The Washington times., 1917-02-08
Gypsy Smith, Jra, Will Preach
Before Delegation of 600
Virginians Tonight.
TOPIC, 1.-THE MORAL LEPER"
Forty-fiVe Men and Women Hit
the Cinder Path at Last
Two Services.

Six hundred AleNandrians, headed
by Judge James Barley and the Rev.
John Lee Addison. will hear Gypsy
Smith. jr., deliver his famous sermon
on The Moral Leper" at the Six
teenth and V streets tabernacle to-
night.
Reservations have been made for
the Virginians, and probably both OF
the leaders of the delegation will be
requested to address the audience be
fore the evangelist begins what it said
TO be one of his best sermons. To
night has been designated as 'Alex-
andria Night" at the tabernacle.
Gypsy Smith, jr., held a most sue
cessful revival in Alexandria last
summer, and has a host of friends
and admirers in that city. 1t is ex-
pected that at least one other night
during the campaign here will be
designated as Alexandria Night"
Great Demand for Seats.
Owing to the roping off of one-fifth
Of the seating capacity of the taber-
nacle for these visitors, the Rev. DR..
John Carpenter Palmer, chairman of
the executive committee, today urged
that the general public go to the
tabernacle early because of the great
demand for the other four-fifths OF
the accommodations.
Services will be held at the taber-
nacle this afternoon at o'clock.
DR.. Palmer today announced the
total collections thus far as Sl45O
This leaves $3.50 still to be collected
to defray the expenses of construct
ing the tabernacle and the other
charges.
Fifteen Hit Trail
The evangelist last night preached
a powerful and effective sermon on
THE New Birth" the necessity for
Christians to be born again. At the
close of the services fifteen men and
women professed their faith. This
makes forty-five converts in two
nights.
Gypsy Smith, jr.. said before ex-
tending his invitation to converts:
Il had rather have five men and
women who are really born again and
who have intelligently resolved to
give themselves to Christ than to
have fifteen thousand who are swey-
ed by emotion alone"
The Sermon.
The evangelist took his text for
last nights sermon from John 81;
''fe must be born again"
The sermon follows.
The bible says that God created
man in His own image. Man was
also given the understanding and
will of God and this implied the will
TO do Gods will-to live God.
But temptation was so allowed
and this entered into and debauched
the human heart, and the spirit of
God went out Sin caused mans
fall, and the mind which was endow-
ed with the power TO apprehend God
and love Him and know the heart
and mind OF God was corrupted and
man fell.
The Spirit OF God went out. and can
never return until there is a new
birth. TO make a fitting place for the
Holy Spirit
We see 1t FIRST illustrated in the
first man, Adam. Though made in
Gods own image he sinned under
temptation. and the temple Of God
was debauched. Truly, we were
born in sin, and conceived in iniquity
] stand with the Bible and that is its
dictum. Until that image is restored.
the Spirit is dead. The carnal man
Restore Gods Image.
The image of God must be re-
stored, ! say, and it's this way 1t
must be Christ in me at work. As /
live carnally. / am prone TO swear. to
drink and indulge the flesh. l must
have Christ in me to do the things
Of God.
"Ye must be born again. This is
in two WAYS, first. from above. and
second. anew. ! must be born again
anew from above. 1t means the old
things must be put away and new
man in Christ Jesus will follow. The
first is of the earth. earthly. the sec
Ond is from above, heavenly
All mans intellectual power does
not put him beyond the old doctrine
the new Birth. This is beyond me or
any preacher. as We cannot explain
il. But / must emphasize il, whether
you care for ii or not.
Note the words must and again.
God was the author of this rule, and
il was the fashion to so hold of old
am old fashioned in this. 1t is not
the pet theme OF some evangelist or
faddist. but the pronOuncement of the
Son of God. He made the words and
breathed them into the heart OF man
He condescended to whisper this truth
to man. II was He who dipped His
fingers into the aeons OF Time and
laid these words like jewels to beau
tify humanity. He said il and whis
persd it into the heart and soul OF
man.
MetkodIsm.
Yes. ] know some will say this is
the doctrine of the Methodists. Yes
you are all mostly lists without the
method
at was the preaching of John Wes
ley after he had been born again
and then he could not help preach it
He enjoined il in his churches, anC
that church Is a monument to th'
good, true doctrine. George Whitfield
preached 300 sermons from that one
text, and died at last, exhausted. I'm
HRine any preacher nowadays doing
such a thing Any repetition yoU
take as stale. and also the old ladie'
would have something sure enough Il
say about It,
But 1t is the remarkable fact anC
life is construed so. The power tina
gave the primrose in January, and th'
glories Of the starry skies tonight
made 1t so. and required the new
birth
Many Of the old-timers preached 4
all over the world. George Whitfield
your Mccoy, who converted William