The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07

time to step down from the platform and
said, TEL me something, do you believe
what DIR. Foster said?" And it was evil
dent, judging from the clnking coins
as the collection was taken. that the mul.
! titude believed every word of the state
ment.
! The vast audience had absolutely nc
inkling of what was to follow when Gypsy
Smith arose, Immediately after Bishop
Mccoy had prayed for divine guidance
through the service, and said, OR Eos
ter now has an announcement to make
| believe" DIR. Foster took the stand
calmly, but as he proceeded with his
statement his voice thrilled
After the song service the gypsy evan
gelist arose and said: I'VE will now be-
gin the service proper by singing A Shell
ter in the Time of Storm" Following
| this song Bishop Mccoy led i'm prayer
and Mr.. Smith read the verses from
which he took his text, Jesus went forth
into Galilee and, finding Philip, saith
unto him, follow me- DR.. Fosters an
| nouncement followed.
Ovation for Firemen
After DR.. Foster had done. Mr.. Smith
arose to begin his sermon. CHANGING
around him he saw a group of fremen
on the west side Of the house and stopped
| short and said: why here's a company
| of firemen. Won't you fellows please
stand and let the audience look at you
l always love flremen; they are all brave
men," The firemen arose, about 10 strong
| and received ovation from the assem-
| bled people
| Mr.. Smith then said Il Just heard a
ripple of applause and / believe that man
| there with his hat in hand was the oc-
q fAV
| here; I would like to become acquainted
! with you" The great evangelist was
speaking to Congressman Richmond p
| iopson, Mr. Hobson came upon the
platform and while he and Mr.. Smith
| introduced themselves the audience APP
plauded. After a short minutes CONVEX
satlon with the evangelist the legislator
stepped down from the stage When Mr..
/ smith saw this he said: Here. YOU come
| back here; I want you up on the stand
with me- This is my meeting and at
my own meetings | expect people to
do as ] tell them" Mr.. Hobson came
back amid applause.
Beginning his sermon Mr.. Smith said !:
Jesus went forth into Galilee and find
ing Philip. saith unto him. follow me-
want to speak to you about following
Jesus and I want to speak In such a
manner that when | am through YOU and
VIII be able honestly to say whether
we are following him or no And he
cause 7 haven't anything pleasant to
say, want you to hear me patientl,,.
hear me through
Many Are False Christians
There are multtudes of people wao
eau themselves followers of Jesus WIN
nave no right to the title There are
multitudes of people who label them
serves Christians who have no right to
the ttle And | want YOU to find out
tonight whether you belong to that crowd
or not want to speak in such a wav
that you will be compelled to examine
yourself as I go along will try to
heip YOU to come to the right conclu-
SION about the matter | shall take Won
to the word of God to test Yourself In
every step Of my talk to you yesterday
tired to show that 1t was not an easy
matter to live Christian life. And any
man who has tried honestly to do it for
"a hours will find it out
Il want you to find out tonight IT.
you are playing the game When 7
was a gypsy boy in my tent there VIA
always one game we could play we
couldn't play ball games: we had no
ball ground. All the boys PLAYED one
game. No matter how old we were in
those days We We're boys until father
and mother died. So long as one of our
| parents We're living we were BOYS. And
we all played together. We PLAYED fol
low my leader. l never was leader. 7
never could take the place of the leader.
! couldn't jump far enough. couldn't
hop high enough. But when my leader
jumped hedge. I tried to jump it,
tried. If | landed in the middle of the
thorns-which I did most of the time
But they did not criticize me; they did
not poke fun at me. / was playing.
the game, 1t was when I did not try
to 10 the things my leader did that they
criticized me.
w play the Camel
" IF you Christians want to win the
respect of sinners, play the game," The
speakers voice was low and vibrant