Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-09
EVANGELIST ENDS FIRST ROUND
OF HIS MONTHS CAMPAIGN
IN CHICAGO.
GIVES HIS AUDIENCE
SEVERAL VERBAL JoLTs
Declares It is Impossible For Him to
Talk With Muzzled Tongue and Get
Results-Says Religion Can Not Gov.
err a Manure Heap With Snow-oth-
er News of tho Day.

Chicago, Oct. 9.--With approximately
$500 conversions, and with 10000
promises from his hearers that life in
the future will be guided by daily
prayer. both in private and public.
Evangelist Gypsy Smith last night end
ed the first week Of his one month
campaign for souls in Chicago. Three
hundred conversions were made thru
the appeal last night.
Tomorrow the second week will be-
gin with two mass meetings at o'clock
in the afternoon, one for men. the
other for women. The mems meeting
is to be held at the Seventh Regiment
armory The women's gathering is to
be held at the Armour Institute Mis-
sion, Thirty-third street and Armour
avenue. The evangelist Will address
the men. 1t has not been decided who
Will conduct the womens meeting, all
tho it was announced that one of the
leading ministers of the city likely will
be chosen.
Some of you have been hit pretty
hard from the pulpit since these ser
vices began" the pleader said last
night. Your continued presence here
by thousands Is proof that you have
seen the wholesomeness of the strong
phrases and have not resented the
word of Jesus Christ because of them
1t would be impossible for me to talk
with muzzled tongue and get results
Christianity, aus it generally Is today,
requires drastic measures to correct It,
and if you have been hard hit this week
you will be hit still harder probably
before finish"
Makes Good His Promise,
AS if to make good his promise be-
fore 1t might be forgotten the evan
gelist let fall several verbal jolts which
robably were sufficient to convince his
hearers he meant exactly what he said
Some of these:
Don't leave this building until the
sermon is over. / dare say there isn't
one of you who would not sit later
than 8: 80 O'clock to witness something
not fit to be seen.
Following Jesus means more than
the superficial kind of christianity so
popular with the multitudes today. The
popular religion of today merely gives
an air OF respectability because 1t per-
mtts the one protesting faith to have
his name on the church register OF
membership. 1t lends certain sane
timoniousness. but it doesn't sink down
into the roots of life and turn them
over.
The worthy religion of today says:
Take him away and let him be crucified
again
Religion Deals With Men.
| Religion can not cover a manure
| heap with snow-it must remove the
manure heap. 1t doesn't whitewash-
it washes white. 1t doesn't deal with
| conditions, as some think--it deals witt
men.
III anyone is living near you who
has not been Illuminated by the ligh'
! you have professed to have seen. thet
| you have only been a hindrance to tht
cause of God.
| Its getting so that coming to Chris
| and becoming a christian is little more
| than picnic-a social. almost an en-
| tertainment. You merely go up ant
| shake hands with the preacher ane
you're in. Yes. you're in the church
but YOU are not in God God change.
the body, but for nobody does n,
! change the one method of coming I,
him. You must be born again to en-.
ter the kingdom of heaven There Il
no other way
Some of you bear memories tina
will scar when God turns them full up
on a naked conscience"
The evangelist spoke to 700 student,
of The University Of Chicago at Man
del Hall in the afternoon.