The Pensacola journal., 1917-03-31
Gypsy Smith on
Penalties of Mans Sins
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as. follows:
Children's service at 8 o'clock this
afternoon at which time Prof. Cole
will be in charge of the meeting.
At 7:45 o'clock tonight, the regular
preaching by Gypsy Smith will take
place. The choir will not be made
up of children tonight.
Sunday, as previously announced,
there will be three services. The first
will be at IL o'clock, at which time
all the city churches will worship to-
gether. The morning services will
be suspended for the purpose. At 3
o'clock, for men only, Gypsy Smith,
will deliver his lecture, "Frorn Gypsy
Tent to Pulpit" and the regular night
service at 7:45 o'clock. Monday eve
ming the concluding service of the
series will be held, thus terminating
one of the busiest months work that
the evangelist has put in for some
time.
Rev. Mr.. Ansley, of the First Bap-
tist Church, in a talk to the great
audience last night, reminded all of
the voluntary offering as compensa-
ton for the evangelist's great work
in Pensacola, saying that it was
something which could not be bought
in dollars and cents, and that Pensa-
cola was vastly different town than
it was four weeks ago, as a result
of the meetings. He called attention
to the envelopes distributed by the
ushers, and said that they were ex-
pected to be returned at one of the
three services Sunday with some con-
crete expression of the giver's ap-
probation for the work of Mr.. Smith
in Pensacola. This is the way the
evangelist gets his pay, the minister
assured the large congregation.
Captain McAteer. of the Salvation
Army, offered the first prayer at the
request of Mr.. Smith, after the read
ing of a part of the 9TH and 7th
chapters of the Book of St. Luke.
The evangelist's topic was "Man's
Law, Natures Law, and Gods Law"
A Touching Sermon.
Mr.. Smith, quoting from the lesson,
thoughts from the incident of where
Jesus raised dead man by simply
touching the bier, took occasion to
say that it was always a matter of
wonder to him why the other apostles
had not referred so plainly to this
miracle, saying that it was possible
that it impressed st: Luke the more
on account of the writer being a
physician. He said that the raising
of a man to life was an occasion of
sufficient Importance to have created
tremendous impression, and one
that would leave an impression upon
anyone's memory. Then he brought
scenes of that procession to the pres
ent day sorrows. He said it was a
sorrow when misfortune crept in to
any family, when financial failure
beset one, the loss of a position, and
the like, but the great sorrow comes
hen death comes into the home, and
especially is this true when the head
of the home dies; when the husband
is separated from wife, and when
father is taken away from the chill
dren.
He related a personal experience
which happened that afternoon right
in the tabernacle, the evangelist tell
ing in an impressive way how an old
woman, aged 68 years, had told him
in the tabernacle following the after
noon service how she had just beer
admitted to the old woman's home
after her grown boy had refused tc
further provide her bare necessities
of life, the old woman telling him he
had given her but six dollars since
January. "She had toiled for him
denied herself for him, but she said
despite his neglect and abuse of her
she still loved him. have never un-
derstood how boy can go back on
his aged mother, and a boy who
would do that is worth nothing"
Then the evangelist impressed his
hearers with the thought that sin is
at the bottom of all blasted homes
broken hearts, blighted homes. "Were
it not for sin, there would be no
deaths, no heartaches, no darkenet
homes, no ruined bodies. Sin clouds
the brow, fills the hospitals, packs
the penitentiaries, creates all mis-
eries-in fact, you cannot speak the
word without the hiss of the ser,
pent. 1t is the undertaken at every
funeral, and sin is going to find you
out as sure as fate. 1t will be just as
sure as day is coming, just as sure