The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-11

any reasonable admission, and as none
is charged the people seemed very gem
erously inclined. If it was CONNER
cialized religion the 5000 of the Bir-
mingham public present seemed grate-
ful at the opportunity of contributing.
Following the collection the an
nouncements followed and Mr. Smith
again reminded the audience that to-
day there would no noon day meeting
and that tonight special services for
negroes would be held. He also an
nounced the mass meeting for men sun
day afternoon and the general meet
Ing for all Sunday night Then the
evangelist eautioning the audience
against using their fans and warming
them not to leave their seats until the
meeting was over called for the sing
ing of his fayorite hymn: where He
Leads Me | VIII Follow" following
which the sermon began. The text
was from Mark 5:24, And Jesus Went
With Him."
The sermon was a powerful one,
perhaps the most powerful and eefec-
tive so far rendered in Birmingham by
Mr.. Smith. Before its conclusion hand
kerchiefs were out in all parts of the
| house and the soft sound of weeping
was heard.
II could preach forever on this chap
| ter from st. Mark" said he, "it is the
SiidPtNf u iutuIdJieS--Ol HppcleSs
| cases. The man poisoned by devils,
| the woman of disease; the child in
| death. II is chapter where the devil
| infests the person.
'The devil is no respector of persons.
| Devil is wicked word Can you spell it
as I do? Take the "a off of it and you
| have evil place the 'e' at the back of it
still without the d and you have 'vile;'
| take the " off and you have ile.' It is
a bad name. And on this chapter 1 would
speak of those of you who are in the grip
of the Internal devil / cry upon you
to shake it off. If you would stand when
| you are about TO fall call upon Jesus
Christ to save you"
| His sermon took in the wiclledness of
men. He wildly described the baseness
| that men fall too. He pictured women
as being patterned after the angels, but
stated that they had a greater capacity
| for evil than men, He said that sin was
| the perpetrator of all PAIN the parent of
! all evils; the undertaken of all things
| "Where there is sin, death and misery
turks said Gypsy Smith.
| Finishes Sermon Dramatically
| His sermon was finished dramatically.
| He rose to great height of oratory when
he exclaimed. 1.-The rumble of the city
| is taking your ears away from God. Q
come to Jesus, remember the insignia on
| itiS cIOSS Ill ltlleIS Oh SOlQ. filnl llldl
| cometh to me | will in no way cast out .
| But his description of the death of his
| gypsy aunt was what moved the audi
ence so greatly.
| He stated that his aunt had died in
! an old gypsy wagon and pathetically de-
| scribed the scene He said that his aunt
had been prepared for death; that she
had not tried to crowd Jesus Christ into
her soul at the last possible five minutes
| of her life. He stated that when he
asked his aunt II he should pray for her
she had replied. mo; pray in thanks 70
| God that have lived to understand Him.
That was religion sobbed Gipsy
! Smith, and the audience cried with him
BLESS your tears" the evangelist said
1T will do your heart good
! His words could hardly be heard as the
moaning and crying filled the auditorium
! Children as well as old people were she'd
ding tears and the visitors from the Loulie
Compton seminary wept freely.
| The usual prayer of exhortation fol-
lowed the sermon and standing on the
steps of the rostrum the evangelist shook
hands with hundreds that his appealing
personality induced to take go TO the in
quiry room where personal workers sym