R. A.

Torrey
Reuben Archer Torrey (28 January 1856 – 26 October 1928) was an American
Reuben Archer T orrey
evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer.

Contents
Biography
Bibliography
References
Further reading
External links

Biography
Torrey was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on 28 January 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. The
following year, he married Clara Smith, and the Torreys had five children.

After further studies in theology at Leipzig University and Erlangen University in Evangelist, pastor, and writer
1882–1883, Torrey joined Dwight L. Moody in his evangelistic work in Chicago in Born 28 January 1856
1889, and became superintendent of the Bible Institute of the Chicago Hoboken, New Jersey,
Evangelization Society (now Moody Bible Institute). Five years later, he became U.S.
pastor of the Chicago Avenue Church (now theMoody Church) in 1894.[1] Died 26 October 1928
Asheville, North
In 1898, Torrey served as a chaplain with the YMCA at Camp Chicamauga during
Carolina, U.S.
the Spanish–American War. Later, during World War I, he performed similar service
at Camp Bowie (a POW camp in Texas) and Camp Kearny. Nationality American

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 from 1903 to 1905. During this period, he also visited China, Japan, Australia, and India.
Torrey conducted a similar campaign in American and Canadian cities in 1906–1907.[1] Throughout these campaigns, Torrey used a
meeting style that he borrowed from Moody's campaigns of the 1870s. In 1907, he accepted an honorary doctorate from Wheaton
College.

In 1912, Torrey was persuaded to build another institution like Moody Bible Institute, and from 1912 to 1924, he served as Dean of
the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University) and contributed to the BIOLA publication, The King's Business. Beginning
in 1915, he served as the first pastor of the Church of the Open Door, Los Angeles. Torrey was one of the three editors of The
Fundamentals, a 12-volume series that gave its name to what came to be calledfundamentalism".
" [2]

Torrey held his last evangelistic meeting in Florida in 1927, additional meetings being canceled because of his failing health. He died
at home in Asheville, North Carolina, on October 26, 1928, having preached throughout the world and written more than 40 books.

Torrey-Gray Auditorium, the main auditorium at Moody, was named for Torrey and his successor, James M. Gray. At Biola, the
Torrey Honors Institute honors him, as does the university's annual Bible conference.
Bibliography
How to Bring Men to Christ, (E-text) (1893)
Baptism with the Holy Spirit, (E-text) (1895)
How to Study the Bible with Greatest Profit, (E-text) (1896)
How to Pray, (E-text)
What the Bible Teaches, (1898)
Divine Origin of the Bible, ([1]) (1899)
How to Promote and Conduct a Successful Revival , (1901)
How to Work for Christ, (1901)
Revival Addresses, (E-text) (1903)
Talks to Men About the Bible and the Christ of the Bible, (1904)
The Bible and Its Christ: Being Noonday T alks with Business Men on Faith and Unbelief(1906)
Difficulties in the Bible, (1907)[3]
Studies in the Life and Teachings of our Lord, (1909)
The Higher Criticism and the New Theology(1911)
The Fundamentals: a Testimony to the Truth Editor, (four volumes) ISBN 0-8010-8809-7
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit(E-Text)
The Baptism with the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit: Who He Is and What He Does and How to Know Him in All the Fulness of His Gracious and Glorious
Ministry
The Importance and Value of Proper Bible Study, (E-text)
Why God Used D. L. Moody, (1923) (modern reprint by CrossReach Publications, 2016)
The Voice of God in the Present Hour(1917)
Is the Bible the Inerrant Word of God?: And was the Body of Jesus Raised from the Dead?
(1922)
The Power of Prayer and the Prayer of Power , (1924)
The Bible, the Peerless Book: Gods Own Book and Gods Only Book(1925)
How to Succeed in the Christian Life, (E-text)
The Gospel for Today
Real Salvation and Whole-Hearted Service
The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith , (E-text)
Torrey's Topical Textbook
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

References
1. Chisholm 1911.
2. Dan D. Crawford, A Thirst for Souls: The Life of Evangelist Percy B. Crawford (1902–1960)
(Selinsgrove, PA:
Susquehanna University Press, 2010), 49.
3. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20111214020333/http://www .ratorrey.webs.com/DifficultiesInTheBible.h
tm). Archived from the original (http://ratorrey.webs.com/DifficultiesInTheBible.htm)on 2011-12-14. Retrieved
2011-12-22.

Further reading
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Torrey,
Reuben Archer". Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Short biographical info
Wheaton College Library Torrey Collection
Biographical chronology
Entry in New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
Martin, Roger: R. A. Torrey: Apostle of Certainty. Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1976. ISBN 0-87398-829-9.
External links
Works by R. A. Torrey at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about R. A. Torrey at Internet Archive
Works by R. A. Torrey at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Difficulties in the Bible, book by R. A. Torrey.
R. A. Torrey Archive (sermons and writings)
R. A. Torrey hymn "Bless Thou Jehovah" withnew melody by Eric M. Pazdziora
R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Torrey Honors Institute
Ten Reasons Why I Believe The Bible Is TheWord Of God by R. A. Torrey
The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth, edited by R.A. Torrey (1910–15)
How to Pray by R. A. Torrey
Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge– Torrey's Bible study reference tool.
Reuben Archer (R. A.) Torrey, American evangelist atFind a Grave

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