiveness" (2:59)
Isaiah Fifty-three Six (2:45)
"I Lied to You, Sir'' (2:33)
A Letter from Stillwater Prison (1:41)
How to Reach a Son in a Distant Land (1:57)
A Music Hall Singer Converted (1:37)
A Would-be Suicide Saved by Prayer (1:57)
Last Opportunity Thrown Away (1:18)
God Save My Papa (4:01)
Saved in a Theatre (3:37)
Despondency Changed into Abounding Joy (2:35)
Show Me Myself (3:33)
Fighting Whiskey (2:29)
Infidelity and Licentiousness (1:00)
A Theological Professor Doing the Devil's Work (1:06)
Persistence Pays (2:08)
Won by a Smile (1:19)
Could Not Get over Her Father's Life (2:15)
Converted at Nine Years of Age (3:21)
Are You a Murderer? (4:40)
Insulting God (2:19)
Waiting for an Opportunity (4:39)
Lost through Delay (3:49)
Jolly, but Wretched (2:46)
A Bartender's Jest (1:36)
"I Want to Wait a Little Longer" (1:39)
Sold Her Soul for One Dance (2:02)
I Am an Infidel (1:43)
The Champion Heavy Weight Pugilist Converted (2:25)
The Spirit Illumined the Face of Jesus (1:19)
Satisfied (2:04)
I Don't Know Him (2:02)
Won by Love (2:33)
Two Lawyers Convinced (3:10)
Lost by Neglect (4:53)
The Holy Ghost Fell upon Us (2:39)
An Untutored Savage Silences a Man of Science (2:15)
Worth More Than a Bank Account (4:33)
Whom the Lord Loveth He Chasteneth (1:39)
"I Am a Scoundrel'' (2:34)
"Earth has no Sorrow That Jesus Cannot Heal" (3:29)
Hunted to Death by Her Own Conscience (2:58)
Only Two Boys (5:14)
A Lost Diamond (4:05)
''We Shall Be Like Him'' (6:08)
Killed by Shame (3:33)
A Well-Known Entertainer Becomes a Soul Winner (3:44)
Guilty of High Treason (3:27)
How D. L. Moody Became a World-Wide Evangelist (4:46)
Of Course There's a Hell (3:01)
"I Have Heard the Biggest Joke" (4:30)
"The Fire is in the Fifth Story, I'm in the Sixth'' (5:43)
Love Conquered (4:39)
God Silences a Scoffer (8:58)
"Is Not God's Word as Good as Mine?" (3:55)
"God Use This Stammering Tongue" (1:39)
Give Me a Love for Souls (1:38)
Pray Through (2:37)
Which are You Like? (7:05)
"If I Could Only Have Saved Just One More" (6:36)
God Does Give the Holy Spirit in Answer to Prayer (5:23)
"I Can Hardly Wait'' (4:03)
How Men Become Infidels (1:49)
"I Wish I Were a Christian" (3:01)
"I Cannot Believe the Bible Because I am a Scientist'' (2:25)
There is but a Step Between Me and Death (1:44)
"I Thought of My Mother" (2:18)
God Won't Take Me Away Without Giving Me Another Chance (1:34)
"There Will be no Dance To-Night" (2:00)
An Infidel Professor Converted (1:29)
Common Stones Turned into Diamonds (2:24)
No Pilot Ready (1:41)
"The Harvest is Past, the Summer is Ended, and I am not Saved'' (6:43)