The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-30
VIII Be Met at the Train
by the Reception
Committee
TO OUTLINE PLANS AT
WELCOME MEETING
Day Services Will Be Held at IL
O'Clock and Night Meetings at
S:15 O'Clock-Ushers' Com
mittee Meets Friday
by ELLIS c. HoILuMs.


The committee on arrangements of the
Gipsy Smith revival met yesterday morn
ing at II o'clock at the Young Men $
Christian association. The Rev John S
Foster, chairman of the committee. called
the meeting for the purpose of deciding
on the final details of the Forthcoming
religious movement. in which Gipsy Smith
is to play so important part.
DR.. Foster issued formal statement
Yesterday in which he said that the great
evangelist would arrive in Birmingham
next Saturday morning, or. possibly late
Friday. He is coming here direct from
Danville, Va, at which place he Is now
holding a revival meeting. He will be
met at the train by reception commit
tee, which will escort him to the Empire
hotel, where quarters have been reserved
for him. The service on Saturday night
next is to be in the nature of welcome
and Mr. Smith will speak especially to
the ministers and personal workers, The
general public as we'll as all the minis
ters and personal workers are urged to
attend this meeting. Mr.. Smith will, it is
believed, make a short talk In which his
1t has been decided that day service
shall be held between the hours of L and
O'Clock and at each of these noon-day
meetings some one of the local pastors
will assist the evangelist in conducting
the services. At nights both Sunday and
week day, the hour for services will be
S;15. The doors of the auditorium will be
open to the public at 7:3O and no one will
be allowed to enter before that time un-
less he or she present a card showing that
the person desiring admittance is a mem
Der of the choir At the day service no
restrictions are to be placed upon admit
tance, the doors being open by Il 80
o'clock. There are six large entrances
and no difficulty is anticipated in hand
ling the crowds On Sunday next. the day
following Mr.. Smiths arrival the regu-
lar services will be held in the various
churches of the city and at o'clock in
the afternoon services will be conducted
at the auditorium ON First avenue.
Personal workers chosen by the several
churches through their pastors will meet
at the First Presbyterian church on
Thursday and Friday nights next at s
OlNioShs Iiitst iiittllilSS Viii DS III tiidi p
of the Rev. W. B. Holmes of the Presby-
terian church, the Rev. L. C. Branscomb
representing the Methodists and the Rev.
A. X. Wright representing the Baptist
denomination.
John w. Sibley is chairman of the
ushers committee, and he and his CO.
workers will meet together at the audi
torium Friday night to discuss plans to
expedite the handling of the immense
crowds The last rehearsal of the choir
is also to take place on this night and a
full attendance is urged.
Last Saturday Gypsy Smith addressed a
crowd of 1000 children in Danvlle, rang
ing in age from 10 to 20 years. The Dan
Vile Register of Sunday morning said
ut was an animating sight to look down
upon the hundreds of boys and girls the
latter clad in vairegated colors, as they
filed in at every door and packed the
benches. The sight was pleasing also to
the evangelist, who at the opening of his
sermon expressed his great joy in speak
ing to young people. He said he was
never so happy as when looking into the
faces of boys and girls"
Mr. Smiths Danville address was a
plea for the conversion of people when
they are young and the comparison of
the reaping of children into the fold and
of elder persons. AT the conclusion of
his service $50 children signed cards ex-
pressing their intention of becoming Chris
tians.
Think of thati Two hundred and eighty
children, great many of whom We're
less than 10 years of age, being brought
to Christ by this wonderful man at one
service Think of man who can SO in
spire confidence in children, whose in
stinct, it is said, tells them who to trust
as to cause them to publicly profess their
desire to become Christians. A child nat
urally shrinks from being in the public
eye and it takes great moral courage to
face crowd of 5000 persons and say II
want to acknowledge the Lord Jesus my
Savior-show me how to come to Him.
And think again how lucid must be the
explanation of man who can put prop
osition so clearly. so plainly than the
mind of a child can grasp it in all its
magnitude and grasping, follow it up.
The Danvile Register said that the serv-
ice OF Saturday was one of the most
beautiful of the Danvile revival and the
audience had, perhaps, more children in
it than any other similar meeting ever
conducted in that old Virginia city.
1t is generally believed and said that
Mr. Smith will score new triumphs In the
Birmingham field and his coming is
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