The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-10
dlpsy Smiths Sermon
8. Last Evenino as

Gipsy Smith madeya stouch down.
last evpuih1 iSHd 1t Mill sbe Smanvy
many deys before the Union people
forget his nisssaSe. He puts his whole
soui into his preaching and the mans
earnestness and power have so Inn
pressed the folks that they gather at
the tSbeTascle several hours before
service 70 gain admission, SO fearful
ARE tksy'Sf losing one sermon. !
Mr. Charles F. Allen directed the
choir n singing severals old time ,fav-
iorites In which the congregation ioin.
ed and he very pleasantly said,
THANK you. ladies'" but the men were
! not TO be let down 80 easy. He asked
that every man who attended the
morning ptayer service from 9to 8 40
= to stand up. While standing they sane
Go YeA the Story Now" and did il
80 wtll that he had them come to the
front Of the pulpit and sing. It was
'bssptifpl
II you would like a subject we
might call it Changing Fash.
ions in rCapernaum." The Scripture
Is taken from the second chapter Of
the Gospel Of st. Mark, a description
of tour ltnen who carried a sicl
friend Sto Christ that he might be
hraied.y
The two outstanding notes of the
Gospel were "eome unto Me all We
that labor and are heavy laden and
! will give you rest,n, and "Go We into
all the world and preach the Gospel
to every creature" But it seems as
u he had left the last command en-
tirely to an ordained clergy. I think
why so many Of US do not Ego into
the world is because we have no mes.
sage to take. The majority of our
church folk today have only second
hand knowledge Of God and Of Christ
and Of His promises. I can know
more Of the effect Of water to quench
my thirst by going to the home
where l am stopping and putting a
glass under the faucet and taking one
drink than by reading on the subject
OF water for years. I can know more
Of the effect Of fire on my body by
striking a match and putting my fin
ger into flames than I can know by
reading on the subject Of fire in all
the libraries Of the world. can know
more, of the effect Of quinine when
I am taking cold from q small dose
OF 1t than I can know by reading
every medical book which has been
written. And can know in one mo-
ment of glad contact with Jesus
Christ more Of His power to save,
strengthen, heal and forgive than all
the preachers rolled into one could
tell ms in thousand years. The rea-
SON you Can't talk to your fellowmen|
abont Christ is chat you don't know
Him. You can talk about the murder
case Sf which the papers are full.
but the hast name on your lips is that
Of Jseus Christ, and the last topic
which you discuss Is the redemption
CT this city.
Ny old grandfather, after he had
given his heart to Jesus Christ, could
only read the New Testament as Il
fedds music -Aby position. "a He viii bel
80 IN May. He came home one night
sieging'a "a Gospel song which he had
just heard at the meeting at which
he had accepted Christ. When he
climbed up the steps into the Gipsy|
wagon his children were afraid oil
him. Calling them to him one at the
time he"told them, "Dont be afraid.
God has sent home to you q new faith
er." And kneeling down he prayed
tina God might give to each one rofI
them the same blessed experience.
And he went on praying until he had
prayed all five Of them into the pull
pit. One of them died but the rest
Of them are preaching somewhere to-
night. What the church Of jesus
Christ needs today is an experimental
knowledge of the power Of Jesus
Christ. Ifyever we are going to win|
our loved ones for Christ it will be
because some one cares and is con-
cerned about them.
/ don't know what you do in Union
when you have an election, but in|
London we snsed to divide the city up|
into wards and put o captain I'M
charge ofgeach ward. Itwas the bus
mess OF thatcap and those under
meath hin,sto interview every voter inI
that ward, and to find out just how
he stood in respect Of their candidate.
They would 60 to the voters home,
and II he was not there, they would
go again and again, until they found
him. When they saw him they would
admire the canary In the cage, the
sprig Of geranium in the window.
They would go out and praise the
poultry, and swear that 1t was the
finest strain they had ever seen; then
-thsy would take the children on their
kn3es and play with them and kiss
.sthsna. They wouidnst Scare howSdirty
the children were. Meanwhile they
wenldspy home the claims Of their