The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-22

peal. without a preacher; without sten-
derness without the gospel. You have
been in 1t all and you have heard II
and have felt 1t and still you are not
saved.
Great Price Paid for Salvation
do you not think at what a great
price was salvation purchased? Think
you not of the great price paid by the
Son of Man that you might be saved
Well might the apostle say, SO great is
salvation that 1t fills the heavens.
Heaven could not hold 1t. This world
had to help. Have you thought OF
Him who was born In another mans s
stable: what 1t cost him7 Born in an
other mans stable and buried in an
other mans grave. His first eompan
Ions cattle and His last companions
thieves. Your Savior and my Savior.
His first resting place straw and His
last crown OF thorns. Laid In an
other mans manger and crueifled on
another's cross.
when God made the world words
were enough He could throw planets
Into being from. his finger tips but
when he had to save the world 1t meant
blood and sweat and death There is
nothing that cost the Lord so much
as salvation and there is little that Is
SO lightly taken by you You have
room in your home for a dog or a cat,
but you have no room for Jesus
The evangelist told story of camp
of gipsies who We're picking hops for
farmer in England 1t seems that
there were two fields and when the gip-
sizes had cleaned the first they had to
cross river to reach the other 1t was
Hood time and when the gipsies came
In sight of the river they saw that 1t
was up and running over the little
wooden bridge that spanned Its waters.
rhe horses became frightened at some
thing and ran out upon the bridge be-
fore they could be controlled. About
so of the party were swept into the
raging torrent. One of the boys man
aged to catch hold of a halter strap
attached to one of the horses and was
thus dragged to safety on the bank.
When he had clambered upon the bank
he began to search the swirlipg waters
with anxious eyes, looking for his
mother.
Tried to Save Her, But Couldn't
He finally found her floating In the
stream and jerking off coat and shoes
jumped Into the water. He swan up
to her. strong and steady. and took
hold of her to bring her to safety, but
she, fearing for her sons safety tried
to save him and elasped him like wise.
The son knowing that neither could be
q,
wrenched himself free and SWAN about
her, again trying to secure good hold.
She seized him four times and four
times he flung her off and the last time
she became entangled in some roots in
the river bed and before he could bring
her to the surface she was dead.
AT the side of his mothers grave this
boy threw himself face downward upon
his mothers cold body and sobbed out
Il tried to save you. mother. you
wouldn't let me-" That. declared Clip.
sy Smith. was what he would have to
say when he appeared with some of the
members of his congregation before the
bar of Judgment. 'I tried to save them.
Lord, but they wouldn't let me-" He
made a strong plea and at least 200
came forward and accepted Christ.
Closing Services Today
Today marks the close of the Gipsy
Smith services At 12 o'clock today the
last noon meeting of the series will be
held and tonight Gipsy Smith will de-
liver his famous sermon-lecture, From
the Tent to the Pulpit" The price of
admission Is so cents for adults and 25
cents for children under IL, There will
be only a limited number of tickets
sold. as the auditorium will only seat
something like $500. The sale has been
progressing steadily and it is said that
theie dIt put leW VI lHe tlchelS le1t.
1t was announced last night that the
Gipsy Smith choir would meet at the
First Baptist church next Sunday DIT :
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Gypsy Smith leaves Birmingham to-
morrow morning for Charleston. w. Va,
where he will conduct a short revival.
After finishing his work there he will
go to England for six months tour
of that country in company with the
president of the Methodist church of
Great Britain.