The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
mo faint OF COMMERCIALISM
IN MEETINGS, SAY US DIR. FOSTER

and his hearers bent eagerly forward.
fearful lest they should miss one word
that fell from his lips. He continued
| If you play the game honestly. the
world will respect you. If you don't
play the game, If you are lying, the
world has a right to hate you And il
will 1t will
convince the world that you are
playing the game and it will respect
you. Convince it that You are really
| trying to follow Jesus, that you are
making an honest attempt at following
| Jesus, and not the caricature.
And | want TO say to you again, as
said yesterday following Jesus Is a
business. Real, earnest, specific BUSH
ness And 1t demands every inch of
Your manhood. When Jesus says fol-
low me- he means something. Not the
sickly, sentimental thing that some of
you call religion. That is an insult to
God and mockery to humanity. He
wants the real thing the Christ Xix
thing, the strong thing, the transparent
thing, That he wants from everyone of
us, and when he gets it there is joy
in heaven"
The evangelist touched strongly upon
the manner prayer meeting are usually
conducted in the churches nowadays
saying that they were not UP to the
standard that should be maintained. He
of the chief functions of the church and
that more time and attention should
be devoted to them.
Attacks Sunday Amusements
He attacked Sunday golf playing and
automobiling and one of his most sig
nificant utterances in connection with
this theme was: IF the people of the
United States are going to hold their
place with the nations of the world.
they viii have to tighten their grip-on-
the Lords day"
Finishing his sermon. the great gypsy
made a plea to the congregation as
'sembled to intimate by rising that they
wanted to be prayed for Scores were
We're rising all over the house, eight
among whom were of the little party
of firemen to which the evangelist paid
so high tribute earlier in the evening
Gypsy Smiths tone has wonderfully
soft and pleading note and when he
said: II want you all to come TO Jesus;
won't you rise and say by so doing
that you want me to pray for your
1T was estimated that more than 20g
came forward to the inquiry room as
he finished his prayer.
At the noon services yesterday about
1000 persons were present pr. j. s.
Foster. pastor of the First Presbyte-
rian church, began the services. His
with God" and The whatsoever heareth
the trumpet of the watcher and take
not warning of the coming sword, then
be his blood upon his own head"
DR.. Foster spoke of the responsible.
tiles of the ministers, the Christians
and the unsaved. He said that all min
listers must feel the responsibility of
teaching.
DIR. Foster Speaks
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responsibility in setting examples for
the rest of the world to follow" said
the speaker. Not only must they live
their own lives beyond censure, but
they must pray for the souls of others.
BY personal work to bring others to a
sense of Christianity they will be doing
their duty as the watcher on the
tower To the unsaved. the warning i
being given. Theirs is the response
bility of needing that warning. They
must be willing to surrender their wills
to God"
When DR.. Foster finished, Gypsy
Smith took up the services. with his
text as continuation of that used by
the first speaker He spoke to the
mothers in regard to their children. He
said that the young men and the young
women of today We're losing sight of
Christianity in the excitement of the
pleasures so near at hand. IT Is not
the fault of the, children, he said, but
the fault of the mothers. The future of
gion depends upon the IDEAS in
stilled into the children.
preaching and warning is my busi-
ness" said the gypsy evangelist, and
am going to be about my business.
Ny soul is in this work and | am not
going to finch When l warn l win
say what [ feel and believe