Reuben Archer Torrey

 

 

Reuben Archer Torrey

 

Evangelist, pastor, and writer
Born	28 January 1856 Hoboken, New Jersey
Died	26 October 1928 Asheville, North Carolina

 

 

R. A. 토레이

 

R. A. 토레이 Reuben Archer Torrey, 1856~1928는 강력한 하늘 불길 메시지를 전하는 ‘성령의 사람’이며 ‘불꽃 말씀의 사람’이다.

그가 말씀을 전하는 곳마다 심령부흥의 불길이 일어났다. 교통이 불편하던 19세기 말과 20세기 초에 대서양, 인도양, 태평양의 험난한 파도를 넘으며 복음을 전할 때 세계 전역으로 부흥의 불꽃이 번져나갔다.

 

 토레이는 이 책에서 ‘유일하신 참 하나님’을 아는 것이 곧 ‘영생’이라는 사실을 강하게 역설한다. 지성知性만으로는 하나님에 대해 온전히 알 수 없다. 우리는 진리의 영이신 성령님의 조명과 도우심으로, 하나님의 영감靈感으로 기록된 성경과 성육신成肉身하신 말씀, 곧 예수 그리스도를 깊이 묵상함으로써 참 하나님을 알 수 있다.

 

 토레이는 우리가 성경의 진리가 가르치는 참 하나님을 제대로 알 때에야 비로소 하나님과 더 깊은 교제를 나눌 수 있으며, 흔들리지 않는 주님의 사랑을 경험할 수 있다고 강조한다. 토레이는 예일대학교와 동대학교 신학부를 졸업했고, 무디성경학교의 초대 교장을 역임했다. 특히 그의 후손들은 신앙의 명문가를 이루었다.

장로교 목사였던 그의 아들 토레이 2세1887~1980는 중국 선교사로 사역하다가 한국전쟁 후에는 대전 지역에서 장애인과 고아를 위해 사역했다.

토레이 3세는 한국에서 예수원 원장으로 오랫동안 사역한 대천덕1918~2002 신부성공회 신부이다.

토레이의 증손자이자 대천덕 신부의 아들인 벤 토레이 신부가 현재 예수원에서 사역 중이다.

 

 

R. A. Torrey

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

Contents  [hide]  1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 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, marrying Clara Smith there in October 1879. From 1881 to 1893, the Torreys had five children.

After further studies of theology at Leipzig University and Erlangen University in 1882?1883, Torrey joined Dwight L. Moody in his evangelistic work in Chicago in 1889, and became superintendent of the Bible Institute of the Chicago Evangelization Society (now Moody Bible Institute). Five years later, he became pastor of the Chicago Avenue Church (now The Moody Church) in 1894.

In 1898, Torrey served as a chaplain with the YMCA at Camp Chicamauga during the Spanish-American War. Later, during World War I, he performed similar service at Camp Bowie (a POW camp in Texas) and Camp Kearny.

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. Throughout these campaigns, Torrey utilized 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 Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University), also contributing to the BIOLA publication, The King's Business. In 1915, he also served as pastor of the Church of the Open Door, Los Angeles. Torrey was one of the three editors of The Fundamentals, the twelve-volume series that lent its name to what came to be called "fundamentalism".^[1]

His last evangelistic meeting was in Florida in 1927. Future planned meetings were canceled because of his failing health. He died at home in Asheville, North Carolina, on October 26, 1928, having preached the world over and having left a legacy of over forty books.

Torrey Auditorium, for decades the main auditorium at Moody Bible Institute, was named for him. At Biola, the Torrey Honors Institute honors him, as does the university's annual Bible conference.

[edit] Bibliography

• How I 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, (1899)
• How to Promote and Conduct a Successful Revival, (1901)
• How to Work for Christ, (1901)
• Revival Addresses, (E-text) (1903)
• Studies in the Life and Teachings of our Lord, (1909)
• The Fundamentals: a Testimony to the Truth Editor, (four volumes) ISBN 0-8010-8809-7
• The Person & Work of the Holy Spirit
• The Baptism with the Holy Spirit
• The Importance and Value of Proper Bible Study, (E-text)
• How to Succeed in the Christian Life, (E-text)
• Talks to Men About the Bible and the Christ of the Bible, (1904)
• Difficulties in the Bible, (1907)^[2]
• The Gospel for Today
• Real Salvation and Whole-Hearted Service
• The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith, (E-text)
• Torrey's Topical Textbook

[edit] References

1. ^ Dan D. Crawford, A Thirst for Souls: The Life of Evangelist Percy B. Crawford (1902-1960) (Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna University Press, 2010), 49.
2. ^ http://ratorrey.webs.com/DifficultiesInTheBible.htm

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (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.

[edit] External links

• Difficulties in the Bible, book by R. A. Torrey.
• R. A. Torrey Archive (sermons and writings)
• R. A. Torrey hymn "Bless Thou Jehovah" with new melody by Eric M. Pazdziora
• R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook
• Torrey Honors Institute
• Ten Reasons Why I Believe The Bible Is The Word 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.