Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-08

finally submitted to the inevitable NH E
grace that an evangelist is supposed a \,
sess.
Gypsy Smith is one of my favorite N
gelists. He is a full-blooded gypsy viii
swarthy skin and beautiful big brown
Socially he is "a hail fellow well met
one of the ripe fruits of the MOODY
Sankey British campaign. He has 4
sense of humor and wit that is inexhar
BILE. His voice is musical, and it is a trs,
hear him sing.
Gypsy Smith uses faultless EnRlsh
asked him how he acquired this Adds,
gift of English diction, and he said y
after leaving the gypsy camp he was rhs
In refined English home, where he heard &
best grammar. If you have ever t.
Gypsy Smiths great sermon on yves
the Stripes" you have listened to a disc
that has all the qualities of great preac
A Cultivated Gypsy
He is the perfect gentleman on the
form, winsome attractive, eloquent q &
natured and sympathetic. AS maker Of sf
mons he has no equal His breadth Of 81 4
arship, depth of feeling and height Of
lectual reach make him a superior ma
the field of higher evangelism.
Rodney is his real name. He is Of &
Tachino Romany gypsy tribe, and his not
was fortune-teller. The life in the q
and tent has enriched his Imagination 81
him strong body and aided him in iYri
clean, pure life, and not since the days
John Bright has any man appeared In =
land who has more perfectly REVEALED :
possibilities of Anglo Saxon speech
j. Wilbur Chapman was a Philade
pastor For some years he was the pasta
Bethany Presbyterian Church; then he s
came world evangelist.
Doctor Chapman's approach to the ]
may be likened to the sun eating is
through snowdrlft. Here is quiet "a
est, devout man who takes a passags
scripture and illuminates 1t with his IN
pretations. His sermons search and pos
as the leaven works it's way through
meal. Doctor Chapman is not the sort
man who creates a big furore, though E
campaign in Australia and Great BHl
made profound impression. He Is ml
tentious, with a charming modesty inters
In his mission, with deep convictions
While man of sweetness and light j.
occasion, a real son of thunder.
The popular response to evangelist
matter which compels a study Of the p
mind and of the organized preparatloH
every great evangelistic effort, The ~
tudes do not fill large tabernacIes to hs
man talk, but to hear him talk about
gion, The sea of public feeling Is tossed B
white wave crests easiest by emotional
gion. 1t is a question whether these
men could gather such crowds to lister
lecture on Browning or Shakespeare, thoaa
believe that If the press and literary socs
should back the movement Rudyard h'
or Bernard Shaw or Theodore Roosevelt
fill for a period OF time vast audllc'
discussing literary or secular subject
Doctor Wanted
1t must be conceded, however that q
are interested in matters which concera
destiny. Wicked men have strange 's
to hear good man denounee them
people-most of them-like TO see the doc
All men have spasms of goodness
aspiration loves company. man Yitn &
rope on a stormy sea viii have no trpd11
attracting attention. Perhaps the atti1sz
the public toward the evangelist is hsal /.
trated by the scene on the Atlantic
which was sinking. Jews, Catholics fi'''|
tants and skepties gathered in the capla
Moody, with one arm clasping the plllail {.
the s1st Psalm. Then he went to MS
and fell asleep. Men who give help enc
win have the multitude. for people sf
sheep-they follow a shepherd.