The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-08-16
and how much by human en-.
treaty? God only knows.


treaty? God only knows.
Bro. Gates is a feeble man
having to speak to vast audien
ces from a thousand to twenty
five hundred, and yet he coult
be heard to the outskirts of thu
great throng, and he said he be-
lieved that if ten thousand shoulc
come to hear the gospel at hi.
hands, God would give him 4:
voice sufficient to reach all. He
spoke slowly and enunciated dis.
tinctly and his voice has won
derful carrying power. The
services were long, extending
from eight at night to about
midnight, and yet the people re.
NAMED. do not mean to say
simply that many of the old ia
theirs and mothers remained, but
the vast concourse stood or sat
as the leader might desire, unit
the services were over, anC
many were then loath to leave.
The second night of the servi.
ces, after gong to his home ir
the city, Bro. Gates could not
sleep, as is often the case with
him, and he got up and went tc
the tabernacle to pray. AS he
was going, and near the place,
he met some men in a surry, anc
asked if one of them could not
go back to the tabernacle with
him and join him in prayer, but
they said no. He went on, turned
on the lights, and was praying,
when one of the men whom he
had met in the surry, having
come back, joined him. He was
a sinner, but falling down before
God and confessing his sins and
praying for salvation, received
joy and peace in believing.
When Bro. Gates goes to a
place he makes up a roll of the
lost ones in a book bound in black
to represent crepe, and carries
it with him all the while, and
places it under his pillow at
nighl and prays for them with
out ceasing, and, as they are
converted, he runs a pen through
their names dipped in red ink,
and transfers their names to an
other book bound in black, with a
red stripe round it representing
the blood of Jesus, by which
they are saved. Brother Gates
talked much of the blood. His
position is that we are saved by
the blood of Jesus.
| What was the result of the
meeting? God only knows. There
were over five hundred who pro-
fessed faith in Christ and gave
their names and promises to at
tach themselves to some church,
and | have no doubt others were
saved who did not give their
names. From all could see
and hear / believe Bro Gates has
more men, women and children
in his heart than any other liv-
ing man, and attribute it to his
wonderful love for lost men.
The prayers and best wishes OF
many people go with him to his
next field of work. This was a
union meeting in the true sense
of the term. Before he agreed
to come here all the ministers
and their people had to agree
and did very cheerfully agree to
join hand and heart in the meet
ing, and all business houses
agreed in writing to close from
ten to twelve in the morning. In
union there's power. | must
not fail to mention that about
the time Bro. Gates was closing
oat his meeting at Dyersburg,
Tenn, before coming here, a
young man by the name of Char.
lie Marshall, who had been q
very great sinner, was CONVEX
ted, and came on here for oux
meeting, and was the leader of
the choir and did much persis.
tent and effective work in the
meeting, and especially among
the young men. Several work
ers from Memphis, who had
been with Bro. Gates there, die
great good by their prayerfu
efforts here among the lost. The
people generally showed then
appreciation of the work of Bro
Gates and Bro, Charlie Mar
shall by making handsome free
will offerings to them. From
the best data | have about two
| hundred have attached them
selves to the different churches
in Tupelo already, and more tx
follow. Now, let the good worl
60 on.