Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-29
SIN MARCH DELAYED
Gypsy Smith Leads Parade To-
night if Streets Are Dry.
MANY MEN IN AUDIENCE
Evangelist Represses Curious When
He Calls for Converts to Rise.
HEARERS TOLD TO CLOSE EYES
Marines Praised for Courage, When
in Uniform, Confessing Religion.
Sermon Brief.

| Gypsy Smith did not lead his March
/ Against Sin through the streets OF the
| city last night
/ His announcement concerning it was
that if the weather is fair tonight the
march will surely take place. Last night
the wet streets prevented.
i 1t will be impossible for the Marine
Band to head the march tonight. but the
committee has secured twenty pieces of
the mounted cavalry band from Fort
Myer.
The march will form in front of Conven-
! ton Hall, after the close of the regular
| evening service. and follow the route, as
previously announced, winding up at the
New National Theater with midnight
meeting.
Convention Hall was crowded at an
early hour in the evening. Looking over
the great audience. there seemed to be a
great majority of men. The entire middle
section was packed solidly with men OF
| all ages.
Gypsy Smith, in his appeal for a heavy
collection, leaned from his pulpit and
said:
Remember. you men in those swell
front seats. 1 got those good places for
| you. Don't forget the usher now
There was good singing. too. The evan
| gelist held the audience spellbound for a
| few minutes while he sang alone the
! words of the hymn II Was Lost but
Jesus Found Me- accompanied by low
| humming of the choir.
/ He preached from the texts I'm this
the children of God are manifest, and the
| children of the devil and whatsoever is
| born again and are begotten of God dc
| not commit SIM
Sermon Is Brief.
/ His sermon was brief. He laid great
| stress on the fact that any one who is
converted knows it surely. To receive the
spirit of God is an intelligent act OF the
soul, and the soul knows it as surely as
a man knows whether he has dined or
not, was one of the Illustrations put tor
| ward.
There are people who. when asked
! whether they are converted, say, Il think
So or II hope so.' and there are others
i who say, Il know So
The 'think-sos. the 'hope-sos' and the
! know sos-which are you?"
| AS Gypsy Smith asked this question a
/ gray-haired man in the audience arose
! and cried out:
Il know So The whole assembly
| cheered him.
! The evangelist spoke of the new birth.
and said there were certain new birth
| marks and proceeded to tell them. They
| are:
He that Is born of God doeth no SIM"
He that is born of God abideth in
| Him."
He that is born of God overcometh the
He that is born of God loveth the
/ brethren
He that is born food hath the wit
i ness in himself"
j What Religion Means.
/ ITO be born again means that a per-
j son shall either be inside or outside the
church and that his attitude toward God
| and toward the devil shall be we'll de-
fined" said Mr.. Smith.
| Il do not think that means to say !
could not leave this pulpit and go to the
| nearest saloon and get drunk If l wanted
| to. But it does mean to say that / do
not want to.
1T does not mean that if l had mind
| to l could not go outside and curse and
| swear. But it does mean that l have not
| the mind to do this wrong.
/ "A child of God runs away from sin
| and all appearance of evil. A child of the
| devil runs after 1t. That's the difference.
! "A child of God resists the devil The
unsaved man goes to the devil.
| IF these ministers of yours have any
| trouble with anybody in their churches:
| if they have any heartaches or any sleep
| less nights 1t is not on account of the man
/ in the streets. They have not got hold Of
/ him. III is on account OF TIE IldH III the
i pew who does not lead the real, true
i Christian life and is not what he ought
i to be.
i Il tell you that we who are in the
i churches hold the key to the evangelical
4 ton of the world. and when We come up
j to the standard to which God wants us
i to attain we can capture this planet for
i Jesus Christ"
Curious Are Repressed.
/ After the sermon Gypsy Smith asked the
j audience to bow heads in prayer, and
/ while all were thus silently praying he
begged all those who wanted to lead a
new life to rise for moment and then be
seated again. He insisted that every one
! should keep their eyes closed, so that
/ curiosity would not hinder any one.
| To one woman who persisted i'm star
ing about he said, pointing his finger at
| her:
| Sister, will you keep your eyes closed
and turn around? On the curio-ity of
some people"
In this way he exhorted the people.
quietly, with the gentest of voices, keep
| ing his eyes on the whole of the great
audience:
! God bless you. l see you. Is there
| any one else who wishes to start new
lift tonight? Just rise for moment.
There's a young lad. And his father.
It's a step in the right direction
Come, now. Don't be afraid. It's the