The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-08
HOW To FIGN
.THEDEVIL TOLD
by EVANGELIST
Strong Appeal for Higher
Standard of Righteous
Living is Made.
RECORD CROWD
AT TABERNACLE
Twelve Filibustering Sena-
tors Are Roundly Scored
in Preparedness Sermon

1t was Baptist night at the big
tabernacle last night and, as Prot.
Cole stated it, he had the audience
sing Shall We Gather at the River
because of the large number of Bap-
lists who stood at his request. Tha
audience sang the grand old hymn
with a will, too, and followed it with
a number of other selections. A COM
petitive song fest was then proposed
between the married and the unmar-
ried people, resulting in a decision on
the part of the director that the mar
ried people won, throwing out the
suggestion that the others "get mar
ried."
During the singing of the. GYPSY
Smith favorite, Brighten the Corner
Where You Co." three little boys on
the front row sang so sweetly that
Prof. Cole asked them to sing the
chorus by themselves. They did so,
and the great audience applauded.
They were then asked to stand on the
front seat and sing out so that those
in the back part of the house could
see and hear them, and the little fell
lows did so, and their offering was
pleasing. They were Warren and Je-
rome Conner and Harold Mackey.
Rev. Herbert w. Rice. of the Gads-
den Street Methodist Church, at the
request of Mr.. Smith, Offered fer
vent prayer for the success of the
meetings, after which Prof. Cole sang
''The Unwritten Gospel" followed
shortly by Mr.. Smith and the musical
director singing Drifting" to good
effect.
DenOunces Senators.
Mr.. Smith preached his usual strong
sermon. Abiding to the twelve sena-
tors who acted as they did in Wash
ington last week on the presidents
request, he characterized them as
weak men in strong mems places,
for they have disarranged even the
country's plans by their actions"
Sermon on Preparedness.
| Telling how to fight the devil, and
really preaching a sermon on pre-
paredness, Gypsy Smith, Jr., last
night impressed the gathering at the
tabernacle that he had cleared away
all the matters of preparation which
had concerned him, and he gave some
evidence of his power as an evangelist,
| for hundreds departed last night in
the belief that it had been their privi-
| lege to hear one of the strongest and
most powerful discourses they had
ever listened to at any time. Mr..
| Smith has the faculty of taking up
| the most commonplace objects for il
Illustrating and driving home the great
truths which he throws out, and never
was there a more intense audience,
for they followed his every movement
and were all attention from start to
finish. Although here for only few
! days, he seems to understand Pensa-
cola, for he has already done things
| which fit so uniquely into local con-
! ditions that there is every evidence
! of more and more interest in the
! services as they proceed instead of
| any possible weakness or lack of in
, terest. One thing that every one is
quite ready to concede is that Gypsy
! Smith has a message to deliver and he
left no vestige of doubt on any mind
there present that he knows that mes
sage, and is going to impart it with
on fear or favor. He said he was
absolutely Independent of Pensacola
and that persons who did not care
to hear his preaching had the alterna-
tive of being present or remaining
away.
| Tonight will be Presbyterian night,
and it is expected that members Of
this church will turn out in as great
numbers as have characterized the
previous Baptist and Methodist
nights.
Gypsy Smiths Sermon.
The topic which he chose was ST.
PauIs wonderful description of the
! Christians armor, needed TO be put
on as he enters the battle against
the power Of evil, and he used as his
text the 18th verse of the 6th chan
ter Of st. Paul's Epistle to the Ephes-
ians: put on the whole armour of
God, that you may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil" On