Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-23

Smith before an audience that packed the
huge tabernacle to capacity last night.
If we were the right sort Of Christians
we would go into every hole and corner
and ferret out this curse"
Gypsy Smith rock an unequivocal stand
against the liquor dealers, both vendors
and manufacturers. He told Of a case
which was brought to his attention just
before the meeting, when a prominent
business man of indianapolis brought a
young farmer to him, and through the
efforts of the evangelist the man was con
verted and turned from drink. In a
striking way the evangelist pictured the
return Of this man TO his home, a
changed person.
Several special delegations were at the
meeting. Fortville sent 300 men, Della
ware County sent forty, seventy five came
from Upton. Brooklyn bad sixty pres
ent. and the Second Baptist Church of
indianapolis sent delegation Of 100 from
the mems class.
SPECIAL SERVICES
ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Special Good Friday services viii be
held in the tabernacle, 1t was announced.
Services will be from u to 3 O'Clock
several Indianapolis ministers preaching
sermons IN addition to that OF Gypsy
Smith. The evangelist will hold the reg
ular noon hour meeting at keiths
theater
II was announced by Dr. c. II. Winders
that more than $1,000 has been col
lected. Should Monday nights record
hold good, he said, when S2OO1 was
raised. it Will not be necessary to collect
money at the meetings after Sunday I'M
til time for the free will Offering for
Gipsey Smith.
Continuing his broadside against
whisky, the evangelist told his audience
that if he had his way he would have
every whisky distillery in the world
burned to the ground
Il would tolerate no man as my friend
who makes his living from the ruination
Of the souls Of his neighbors," he said.
FIRM IN BELIEF
THERE Is a DEVIL.
The evangelist's efforts were directed
toward the proof Of existence Of a devil,
and he refuted in an excellent manner
the declarations OF certain persons that
there is no devil.
Lots of men have seen little devils"
he said, "and if there are little ones there
must be big one
The devil isn't dead. The man who
says there is none is helping him carry
oH his business. If man would tell me
there is no devil I'd tell him he was a
man who never did right
Some men say there is no devil, but
there are lot like him. l have been IN
your town long enough to know there is
a lot Of devilishness.
If Jesus is not in your home it's he
cause you don't want Him, and if He
isn't in your heart It is because you have
not made room for Him.
THE devil is spoken Of in the Bible rs
a deceiver, and unless you make up your
mind to beat him he'll beat you.
The place to start beating the devil
is in the cradle.
Don't tell me there is no devil 1t
may be the devil Of pleasure, of selfish
the Gypsy chen told of the workings Of
the various brands of devils.
If a man gets drunk and falls In the
gutter, every person on the street knows
about it, but some churchgoers go home,
beat their wives, mistreat their children,
aud break up their homes, but because
the blinds are pulled down, the world
knows no different.
"Sin is the forerunner OF all disease.
Why, you can't say sin without Kissing
like a snake. Some of the people in the
United States are foolish enough to
jump off at everything but the right
thing
IF you will sin. you viii be diseased
for disease and sin 20 hand in hand.
Jesus has shown himself Lord over dis
ease.
Il want to say to every man, your life
will not be what 1t should be until you
become 3 Christian. 1t would make
big difference in your home man. if you
were a Christian man. You'd open the
doors of possibility if you'd let Christ
into your life.
WORLDLY RICH MAY BE
SPIRITUAL PAUPERs.
"Oh, it's a manly thing to be q Chris
tian.
Without Christ your life is an nbso-
lutte failure
You may be a pauper, spiritually, re-
gardIess of the fact that you ride in the
most expensive of automobiles"
Proof that the Gipsy's words were
sinking into the minds of the audience,
and that they were thinking about his
message, was evidenced in the weeping
Of men. women and children. Handker-
chiefs could be seen at the eyes of many
persons in the audience.
Il can't see how any woman can say
! no to Jesus" he said. For when
woman does go down. she can go further
than a man. l can only explain that by
saying that the highest mountains have
the deepest valleys.
Women, you should think less Of
clothes less Of society, of jazz, Of your
body and personal appearance before
men, and think more of judgment and
eternity and JeSus Nohodv will listen