The Washington times., 1917-02-17
Invitation Extended to Army of
Workers to Attend SerV-
ices Tonight.
MEMS MEETING TOMORROW
Aged Men and Children Among
twenty-five Penitents to
Hit Cinder Path.

a special invitation has been ex-
tended to the army OF Government
employees in Washington to hear the
sermon of Gypsy Smith, jr., at his tab
ernacIe at Sixteenth and V streets
northwest tonight.
A large delegation from the Gov
ernment Printing Office is expected
to attend in a body. Efforts to or
ganize parties in the departments
failed, but it is expected that a large
number from all branches of the ser
vice will attend Individually.
At 5 o'clock this afternoon at the
tabernacle Prof. rorest Cole. choir |
leader for the evangelist, will de-
liver his, unique willie Jones" talk |
TO children.
Service For Men Tomorrow.
willie Jones" is a little dummy |
who sits upon the platform to assist |
the professor in making his talk to |
the children clear.
At O'Clock tomorrow afternoon |
there will be service for men only, |
when the evangelist will preach one |
of his frankest sermons.
II is expected that at the mems |
service there will be more traiI-hit-
tiers than at any meeting thus far.
Employees of the State Department |
IL was announced today. have organ
lied a party from that branch of the
Government service to visit the tab
ernscle "Wednesday night
Aged and Youth Together.
Six gray-haired men from the Cos.
pei Mission, determined to mend their
- broken lives, and three children,
scarcely in their teens, were among
the twenty-five pentitents who hitA
the cinder path at the tabernacle las
night
As the evangelist looked out owe
the crowded tabernacle and saw tn
two extremes of life coming forwa
TO shake his hand and thereby signil
their intention to follow Christ,
said:
1T is a great thing to see gri
hairs coming back, but 1t is greater
see a boy or girl promise to lie,
clean, sweet, pure lives. For, VIII
an elder comes back to Christ on
one is saved, but in a child a VIII
multiplication table is brought
God.''
Boy Marches to Front.
As the evangelist ceased speaI
and the choir resumed the straina
81 Am Coming Home" an ele
yesr-oId boy, moved by Cyl
words, marched fearIessly down
path, shook the eyangelist's hand
took his place on the bench ress
for trail hitters-
More than 5000 persons heard
sermon on Whatsoever a
soweth, that shall he also
When he had finished and the
began to sing, one by one men
women struggled down the aisle
More than 200 men and women
the Riverdale and Hyattsville p
terian churches attended the s
last night. The West Street p
terian Church of Georgetown,
was well represented.
sSrhey'm Come Around All Rig
As the last hymn was being
and the crowd began to file
through the many exits, the ev
list was asked how he was sat
with the way in which Washi1
was receiving his gospel
We'll, they were a little CO
first" he replied. but they'll
around all right"
The evangelist said some of
Washington churches are TAXI
jealous interest in the revival.
The text of last nights Sc
follows:
"WhatsOever q Man SOweth.'
Last evening the evangelist G
as his text the words found in q
tians, the sixth chapter and the
enth verse: BE not deceived. Go
not Knocked. For whatsoever
soweth. that shall he also. reap"
Every one of u.s." the revivt
began, must be prepared to
facts some day, whether those n
be pleasant or unpleasant. EI
thinking man has the knowledge
some day he will be brought to
count for those things which he
done, and which he has left undond
God knows every thought of mi
He knows the unspoken longing;
Knows for what the heart pUlsat
He knows the good through. But
only does He know the good, but.
knows the bad. He knows you n
one else but yourself does. And
is no fool. Don't be deluded,
think He is going to swing wide
gates of glory and let all enter
He has said that one must agonize
enter in. I would think Him a m
ster IL He let the libertine in with
twoyear-old daughter.
Would Be Miserable There.
why, II God would let some OF yo
IN heaven tonight you'd be miserable
You wouldn't have thing in commo,
with the folks up there. You couldn
talk intelligently. So God Is not run
ming His kingdom different from tn
way In which the mayor and council
are running your city. Protection II
afforded your wife and your children
and God does the same thing for His
God knows what ! am and what
propose TO be. He knows the date
have for next week. He knows the
rotten alliance l am about to make
lie knows. Don't live in a FOOLS para
disc.
"This very text should turn us on
round turn tonight. It ought Il
make us stop still in our tracks. God
s. Omni-present: He is omniscient
II you mock, IL you sneer at His
and his word, He'll let you do it. II
gives you a will and let's you do =
you wish. II you say the story
Jesus Christ is a fable, and sneer
His gospel, He'll let you do IL, bu
you'll account for It some day.