The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-20

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this, said the evangelist. meant TO XIII
all the people and destroy all their
| nossersloBs.
81 Saul Dethroned
The prophet Samuel told Saul that he
I was to be dethroned as King OF Israel
and that one OF HIS neighbors and n
better man was TO be set up IN his
place. And as the prophet started II
leave the King he took his robe and
rent it saying, Thus are you rent
from the Kingdom OF Israel"
| Gipsy Smith told his hearers that
the trouble with the present day Chris
| tians was that he too often disobeyed
the commands OF the Lord He said
that they did not live as they should
and one startling statement in con-
nection with his words on this partic-
ular subject were: 'Tf God were to
write in black capitals upon the face
of every one of us present here to-
night what we are inside, / wonder
how many of us would remain long
enough to allow the other to read what
4 was written? I wonder il God were to
write what we are within and not
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the courage to face our neighbors?'
At another time Gipsy Smith said
that there were moments in his life
when he felt like crying aloud to the
Lord, "Oh, Godi For the woods" There
are times" he said. when 1 think of
the holiness OF God so strongly that
want to get in the dust"
The Gipsy finished his sermon. He
called upon his audience to bow their
heads in prayer and began his plea
for those who wanted his prayers, to
rise. All over the great tabernacle
people were rising and in many eyes
/ were tears, ready to fall at a word.
over on the east side man was sit
| ting In the window of a vacant build
ing that forms the east wall of the
| tabernacle This man. desired the pray
ers of the Gypsy but was unable to
stand. He began waving his handker-
chief and after a moment Mr.. Smith
saw him and recognized him.
Saved Persons Rise
! The evangelist stopped the choir and
asked that every person in the build
| ing who were sure that they were
saved to rise. About four-fifths of the
congregation did so. He then told
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would act as personal workers and
talk to those who remained sitting.
Many did so and the response was i'm :
mediate and large. Young girls of
| high school age predominated in the
numbers going forward to the inquiry
room and in the pressing crowd were
many young boys, just little fellows.
One little girl was brushed aside two
times by the force of the oncoming
throng as she tried to reach the evan
gelist to shake hands with him She
persevered, however, and received his
blessing.
| Last night was not a night for the
older people, although the sermon
preached was one of the most serious
and thought compelling yet delivered
by the great Gipsy. In the crowd COM
| ing forward to the inquiry room there
| were quite a number of old men, but
| the young people outnumbered them
| four or five to one One or two men
upon whose faces time and dissipation
had set their stamp were amog those
going forward but the crowd for the
most part was made up of young boys.
mostly under 70. and girls, just budding
| forth into young womanhood.
! DR. l.. C. Branscomb announced last
night that the Bible Training school
which begins here on October 81. would
discuss among other things ways and
so auspiciously begun by Gpsy Smith
Afternoon Services
Gipsy Smith asked about 1000 men yes
terday afternoon the question: What
shall do with Jesus?'' He told them
that they must take stand one way
or another They must either accept
| Jesus or refuse him. They could not
stand on neutral ground. he said. He
told them that the happiness of their
future lives, OF the lives of their loved
| ones would depend upon their answer to
| that question. What shall do with
Jesus? Their destiny depended upon
their answer, said he,f and their eff
| cheney was hanging in the balance wait
query
The gipsy preached a strong sermon
and brought his points out in such a
way that admitted of no argument And
when he had done and asked for those
who desired his prayers to rise, it was
estimated that more than 1000 men stood.
| OF this number ii was estimated that
more than 800 signed cards accepting
Jesus as their savior
! DR.. L. c. Branscomb announced at the
meeting yesterday afternoon that there
would be no prayer meeting at any of
the churches ON Wednesday night as
| had been announced in the papers. All
| the CnurcneS OF tne city nave agreed
not to have services of any kind at
| night during the progress of the Gipsy
Smith revival, in order that their MEM
bers may attend.
| Gipsv Smith said yesterday that the
committee in charge of the revival now
| in progress had told him unofficially
that they would want him again as soon
as the municipal auditorium was built
He told his audience that they ought
| to have an auditorium seating not less
| than 10000 people and that he would be
| delighted to come to Birmingham again
when it was built
There were present yesterday between
800 and 800 travelling men OF the Bir-
| mingham district. They met at the Nor
ris hotel and marched in & body to the
| First avenue auditorium and they were
a fine looking lot of men. They occu-
pied the southeast section OF the great
tabernacle and their singing was one of
| ices yesterday afternoon.
| Today's services Will begin AT l.
o'clock and one of the local pastors
, win occupy the pulpit to start Gypsy
Smith VIII begin speaking about 1870
and the services will close at | O'clock.
The service tonight begins at 7.45 as
usual On "wednesday night Gipsy
Smith Will tell the story of his life.
1t will be a strange story. this He
| vii doubtless begin at an old Gipsy tent
and then carry his hearers on and up
until II can see the speaker in the pull
pit Gypsy Smiths descriptive powers
are limited only by the English Ian