Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-05-04
MANY IN Church
NOT RIGHT With COD
GipSy Smith Advises Au-
dience To Accept
Jesus Christ
WOULD HAVE ALL
ADMIT THEIR WRONG

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Another large crowd greeted Gipsy
Smith in Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church last night in spite of the in
clement weather. After an inspiring
song service the meeting was opened
with prayer by DR.. Irwin and the Rev
George T. Anderson, pastor of Harri-
son Street NJ. +. Church. Special mu-
sic was furnished by the Misses Evans
and Zock, who sang a duet entitled,
Sometime, Somewhere" Mr. Smith
sang by request, 81 Would be Like
Jesus" Tonight Miss Julia Beau
champ will sing. AT. 7.30 o'clock to-
night the personal workers and all
members of the church are requested
to meet for a fifteen-minute prayer
service in the Christian Endeavor
room of the church. At 3 o'clock this
afternoon a home prayer meeting for
women only was held in the home OF
street. Dr. Irwin last night renewed
his request that all Christians offer
prayer every day at noon for the sue
cess of these meetings.
Mr.. Smith read from the sixteenth
chapter Of Acts the story of the Phil
ippian jailor, using the story of the
conversion of the jailor at midnight
as the central theme of his sermon.
He took for his text verses 80 and 81
of this chapter, 'Sirs, what must | do
to be saved?" Paul and Silas ans
wered, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ"
Mr.. Smith said. Il am afraid very
often in our treatment of this ques-
tion and answer we have rudely torn
them from their setting and have not
put in the meaning conveyed therein.
We can not win every one in the same
way. We must diagnose each case
separately and prescribed according
TO its needs. Every one of you here
tonight believes in the Divinity of
Jesus Christ and it is not necessary
for me to tell you to believe. But
listenl That is where most of you
stop. You have an intellectual assent
but that will damn you. You stop where
Paul went on. Paul and Silas took
the jailor and taught him the word of
God Add to your faith patience, and
to your godliness love 1t isn't
enough to tell one to believe on God.
but you and | must show them how
TO believe.
Mr.. Smith said he had no patience
with the people who say you must be
saved our way or you are not con-
vertcd; God deals with each par
ticular case individually. God never
converts anybody the same way. He
diagnoses for you and you must obey
and faIro his nrqcQripffon paul had
time for the multitude and he had
time for one. Some have said that il
is only a step TO Jesus but l found il
the biggest step that I ever took.
Most of you are letting some little
thing stand between you and God
The church is loaded with people who
never were right with God. Some
thing interfered Was il drink, am
bition. selfishness? Whatever il is
il must 60 if you believe on the Lord
Jesus. You will never have peace
while you are at odds with anyone
Peace with God can be obtained only
, when you go back and right the
wrong. God never asks anything OF
you that you cannot do with His help
and we fail only because we are toe
proud TO go to our friends and admit
/ that We were wrong II isn't easy
to right the wrong. but o! the power
gained-the sweetness of the yictoy
and the fellowship with God. An
experience will come TO you when you
are willing to obey and you car
theorize the gospel of Jesus Christ
and analyze It all YOU like and you
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