Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-11-22
HIS GREATEST DEF
EVANGELIST TELLS OF VICTORY
HE PRIZES.
Story Of a Woman with a Secret, and
Two Souls Brought to Grace
Chief Flower of His Amer
lean Campaign.

Gypsy Smith, the English evangelist
who sailed for home recently, pre-
paratory to n campaign in Australia,
told the story the night before he left
at 4 dinner given in his honor, of the
greatest conquest, In bis opinion, he
had made in this country on his tour
OF seven months.
He said he bad preached $50 times.
had answered innumerable calls of
various kinds and had seen thousands
stand up to profess 4 Christian life.
The convert of whom he was most
proud was a fashionable woman in a
western city who had come to his
meetings with Il secret that was eat
Ing out her heart. He said:
This woman was not yet of middle
age and her life apparently had been
given up TO frivolity. She led n So
cicty life. She was eXtravagaut in
her dress and thoroughly worldly. 1t
must have been the dreadful secret
that she carried thai attracted her
to my meetings.
Her friends were surprised to see
her so in. At the first meeting she
AS wac NtSlbls SllbhNll Dl4S
came again and the storm broke.
She sought ME out. and unbur-
dened her soul. There was a moth.
crless little girl in another city for
whom she longed. Her conscience
was stirred.
For all her married life she had
been conccaling n great sorrow III
sin and she had gone into worldly al
fairs to attempt to forget it all. She
asked me what she should do.
How can | ever tell my husband?'
she asked. 1t may destroy our home.
1t may kill me-
Where is your husband?' 1
asked.
She told me he Was in Philadel.
phia and | said | would talk to the
pastor of the church that they attend
ed occasionally.
That man had Il long head. lie
told the woman to telegraph for her
husband to come home mt once. She
did so and he responded. She met
him with tears in her eyes but IL
smiling face, for she had been
wrestling in prayer. and asked him
to come to my meetings.
He was surprised at first that he
should he called home for such n
purpose and was not inclined to like
II. He saw that his wife was worked
up over the matter and he yielded to
her entreaties To listen to me be.
cause he feared the effect If he dis
appointed her. lie attended half n
lnypn Innnfina1 nnj IT, ;,.--..
reached him and he became n real
convert. 'a
in his enthusiasm he asked If
there was anything he could do to
prove his faith.
"'Can you stand Il great sorrow?'
asked that pastor.
Yes he said, gladly
Then with great tact the preacher
told about that mothcrless little one,
while the wife sat by sobbing rs if
her heart would break.
WIFE, he said, let lis take the
first train Tomorrow and get that
child. ] have sinned in the same way
myself. / thank God for this day
And now" said Gypsy Smith.
there is a happy household out
there in the west, and opcnnCss where
there was secrecy, and love where
there was deceit and sharing the hap
piness of that couple is a little girl
who never before knew n mothers
love. ! tell YOU If ! had accomplished
nothing more than that on my trip
over here my wOrk would have been
moro than repaid. That case alone
regard as the chief flower of this com.
paign."