Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-19

church members are the worlds Bible
and it is about time for some of you to
give a revised edition. The world Is
looking for reality. Your daily prayer
should be- Make me more like Jesus
ASK yourself this questlOn-am l max
ing my homefolks love Jesus Christ
through me? Fathers, your child's
prayer should be, oh, Jesus make me
like my daddy"
With that remark, many men I'm the
audience were seen to wipe their eyes
as the lesson Of the Gypsy struck home
WHY CROWDS
ATTEND MEETINGS.
people don't crowd churches. creeds
or ministers" he said. IF they crowd
anything at all It is that they see Christ
there. This vast crowd did not come
here because of Gypsy Smith. What
brought you here tonight? Not Gypsy
Smith Gypsy Smith hasn't the power.
You say 1t is personal magnetism or my
voice or my personality. 1t isn't that.
God calls power from on high. No liv-
Ing man can do It. The only attraction
that has brought you here is the name
and spirit Of Jesus Christ. This Is His
work. This is His platform and He Is
the attraction. Not Gypsy Smith. 1t is
Jesus
Pleadingly. the Gypsy said: at you
let Him come into your life you will at
tract people He will make a pulpit
out of your home.
BE willing to be a fool for Christ's
sake
THE people are not going to crowd
the counterfeit They hate the humbug
They know a false note. They do not
want a dead thing. They want the love
conquering Jesus. The moment man
begins to pray In public before me
know If he can pray In priynte. You
know the ring when 1t is false and when
1t is true"
Taking his position firmly on the plat
form, the Gipsey said as he pointed a
finger OF warning, THE devil knows the
Il al man and the real woman and so does
the whole world"
HOME RELIGION
PLEA GETS CONVERT.
In speaking OF the need Of home re-
ligion. the evangelist said that a mem
her OF the choir came to him and said,
"Gipsey. | have been married for twenty
five years and this Is the first time we
have had family prayer"
Turning TO the choir, the evangelist
said. Il do not know where that man is
sitting I know that he is here. viii
you not stand up2"
With that a big man. physically, rose
to his feet. as the audience broke forth
into a mighty ovation.
II wart TO hear Of homo religion.
That's the stuff" said the evangelist as
the ovation quoted.
In Illustrating the spirit OF his text,
the fifth chapter Of st. Luke, Gypsy
Smith said. Some of you take in wash
ing, but you don't do your own. People
who mind their own business generally
succeed because there are few cOmpeti-
tors"
Some Of you people never earn the
right to give advice because you never
have accomplished anything.
IF you haven't somebody in your pew
on Sundays, It is because you so-called
professed Christian people have not been
doing your duty. There was something
about Jesus that was winsome and at
tractive. The people could not stay away.
If Jesus Christ comes into a home, 1t Is
not the same If Jesus Christ comes into
IA man, that man is instantly a source
of influence for good in the city.
"You and l ought to back down and
confess the truth and admit that the
thing which is wrong in us is that we
are unlike Jesus. If your church going
does not make you little less like you
are and a little more like Jesus, your
church going Is mockery," challenged the
speaker.
Continuing, he said, "If your Bible
reading has done any good it will make