Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-02
THE GYPSY SMITH REVIVAL.

Virtually all the Protestant church.
es of Alexandria will tomorrow launch
a revival movement in this city which
it is purposed to continue during the
entire month of September. The
principal speaker on these occasions
will be Gypsy Smith, Jr., who has con-
Quoted successful revivals in other
places recently. Services will be held
in huge tent near the Second Bap-
fist Church on upper King street:
Most of the churches hold revival
services during the fall and winter,
but in this movement there will be a
ssncerted effort upon the part of
churches as whole to interest peo-
pie. in the spiritual life.
during the past week or more what
rs, known as cottage prayer meet
.;as; have been held in houses in diff
.fslsInt sections of the city, and much
tr2ssIvot~ h..., e--1---I L.
b,dants. These preliminary SER
3 are akin to the old Methodist
Is meeting, seldom heard of in OH
Fay, but which people of that persua-
sion in the good old times anticipat-
ed with evident pleasure. Paul in
lsoase of his epistles sends his saluta-
,sfiona to different persons and "to
.ehupches which were in their houses.
The early disciples met in private
ifoess generally upper chambers)
caves, deserted stone quarries, on the
tops 3of hills, cellars, catacombs, etc.
They had no temples, as christians CT
our day, but the early type of Chris
iapity was of the most robust kind.
Hence churches in houses should not
be despised, to use scriptural word
Where two or three are gathered
s4sether," etc., are the words of en-
Engagement to all interested in the
SSayialr of Mankind.
Guiwer in his "Last Days of Pom
speif gives glimpscs of early Chris
ssiiall worship. When about to depart
Sor their homes the first disciples
5rlseased each other to 90 out into the
wof3t and strive to live as did their
holy undefiled and separate
FROM sinners, and ready to suffer any
thing for His sake-determined to
rise superior to their trials and per-
:secutions, minus any resentment. The
hymn, "God be with you until we
meet again." had not been written,
but its spirit was in evidence.
In the early history of Christianity
,sects began to multiply. 1t has been
going on ever since. Among the
/ Corinthian brethren some were of
Paul, some of Apollos, some of Ceph-
as, and some of Christ. 1t is so now,
in a sense. Christians of our day arc
of Cephas, Luther, Wesley, Calvin and
others. Some believe immersion is
the scriptural form of baptism; others
equally as sincere, are convinced
spiinkling or pouring was the original
process. Let every one be fully per-
suaded in his own mind. But good
people Of Alexandria are about to
stack temporarily their creeds and
ecclesiastical preferences with their
umbrellas and canes in the vestibule
and to be of one mind in the great
work of ;proclaiming the gospel and
arresting the attention of the thought
less.
We are told to contend for the
faith once delivered unto the saints"
But this was written in reference 10
such as, in the dim past denied the
Lord sWhp; bought them. Surely all
recognize Sthis truth now. There are
many different branches of the Cos
pei tree today, but all recognize the
great work of the Saviour of Man