Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-15
Gypsy CLAIMS
CURIOSITY KEY
TO SALVATION
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ground to him and he seemed to feel at
home. As result, he swung into his
sermon with a sureness and certainty that
gave his arguments an added power.
APPEALS
TO REASON.
1t was very noticeable that in his ap-
peals TO church members to lead better
more Christian life and to put into prac-
tice every day in the week, in the homes
and in business, the professions they
make on the seventh day h. In pressed
upon his hearers the Idea that he was ap-
pealing to the brain and not u the emo
lions. Time after time he used phrases
such as listen to me all the way
through before you make up your mind,
think this over In your saner mo-
ments." Il don't want 10 work up sen
satlon; what you do you do in sanity,
etc.
The evangelist is not a shouter. be care
fully and studiously avoids appeals OF
an emotional character. although he 10
intensely dramatic and speaks in a soft,
we'll modulated voice that carries to the
most remote corners OF the big taber-
nacle. Every argument Is directed to
the reason OF his hearers. and all he
does is 20 ask them to think At one
time in his sermon last night he said,
Think, think, think. and then make up
your mind"
SHELL. HOLE
EXPERIENCE.
The climax OF his sermon came, when,
after recounting at length all the short
comlngs OF church members in their
daily lives, he turned In contrast to an
event that had happened while he was in
France
zone day went into a shell hole in
France, where nine boys-our boys, your
boys-lay dying. They lay In the mud.
in pools OF water. the nine dying heroes
surrounded by their dead comrades. A
man came with a water bottle and passed
It around among these boys. Every boy
took It, raised It to his lips, but when
the last boy handed II back not a drop
OF water had been taken out OF that bot
tie Each man thought the others need
ed 1t worse than he. There is true Chris
tian self denial one of these boys dy
ing said to me, Gypsy, did we do our
bestT and ! said to him dying in the
mud OF that shell hole In France, God
help me to make as good a showing when
my time comes to die
RETURNED CARDS
SIGNED BY 400.
full sermon. The audience was mute
throughout the big hall hundreds OF per
sons, men and women alike, furitively or
openly. as the case might be, brushed
tears from gllstening eyes. Immediately
Afterward Gypsy Smith, a marvellous stu
dent Of crowd psychology, directed that
cards be passed among the audience and
fully 1.40O were returned TO him signed,
a reaffirmation Of faith and promise to
lead a more Christian life 1t was a
great triumph for the efforts OF a great
preacher.
The meeting opened with the usual
song service by the choir OF 1000. di-
rected by William McEwen Of New York.
The choir work was noticeably better
than on the opening day, and 1t, like
Gypsy Smith, hit Its stride last night In
manner that brought forth from Smith
the comment: You are the best choir
have yet had" and McEwen Immediately
broke In with, you are a great choir. -
Following this the opening prayer was
made by DR.. c. A. Barbour, president Of
the Rochester Theological Seminary OF
Rochester. n. Y.
Gypsy Smith then went into action and
wasted little time In preliminaries. First
he asked how many people were in the
house and from one corner came the voice
Of an irrepressible youngster, who
shouted, Mine thousand"
Every one laughed, including Smith
who said THAT is young America for
you, and he is an optimist, too"
Before starting his sermon he read from
the first chapter of John, beginning with
the thirty fifth verse, and used these
verses as a text and basis for his dis
course.
Hear me though before you come to
any conclusion" he said. II would rather
have fewer persons sign these cards that
have thought things out for themselves
than many who have not. The great
trouble in the world today is that there
are so many who call themselves fol-
I lowers OF Jesus, who don't follow him.
When you do this, when you pretend to
follow and then fail to do so you do
more harm than good. When you in
the church claim to follow Christ and
then do not live like Christ, you do
more harm in the church than If you
were outside. man once said to me,
why don't my boys go to church with
me 2 and ] answered him, Because they
have to live with you six days in the
week.
THE reason some people do not go to
church today is because some Of you
who are in the church are crooked in
your business life. We would win these
outsiders back to the church much
quicker If we would out and admit the
truth in this matter and not camoufage
lot In Of I'd