The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1918-05-14
NO ROOM
FOR HIM
And Yet the World Was Look.
ing for Some Strange and
Unaccountable Way
FOR SALVATION OF SOULS

The work here by Gypsy Smith
Jr., isn't for naught. Men and wo-
men of Wilson town and county evil
denced this fact last night by their
numbers at the Banner Warehouse
Tabernacle and by the manner in
which they accepted the convincing
words of the great Evangelist.
1t was the fifth service of the re-
vival. Practically every one of the
:2,400 seats were filled. Not few
of the attendants were members of
families living in the rural sections
of the county.
"Your county would be hell If
there was no God, no Christ or no
Church here" exclaimed Mr.. Smith,
"and the man who says he wants no
God, no Chist and no Church
should pack up and get out Of this
whole country, which is based on be-
lief in Christ" This statement came
after the Evangelist had explained
how Jesus suffered for the purpose
,of saving manhood and womanh0od.
Mr.. Smith read passages from the
Bible on how Christ returned to his
own people and was not accepted by
them.
would you change something If
you knew Christ would come to Will
son at IL clock tonight" question
ed Gypsy Smith, Jr. Then he tola
why those of us who are not right
with God should make reparation
and keep square with him,
The vast audience, the greatness
of Gypsy Smith, Jr., as an exponent
of Christ's teachings and the splen-
did song program, under the direc-
tion of the cultured Mr.. Allen, COM
bined to make last nights service
probably the best union church SER
vice in the history Of Wilson.
There will be no service tonight.
Beginning Tuesday and continu-
ing throughout the revival services
will begin at $3.50 p. m. This change
has been decided upon by the COM
mittee in charge to enable the out
of-town folks to take advantage of
the occasion.
Mr.. Smiths sermon was as fol-
lows:
His text was taken from Luke
2:7. No room for him. And first
.,of John and 18th verse: "He came
to His own and His own received
Him not" For 1000 years prior to
the advent Of Jesus Christ the world
has been looking through the mist
of the fture years waiting for the
coming of the Messiah. Ever since
the promise came to Eve in the Gar
den of Eden that the seed of the
woman shall bruise the serpent's
head, the world had been looking for
the coming of the Messiah. And
yet when He came, there was no
room for, Him. 1t would have been
a great condescension for Him to
have been born in one of the world Is
greatest palaces and rocked in a
golden cradle and fed with a gold
en- spoon and attended by angels for
His nurses, but instead of that He
came by the way Of q poor woman
and born in the most humble CIR
cumstances. Just see what He came
for. He came to bless and not to
curse; to lift up not to cat down;
to give sight to the blind; to unstop
deaf ears; to lead out of darkness
into lgiht; to bring to the whole
world; and to, reveal to mankind the
great mother heart Of God. And yet
there was not room for Him. After
he ha dperformed his first miracle;
namely, the turning of water into
wine, you would have supposed
that when He went back ohis home
town of Nazareth that they would
have been glad to have welcomed
Him. Instead Of that 1t is reported
that, as was His custom, He went
into the synagogue on the Sabbath
day. and the book was handed to
Him, and he began to read and said;
"This day is the scripture being full
filed" And they began to whisper
among themselves and asked each
other where has He gotten all this
wisdom. He is only carpenters
son. How dare He come into our
temple and presume to teach US and
tell us what we ought to do, and
they would have Him IN those early
days Of His mini>+-- hAi he not I'm.