The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-25

right ahead" but his fsther had told
h,m 70 wait and watch what the other
people did. So very much embar-
rassed he picked up the napkin and
sand: "Please ,na'aDs, ls this pocket
oondkerchief7" Immediately he knew
there was diseord in the harmony.
You and / sometimes wien we put our
Got into II try tS and climb limb, out and
mt But If I could e. to the piano
in your home nd put NY finger on
| the keynote Of. success should put
4 on b natural. and if you are not
ltntural you will be fiat. NY father
WAS q child Of nature, and he said:
| 'Na'am, you must excuse me il /
lnake a mistake. and if you will al
ways, tell me when / do right, for
hat is the only way shan learn"
After the meal was over the lady
said: "Mr. Smith. when you are ready
VIC will show you up to your apart
ment." That was big word for my
father, he had never heard it before,
but he made mental note that he
would look it up in his dictionar,,
when he got alone, then they showed
him up to his room and shut the
door. He looked around the room.
was small and stuffy and hot, for it
was the month Ct June, ard he wa,
used to lying out in the open in June
with the sky and stars for canopy.
He looked at the bed, it only had four
legs, and taking hold of it he shook
! it and il seemed very shaky. He
didn't want to fall through the very
FIRST night, and he wasn't sure t would
hold him, so he went TO the farthest
wall and taking running jump he
jumped on the middle Of it, and he
thought If it can stand that, it can
stand sleeping on. He turned down
the bedclothes to see if they were al,
right, for he had heard that they had
isitoIs sonnet mes in London, and h
oh.ected to the way they made their
living. He looked at the washstand,
and the articles they were hand-paint-
cd ard he was afraid to use them for
fear he would dirty them. The Gyp
siss wash in the brooks and stream!
a,d when there is no water handy
there is always the dew in the lon.
grass and you can't find more san
.tary towel than the kird, just run
around till you get dry. Then to bed,
out not to sleep, for he was homesick
The next morning he went to see
Mr.. Booth, and Mr.. Booth gave him
rs first Christian work. He sent him
out doing pastoral work, visiting the
members and the new cony erts Of the
I'M sion. After a while he gave him
an opportunity to speak in the open
al: and my father was then told by
Mr.. Both that he was going to an
nounce him to take a service indoors
And one day wnile walking through
London he saw a placard with this
notice On it: "Gipsy. Smith, the con-
yerted boy, will sing and pre- 1ch." My
father went to Mr.. Smith and said:
My name isn't Gypsy, it is Rodney"
Mr.. Booth replied: ooh, anybody can
e a Smith. bit 1t int everybody can
be a Gypsy Smith"
My %a: in S1e5sps5 R55eps55ns for rsht his s
about his reading. He could sing So
le could led in the singing; he couln
pray, because he lived in the atmos
here of prayer, he had wonderful
story to tell you, but he didn't read
cry well. His inst thou. hit was: &c!
will get somebody else to read for
mo-" but he knew that would not do
o he got out of it in this way: He
.nnounced the book, chapter and
lie verse, and began to read until he
anne to a big word that he. couldn't
pronounce and d .dn't know the mean.
ns OF, so he. didn't try, but stopped
this side of the big word. Then b,
way Of exposition he explained the
meaning of the verses that he had JUS,
read, and when he began to reac
gain, he began on the other side of
he big word.
| Some months after my father be,
AN to work f5I Mr.. Booth, Mr.
acoth lied all the men and women
vino were working for him together
and sad: "We are going. to change
ne name of this organization, it il
..:o:ns to be known in future as the
Salvation Army" Mr.. Booth was
made general and each of his CO.
workers. were given titles. My faith
cr was given the title of lieutenant
nd he was the tn rty-sixth officer
ever made in the Salvation Army. He
afterward became captain, and they
! m out CT London in the pro-
v:ncial towns to open up in each OF
Al, sc places a local corps.
My father m rried in the town OF
f'aitby, Yorkshire. My mother was
ar English lady and one of his first
nverls. Later my father had a dis
yrecment with General Booth and
cneral Booth di missed him from Tie
Salvation Army. My father then
artcd preaching wherever he was
:alled. America called him, Australia
'NuGh Africa, France, until today my
'ather has preached on every English
ointment in the world. His home in
he city of Cambridge. England, is
'"ilt on the piece Of ground where
his tent was pitched the night he gave
s near to Jesus Christ In his study
here is letter framed from the.late
Queen Victoria and also one from
kirg George, and mementoes of his
.uccess from all over the world. Butt
ore than all these he prizes a picture
Gypsy tent and wagon and an old
n fe on his desk that he used to writ
clothespins i.h. and sold them for
wo cents dozen. Sometimes when
ne devil tempts him, and tells him
hat his secret of success is himself,
lis personality and magnetism, he
axes fo'd of that old knife and look
ing at the Gypsy tent, he says:
&rele, Devil, it wasn't for the
Cross CT Jesus Christ should be in
ay Gypsy tent tonight"
II you went 10 know what I think
mas been the secret of my fathers
great success on five continents, II
nould not hesitate a moment in
aging that it has been because he