Torrey and Alexander : the story of their lives . is the eyes that haunt. From them thereis no escape. They are upon you from the firstword to the last. They nail you down, fasten you,grip you, till you forget that there are ten thousandother people in the hall besides yourself, till thevast picture of the building and its throng of soulsdisappears from your view, and there are only twopeople left—the preacher and yourself. It is youand you only to whom he is speaking. You areface to face with this giant of the truth, and whenthe spell at last breaks and your breath comes backto you, and you s
Torrey and Alexander : the story of their lives . is the eyes that haunt. From them thereis no escape. They are upon you from the firstword to the last. They nail you down, fasten you,grip you, till you forget that there are ten thousandother people in the hall besides yourself, till thevast picture of the building and its throng of soulsdisappears from your view, and there are only twopeople left—the preacher and yourself. It is youand you only to whom he is speaking. You areface to face with this giant of the truth, and whenthe spell at last breaks and your breath comes backto you, and you see the crowds around you oncemore, you leave his presence a better man or aworse. You will never again be the same afterhearing the truth as the preacher puts it. It is a common thing to say that Dr Torrey isnot eloquent. He himself says he is not. Headmits quite frankly that if people come expectingto hear a great preacher they will be by eloquence is meant a stream of poeticimagery that flows out in graceful periods and that. DR. TORREY AND MR. ALEXANDER IN ONE OF THEIRGREAT MEETINGS. DR TORREY AS I KNOW HIM 6i has in it music like the running brook or the graceof some pleasing symphony, then I am quite willingto admit that Dr Torreys oratory falls very farshort of the required standard. But there is arugged eloquence, as well as a is other music besides the gentle tinklingof the harp. Majestic organ tones are heard andremembered when the notes of some softer instru-ment have long since left the memory. Thegrand finale movement in a sonata is not despisedbecause of the quieter passages that have precededit; and if the eloquence of Dr Torrey cannot comeunder the category of the rhythmic and the peace-ful, it is eloquence none the less. I have heardmost of the leading political and other orators ofthe age, and not one of them that I recall canarouse and maintain the deepest interest of a hugecrowd as Dr Torrey can and does. Over andover aga
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