Evening journal., 1915-04-29
EVANGELIST Warns
AGAINST SATAN'S GRIP
Gypsy Smith Says Many
Christians Are Baked
by Enemy'SWileS
URGES RESPECT
FOR THE CHURCH

A record-brcaking crowd packed
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church last
evening to hear Gypsy Smith deliver
his sermon on THE Wilos of the
Devil" The Rev. j. Y. Irwin open
ed the meeting with prayer and spe-
cal music was furnished by the
Apollo Male Quartet, who sang Just
Outside the Door" This quartet
consists Of B. H. Cook. w. Harper
Spry. William B. Mask and J. NJ
Dickinson. Later Mr. Smith sang
/ Never Lose Sight of Jesus To-
night Mr. Smith will talk on How
to Win Your Friends to Christ
/ Gilbert Jack will be the soloist Of
! the evening. The evangelist called
the attention OF all Christians to
pray every day at noon for the sue
cess of these meetings. and also TO
keep IN mind the class Of instruction,
for personal workers. led by Miss
Helen Henderson. each evening after
the regular service The Ushers'
Union, the Baraca Glass and the Boy
Scouts. Troop No. 2S. of Delaware
Avenue Baptist Church. will attend In
body. Any other organizations de-
|, string special reservations can have
the same by communicating with the
rastor
Taking his text from the eleventh
chapter of Enhesians and speaking
on "The Wiles of the Devil" last
night. Mr. Smith said 1t was a coinci-
dence that many of the wiles Of thC
devil begin with the letter D. JUS
/ Ike his name He said that Christian
p Ieople must wake up to the fact tina
90 d
not know Il. he will soon be You
a master and rob and blast yoursel
- and your home
n In mentioning the several "wiles
l. OF the Devil. Mr.. Smith mentioned
n First, Dethronoment; second, Dis
d arrangement; third, Destruction
Il fourth, Dirt; fifth, Generalization.
a God did not intend us TO be slave
"A We have allowed the Devil TO d,
throne and demoralize us. He aC
oomplishes this through habits tn;
we would become slaves TO, such q
strong drink and a bad temper, an
- he has so far dothroned some of I
m that we remain slaves to this hah
" and try to stay in the church and [
~ the will of God He would rathi
he a Bob Ingersoll than TO be iii
/ NAN OA lut AMulAH NANiAN'An 2 w ANNN
. who profess Christ, and sing b
a. praise and talk his name but y
30 in their hearts are hypocrits. TT
-, Devil will rob us of all that is brigh
80 est and best in our lives. There a
=. thousands Of these that the Devil en-
- ploys 10 destroy. us coming betwe'
- husband and wife; between relative
!. causing Quarrels among church mer
~ hers. in other ways too numerous
Il mention.
ns n Some Of Mr.. Smiths epigrar
were:
ro 81 heard a young man in Wilmin
'ho ton swearing so. that ] thought
ac- must have gone to hell for his ed
mo cation
III 81 believe in socials in a churc
w. but they should be free
I'm Oyster stews have built mo
'n,, churches than any other one thi
~ IN the world
~" Being a slave to temper Is as b
as committing murder
Il would not insult Jesus Chr
by giving him an old suit that
L. would not wear. even II II was In
ac rummage sale"
he american people spend more
of a year for chewing gum than th
lie give 10 missions
ow "You can always tell the wheels
he mans head. by the spokes whi
en-. come out Of IT,"