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crowds were so great at Carnegie Hall when Billy Sunday (William
Ashley Sunday) preached that even Andrew Carnegie couldn't
get in. When he preached in the middle West, communities frequently
declared a holiday and held street parades while the whole
community turned out to hear him. Theologically, Sunday was
an arch conservative, taking his stand with the Fundamentalist
Camp while ridiculing, mocking, and scolding liberals. Sunday
was not a gentle man, as you can see from his sermons, but
he did emphasize the Old Time Religion that we in our "modern
" Church seem to avoid.
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sermons
by T. DeWitt Talmadge
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a Dutch Reformed minister, Reverend Talmage became a Presbyterian
minister and pastored the First Presbyterian Church in Washington,
D.C. Very popular, some 5000 or more flocked to hear
him each week. An estimated 20 million people read his
sermons, published in 3000 newspapers throughout the
world. Talmage was the prototype of oratorical preaching.
He never used a pulpit, but paced up and down the platform
while speaking - without notes!
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The sermons
marked with an asterisk (*) are from Torrey's book "Revival
Addresses". In the introduction of that book he states:
"Requests have come from many
quarters for the publication of some of the sermons which
God has been pleased to so greatly use in Japan, China,
Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, India, England, and Scotland. This
volume is published in response to this request. The
author hopes that the sermons may be used as greatly in
their printed form as they have been when spoken."
The remaining sermons and outlines are from R.A. Torrey's
"How To Work For Christ", posted at this site
in cooperation with CDLF.org.
Additional
Sermons From R.A. Torrey From "How To Work
For Christ" Can Be Found Here
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sermons
by George Washington Truett
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Though
he had planned to become a lawyer, George W. Truett had
these plans thwarted when the Lord called him into the ministry. While
active in the Church at Whitewright, Texas, at the end of
one of his addresses to the Church the oldest Deacon stood
and surprised Truett by calling on the Church to ordain
him to the Gospel ministry. Truett recounted the incident:
"{the call} was promptly seconded and I immediately
got the floor and implored them to desist. I said, 'You
have me apalled, you simply have me apalled!'" Though
Truett refused, then asked the congregation to wait six
months before making a decision, the whole Church unanimously
demanded his ordination. George W. Truett finally agreed
and, called of God, went on to become one of the greatest
Pastor-Evangelists the Southern Baptist Convention ever
knew. When he started preaching at the First Baptist Church,
Dallas, Texas, the Church only had 715 members - but under
his preaching grew to over seven thousand members. G.W.
Truett was living proof that a heart yielded to God can
be empowered to do great things for our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.
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sermons
by John Wesley, founder of Methodism
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John
Benjamin Wesley was perhaps the most influential preacher
in the Eighteenth Century, though he entered the ministry
as, he believed, an unsaved vessel. Wesley traveled on a
missionary journey from England to America on October 14,
1735. While on ship he met with a band of Moravian Christians,
and was impressed by their piety and devotion to Jesus.
Wesley wrote: "I went to America
to convert the Indians; but Oh! Who shall convert me? Who,
what is He that will deliver me from this evil heart of
mischief? I have a fair summer religion. I can talk well;
nay, and believe myself, while no danger is near; but let
death look me in the face, and my spirit is troubled. Nor
can I say, To die is to gain" (Journal of John
Wesley, pg. 53). On May 4, 1738, while participating in
a Moravian devotional on Aldersgate Street, Wesley heard
the call to salvation and heartily accepted it. From that
moment on he began preaching a salvation by faith that produced
results in its object. In other words, Wesley believed,
as Scripture teaches, that salvation, true Gospel salvation
leads to a change in the individual. We become "new
creatures in Christ". He preached a "heart religion",
one that changed the heart of the believer - and this was
a radically different approach in Wesley's day. Most of
the clergy rejected Wesley's preaching, and closed their
pulpits to him. As a result he began preaching out in the
"open air", another action that the Church of
England repudiated. As people accepted Jesus Christ as Savior,
Wesley organized them into "Methodist societies".
Though he did not want to break with the Church of England,
antagonism kept increasing from the Church's clergy to the
point where a break became necessary. On February 28, 1784
Wesley executed the "Deed of Declaration" which
constituted the charter of Wesleyan Methodism. For
60 years Wesley preached an average of 800 sermons a year,
often drawing crowds of up to 20,000 people in a sermon.
He rode horseback 20,000 miles a year, covered more than
250,000 miles, and preached around 42,000 sermons. Some
140,000 people accepted Christ and enrolled in Methodist
societies in Wesley's lifetime. These people were shepherded
by 550 preachers, most of whom Wesley trained.
Download
over 125 Wesley Sermons in a zipped file by clicking this
link
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sermons
by John White (my best-friend)
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sermons
by George Whitefield
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On
one occasion, near Glasgow Scotland, George Whitefield preached
to nearly 100,000 people. After an hour and a half there
were around 10,000 converts to the cause of Christ. Reverend
Whitefield routinely addressed crowds of above 25,000 people.
Whitefield came to American Colonies in 1737 and helped
stimulate the religious revival known as the Great Awakening.
Though an ordained priest in the Church of England, Whitefield
was non-denominational in his preaching. He declared: "Father
Abraham, whom have you in Heaven? Any Episcopalians? No!
Any Presbyterians? No! Have you any Independents or Seceders?
No! Have you any Methodists? No! No! No! Whom have you there?
We don't know those names here! All who are here are Christians".
Whitefield preached an average of ten sermons each week,
around 18,000 in his lifetime. An interesting Preacher,
he lived most of his life labeled a Methodist, and was buried
in a Presbyterian Church that he helped found.
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by other Godly Men (assorted)
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