Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-12-13
HIS GREATEST Def
EVANGELIST TELLS OF VICTORY
HE PRIZES.
story Of 4 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 u 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.
llc said he had preached $50 times.
had answered innumerable calls OF
various kinds and had seen thousands
stand up to profess "a Christian life.
The convert of whom he was most
proud was a fashionable woman In n
western city who had come to his
meetings with n secret that was eat.
Ing out her heart. lie said:
This woman was not yet OF middle
age and her life apparently had been
given up to frivolity. She led n so.
ciety life. She was extravagant in
her dress and thoroughly worldly. 1t
must have been the dreadful secret
that she carried that attracted her
Ia my meetings.
Her friends were surprised to see
her so in. At the first meeting she
attended she was visibly shaken. She
am again and the storm broke.
she sought me out and unbur.
iencd her soul. There was a moth.
crlcss little girl in another city for
whom she longed. Her conscience
was stirred.
For all her married life she had
been %concealing n great sorrow and
sin and she had gone into worldly AT.
fairs to attempt TO forget It all. She
asked me what she should do.
"'Iiow can ! ever tell my husband?'
she asked. 1t may destroy our home.
II may kill me-
Where is your husband?' |
asked.
She told me he was In PhIladcl.
phia and l said | would talk to the
pastor Of the church thai they attend.
ed occasionally.
THAT man had n long head. IIo
told the woman to telegraph for her
husband TO come home at once. She
did so n he responded. She met
him with tears In her eyes but n
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 be called home for such a
purpose and was o inclined To Ike
II. He Saw that his wife was worked
mp over the matter Inc he yielded to
her c]ntrcatics to listen to mo be.
cause he feared the effect II he dis.
appointed her. lie attended half a
dozen meetings and the fcrvor
reached him and he became n real
convert.
I'm his enthusiasm he asked II
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 mothcrlcss little one.
while the wife sat by sobbIng as II
her heart would break.
"'Wifc.' he said. let us take the
first train tomorrow and get that
! child. ] have slnncd In the same way
myself. | thank God for this day
And now" said GIpsy Smith.
there Is n happy household out
there In b west, and opCnncss wilCr"
there was secrecy, and love where
there was deceit and sharing the hap
pincss Of that couple Is n little girl
who never before knew n mothers
lovc. ! tell you II | had accomplished
nothing moro han that on my trip
over hero my work would have been
more than repaid. That case alone I
regard as the chief flower of this cam.
palgn."