The Washington times., 1917-02-07
ATTACKS DOUBLE
MORAL STANDARD
Gypsy Smith, Jr, Asks to Have
Transgression of Sexes
Seen In Same Light.
WARNS OF DEVILS BARB
ia Dog, He Says, He Wouldn't
: Wag His Tail At Some
Christians.
WARNS OF DEVILS BARB

Gypsy Smith, jr., in his sermon last
might at the tabernacle, bitterly at
tacked the double standard of moral
Aity for men and women, and pleaded
With Christians to keep from being
eeaught" by the cleverly baited hooks
or the devil
His sermon on ''Life's Shipwreck"
was expected to be followed by an
appeal for trail hitters," but for
some reason the evangelist did not
call for members OF his congregation
TO hit the cinder path" although he
asked them TO show by raising hands
whether or not they felt the need OF
prayer. Many hands showed when he
made this appeal
Attacks Atheists.
The young evangelist was especial
ly vitrioIic in his sermon when he
criticised the practical, matter-of-
fact men who question the existence
of a Supreme Being.
you poor FOOLS" he said, "who
try to reason with your little two-by-
four minds the reasoning of God.
Where did you come from? Why are
you here? Where are you going? Try
to answer those questions, and see
what you know"
He launched his full dramatic force
against the ensnaring ways of the
devil, and pictured the horrible end
ing of what the devil has painted as
beautiful in the beginning.
"Why doesn't the South wind blow
as we'll at the end as It did in the
beginning?
Keep End In Mind.
Listen, old Washington, listen.
Simply because that's not the DEVILS
way. II those girls who are ped
ding their souls on the streets Of
Washington tonight could have seen
the end when they first took that
wrong step downward. would they
have done it? No." thundered Mr.
Smith, "all the devils in hell would
not have made them.
IF that young man who first raised
the glass of liquor to his lips had
seen the end, would he have dared
take a drop? No. all the devils in hell
would not have made him do it.
Roseate Beginning.
Listen! There's never a blur or a
blemish, there's never a spot or a
smur on the devils picture. There's
never a smudge or a cloud painted
on the DEVILS picture for the girl who
enters motherhood by the wrong door.
You big fools! Oh. you big fools!
You will play and fool with the pow
ers that will ruin you. SIN will
spell every misery, every sorrow in
Washington tonight. The devil would
hra af
and leave it damned and dying, for
that's his business.
Listen! Under every bait the devil
offers you, there's the barb. Caught
is the most homeIy word in the Eng.
lish language. 1t expresses so much.
SocIety's Injustice.
II have seen a pure, sweet young
girl dancing in the arms Of some
moral leper until she is caught. And
then society says 'segregate her and
at the same time takes back into its
arms the devil who ruined her, and
fetes him, and wines him and dimes
him
"oh, God! The hell OF this damna-
BILE double standard in the United
States.
"Oh, listen, listen, IL every girl de-
manded of the man what he demands
of her in the way of moral purity,
there would be a cleaner and better
manhood in the country"
The evangelist last night seemed to
become carried away at points by his
own words, and rushed from cne side
to the other OF the rostrum, shaking
his fist into the faces OF mis- congre-
cation, and hammering the pulpit
al his might % 4
q point.
He gave a picturesque recital Of
the .itanIcs sinking. comparing the
ilIfated vessel TO a Delilsh of the
seas, who lured her victims TO a
watery grave.
Listen he said, there is one les
son every survivor of that vessel will
tell you today. 1t is thus: Watch,
watch, for ye know not when the Son
Of God comes.'"
Not . "TabernickeI.7
Gypsy Smith made an appeal for
greater contributions from the audi
snce last night, stating that up to
this time the average amount taken
in each night has not averaged 8
cents a person. "Some people seem
to think this is a tabernickel," he
caustically remarked: Its not,
though. It's a tabernacle"
Afternoon services will be resumed
this afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock. There
will be the children's service Satur-
day afternoon, conducted by Mr.. Cole,
the choir leader. it was announced.
Sins, their beginning and ending"
was the subject OF the sermon preach
ed last night by Gypsy Smith, jr.
The voyage Of Paul to Rome from
the twenty-seventh chapter OF Acts,
was taken as the subject.
Nr. Smith launched into his ser
mon by saying: Many Of us today
make the mistake of embarkinE
upon the sea OF life without know
ing where the sandbars are, where
the hidden wrecks lie. and where the
cross currents swirl the greatest. We
want our own way. We think the
world owes US a living: but IT only
owes US chance to make a living.
Master of Our Wills.
You and have been created so
that we are masters Of our will AL
we have to do. is to give sway to our
influences. We may be wrong by
giving the evil influences sway and
We may b right by giving the good
influences sway. God will let you
have your own way.
IF I could give you a lfe-sized
ograph Of yourself at sixty when