Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-30
FULLY 1900 THAT EvANS LIST
HAS TURNED FROM SIN E.
PEAT VOWS ENMAsS
TWAS CONVERTS SPECIAL
NIGHT; 800 OTHERS ENLIST
Gypsy Tells Those Who Have Started
In New Life How to Live lt-Uraes
Them to Read the Bible and Fight
the Devii-some Advice to Wives
Other Features.

Chicago, Oct 30.-Four thousand
men, women and children who have
become converts to religion during the
Gypsy Smith mission renewed their
pilgrimage to the Seventh Regiment
armory last night and with bowed
heads and prayerful lips repeated their
pledge to the Romany evangelist.
And after the sermon 300 new con-
verts were led to the inner chambers
while the choir sang who'll Be the
Next to F'ollow??"
The service was especially dedicated
to converts, and long before the doors
We're opened thousands awaite admit
tance TO the building. When the last
seat IN the upper gallery had been fill
ed 1,500 persons We're turned away.
The sermon was directed at the new
comers AT times the evangelist. lean
Ing far over the pulpit. pointed fin
ger impressively at the sea of faces
before him and demanded that they ac-
cept the gospel he preached.
Again he coaNed or told a simple
story with pathos that brought hand
kerchiefs to the eyes of men and wom-
ell alike.
Told Need of Prayer.
II want to say things ITO YOU for
which would have been grateful when
| came to Christ" he began. You have
turned your back on sin and you have
said. as conspicously as possible:
Christ for me- You are babe in
Christ, but you are not to stay babe
forever. Babies grow IL they arc
healthy So speak out for Christ. One
of the curses of the modern church is
the silence of it's membership. Cultivate
the habit of talking to God and in do
ing so It's good thing to talk out loud
I know there are some who, If called
upon to raise their voices at a public
worship. would faint away.
| "Now, am not an advocate OF long
winded prayers. I've heard some min
listers in the pulpit pray for twenty
i minutes and then ask God to forgive
them for their shortcomings If you
would be a man of prayer or woman
of prayer you won't get out of the bible
what there is in it unless you pray
over it.
And If you come to a place in the
bible that you don't understand just
read it like you eat fish-lay the bones
to one side and look them over after
ward Another thing-write your name
in your bible and if the devil comes to
you and declares you are not chris
tian ask him if he can read writing
And then If he says You're not as good
as you ought to be- answer him like
this, 'Xes, 1 know that but I'm not as
bad as l used to be-
Eight the devil, don't always le'
him have his own way and don't be g
lazy christian or a spiritual tramp
Moro Joy for Husbands.
What you women want is a little
less jaw with your husbands and a lit
tie more joy was one of the biting
epigrams of Gypsy Smiths last week
day afternoon meeting.
At another point the Gypsy accused
many of the professed christians of to-
day of being thrd-raters and turned
almost fiercely to the pastors on the
stage behind him and asked: Don
YOU pastors find it so?" Not one an
swered.
"Well. / know it is so whether your
ashamed to confess it or not retortet
the Gypsy FIe then said: We'll, 4
was so in the churches you used tC
4 have, wasn't it?" And all answered
"Yes'
Another meeting of the mission viii
be held Sunday afternoon and on'
Sunday evening. when the mission viii
close On Monday evening the Gyps.
will tell the story of his life and th
admission will be by ticket. The re-
served seat tickets are 81 apiece ant
the general admission is so cents. TIL
proceeds will be used to further tn
work of the organization for which tn
Gynsy Is working