The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-06


ton Tuesday. December 6, to confer on
party matters and to take any action
which may be deemed advisable. "a for
NAL call for the meeting will be issued
tomorrow. The meeting was decided upon
at conference of Chairman Charles D.
Hilles and Secretary James B. Reynolds
The notice viii say: AT the meeting
Of the executive committee of the repub-
ing him. / speak with authority; |
am not a scribe: l have had cxperi-
ence ] know.
And 1 had rather fall dead upon this
platform than lose him for a single
instant. Be careful You may lose
him where You sit. If You take your
eye off him even for a fleeing mo-
ment you may lose him. The most I'M
likely person in the world TO Lose him.
lost him at Jerusalern--his mother
I can imagine no worse hell than
losing Christ and then having to keep
UP the appearance Of having him
There is no worse hell"
Tells a Story
The evangelist told a little story
to emphasize the Importance of vision.
There was certain famed scien-
tist spending his vacation in Scotland, :"
he said. The scientist took his micro
scope and Went into the fields to find
a heatherbell When he found It no
got down upon his all-fours and placed
the instrument to his eye and be-
gan feasting upon the beauties Of that
wonderful flower Suddenly 4 shadow
fell upon his glass He supposed it to
be cloud and thought it would pass
away. When 1t still remained ne look
ed up and discovered a splendid speei-
men of a highland shepherd standing
over him Without a word he piuclxed
The flower from the stem. affixed it
to the microscope and handed II to the
shepherd, that he might see The old
shepherd gazed long and earn
estly through the glass until tears
began coursing down his checks. bub-
bling like the water of his native
streams LAY, mon,' said the shepherd,
I wish We had'na shown 1t to me-
Why inquired the scientist The
Highlander lifted one hob-naiied boot
and said. Because that rude foot has
trampled so many of them down.
The evangelist closed his sermon by
saying, Let us pray He extended
an invitation to the audience assem-
bled that all who wished to be prayed
for please to stand When lis prayer
was finished, upwards of $50 had gone
into the inquiry room and there were
few dry eyes in the crowd in he tab
ernacle.
Services Today
The services today will begin at ~
o'clock and will last only one hour
One of the local pastors will assist Mr.
Smith in conducting the services.
1T will be double barreled service"
said the evangelist.
Beginning today section 10 is to- be
reserved for negroes. especially negro
mi Foster ,ie
announcement to an Age Herald req
fesentative last night This reserva-
ton is to hold good only during the
noon service and no provisions have
been made for negroes at night
At 10 o'clock this morning Mr.. Smith
Will meet the Pastors union ut the
First Methodist church He VIII make
a short address the assembled pastors
and the union will elect Officers A
pleasant meeting is promised and d.
Foster urges that all the ministers he
in attendance.
Immense Crowd
What was probably the largest number
Of people ever before assembled for any
one meeting in the history of Birmingham
attended yesterday afternoon. AT very
conservative estimate there were 1000 peo-
pie in the congregation. They began to
arrive by o'clock and by 2:30 the great
Birmingham still were coming in droves.
They stood in the aisles, along the walls
and seated themselves on the steps leSd-
ing TO the speakers stand Still there
was insufficient room and hundreds
turned away
DR. A. j. Dickinson, pastor of the First
Baptist church, prayed for divine guild
ance through the meeting, and Dir. Brans-
comb introduced f. NJ. Jackson "Among
the many splendid men of whom Bir-
mingham is justly proud there is no one
more worthy than H. NJ Jackson he
said.
ut is my privilege and my pleasure to
present him to you. If you don't know
Fred jackson. that's your hard luck He
it was who made this revival possible
He is the one man who deserves more
credit than all others. This proposition
would have fallen through had it not
been for his business ability, his Chris
tan generosity and for his Willingness to
help in a worthy cause. He is now go
ing to tell you something about the bus1-
ness end of the work before MS. 7 am
delighted to present to you f. NJ Jack
SON.
Mr. Jackson said that it was worth
every minute of time that had been ex-
pended, every cent of the money that had
been put into it, and every effort that
had been made to have the Gypsy evangel-
list here. He told how the meeting had
been financed. Mr.. Jackson said that
$1,000 had been borrowed from the First
National bank and that the committee
had contributed also to the enterprise.
total of slS3S was collected from the
committee. and this together with the
borrowed $1,000 had been sufficient for the
preliminary expenses. 1t is expected that
the collections to be taken at each meet
ing will defray the further expenses in
cident to the revival.
Evangelist introduced
Mr. jackson then introduced Mr.. Smith
to the audience The great audience
arose and gave the great revivalist the
chautauqua salute. Such fiuttering Of
handkerchiefs was never before seen in
Birmingham
The evangelist took his text from Peter
III and 1t was In three parts. 'The first:
That We might be partakers of the divine
nature; second, that We might be par
takers of his suffering; third, that We