Torrey on Prayer Torrey on Prayer is a much fuller and more complete than How to Pray, and it covers the whole subject of prayer, not only in its relation to revivals, but also in its relation to the various aspects of Christian life and activity.
R. A. TORREY (1856-1928) is respected as one of the greatest evangelists of modern times. After his graduation from Yale Divinity School, he was selected by D. L. Moody to become the first dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Dr. Torrey spent the years of 1903-1905 in worldwide revival campaigns, winning thousands of souls to Jesus Christ. He continued worldwide crusades for the next fifteen years while he served as the dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles and pastored the Church of the Open Door in that city.