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

Yesterday evening at 1920 o'clock
Gypsy Smith the Evangelist. stepped
out in front of the largest congrega-
ton that any man has ever faced in
Birmingham and said. Let us sing ;.
1t was characteristic of the man.
The doors opened last night Is min
1ites before the set time because the
street was blocked by a crowd that
threatened to become rough IN IFS ef-
forts to secure a vantage point to hear
the evangelist BY actual timing of
the crowd 1t took exactly 81, minutes
for the great auditorium to become
completely filed. It was estimated that
there were upward of 1900 present and
at least 1000 were turned away
Gypsy Smith took for his text verse
Al in the second chapter of ST. Luke
which tells of the visit of the parents
of Jesus to Jerusalem when Christ was
81 young boy and how he was left be-
hind in the ancient city. After reading
his text, the great evangelist had his
audience sing the chorus of where
he leads me. win follow" After sing
ing this two or three times he began
his sermon
Losing Jesus
IT want to speak to you about losing
Jesus, he said. about the loss of
Christ. / know that YOU will be star
tied If you are a thoughtful person
and Will follow me closely. You VIII
see l am not forcing things upon yoa.
1t is upon the subject of a lost CHRIST
that | desire to speak.
THE Son Of man is come to geek and
to save that which was lost. He spoke
of the lost sheep and the lost silver,
lie is seeking the last thing and the
least thing. He was always seeking
and he is seeking still Then. you say,
can anybody lose Jesus, having found
Him?
Let him that thinketh he standeth
heed lest he fall That is my answer
The most likely person to lose Jesus
was the first to do it-His OWL motneri
And she did not lose him because she
did not love him. She loved him more
than any body ever loved him III this
world, but she lost him She came
little nearer to Jesus than any body
else ever came in this world. but she
lost him. There were many circles OF
love and friendship and fellowship into
which Mary entered with Jesus that
nobody else ever entered this side Of
the gates of pearl, but she lost him.
'Oh, she loved himi 1t was net for
want of love; she loved Jesus. Her
love was deep. her love was holy. was
pure, was unselfish There were ele-
ments about it that no other PERSIA
understood. She knew more about him
than anybody else. She understood and
misunderstood him better than anybody
else in this world. But she lost him.
Re Careful of Jesus
And you be careful, my friends, you
be careful or you may lose him. You
may lose him without knowing you
have lost him. You may love hirn
with depth of passion so deep that
no vocabulary can express; may love
him enough to make the angels of
heaven thrill to the tips of their wings,
and yet you may lose him.
Watch your eye, your mind your
feet, your hands. Watch yourself.
Watch what you read: mind the liter
ature you permit yourself 10 read
Mind the stories you tell; mind the
stories you permit yourself to listen
to. You may have heart true ,and
beating to the love of God, but be
careful The Devil is ever on the
alert!
mind the company you keep for
Jesus Christ won't keep all the COM
pany you keep. ! defy the angels from
heaven to come down here aud stay
over night with the same company
you were with last night and remain
pure,
1T matters not what your calling,
you must be careful. You may be evar-
gelist and vet lose Jesus. You may
have brought tens of thousands to
Christ. and yet be in danger of los