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14 THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 12, 1911. GIPSY SMITH IS CAUGHT BY CAMERA IN CHARACTERISTIC POSTURES VriA'virTv-. Kin ft mdMv M jn m.4iM). - 1' -" " ' I F t ' . I j f 1 I i fc "fl I'1"1 y ' , J I J i- i f I I h Ml i "Yon Sing Blag, and the Preacher Gets , f Y7 f I f J-' ' J ' I J A Chance at Yon" (Commanding). - paan a . . Iki I f. rpaa r.md-m Chair 1 If t ... 1 ' f.'.Tir 1 .' i- .. -5 I T , . AHE STILLED HH :::v, H. f - I H I r' 7 1 ; J A V Gipsy Smith Assures Ministers He Will Aid Them. ORATORY STIRS PARSONS Kr Downed Preacher Tells PaMor How to Krarh Son Is Fade In Palplt Condemned Rev. John Fllnn, l. Sa) Prayrr. If there vu a minister In Portland who thought Gipsy Smith was coming to the Willamette metropolis to super rd lh prrachrr In their work, tha chat thx had yvaterday afternoon with the nr:il at the Taylor-Street Mrthodtvt Church remored all doubt, for before the meeting ended que;loni were asked and answered between brother and brother. Introduced by Dr. Young". Glpry Smith first of all made It qiMta clear that be did not coma to Portland to teach tha ministers. Rather was ha willing to learn, he said. liy comparing notes with one an other." ha told them ""we shall find this afternoon baa not been 111 spent if wa can look Into ona another's hearts to day and get closer to one another. If there la any question you want to ask ma about your work, you are welcome. "Brethren, wa hare a common bond f Interest la what draws us togethei aaving souls for Christ Jesus. I want to say and I want you to know I am your friend. "Whatever I do and say In publie will ba with an bonast endeavor to strengthen tha work and banda of ererw minister In this state. At my meetings you may ba sure that I shall not aay ona atngla thing that will re flect on you and your work. That la why I Insist every day tba4 a local pastor shall take part In my dally meetings. Talk Wlaa All Over. - Vntll that point tha minister had been attentive but not absorbed. Now a number of them and there were mora than 100 preaent representing every Protestant Evanirelical church la Portland pullrd up their chalra and leaned forward. There seemed ta ba a sort of magnetism about the man. as one of tha preachers remarked after the evangelist a address. 1 thought I waa paat emotion. Never have I been so gripped, torn I mlpht also say." remarked another whose name la a household word In Portland. "Some evangelists coma to a town aad make those that have dona all tha work to make the meetings a success, sit down," continued the evangelist. I raa't do that I have too much grace la my soul. hatever else I am. I am loyal to you. My own desire Is to help my brethem and when I say amea' and walk out of Portland I want your hands to ba stronger than ever and I want you to feel that the Gipsy has helped rather than hindered you in the work yet before you." A minister asked a question regard ing the precise rrllgtou status of a preacher. Gipsy Smith replied: "I don't think any man will be of service to humanity until ha has lived the gospel he preaches. He must ba sbla to say 'I know it.' It's the per sonal testimony tht rounts. Ton can't feed until you're fed. You can't lift until you are on solid ground. You rsn't save until you're saved." "Should there he a definite note la our message!" another queried . "We are too general." replied tha evangelist. "Kirst and foremost our work la to make the deaf hear, the b'lnd to see. If you are not making men's ears to open then look out." War Beyend rbarrh lived. Then came one of those momenta that seem characteristic with Glpay Smith. "If the minlstera of the gosrl fol low this plan, I told them in Knaland. there will be a revival auch as John Wesley never saw. lio you believe this?" he shouted, leveling an accusing finger. "Yes!" was the Instant reply In riot of voices. "Then go and do It," waa tha re sponse. "There are ItO.ooa unchurched peo pla la this city, we believe." said a 'lergyraan. "If you were on of us, what would yon do?" "First I would prearh the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. I would preach the Christ of Calvary. 1 wnuM prearh the Christ of the cross from which tha red blood dripped. I would prearh the whole New Testament. I would preach the awfulness of s:n. I would neither make nor accept excuses for myself and I would not snare myself. "Humanity knows when the maa who preaches is honest. I wo-rld hav per sonal workers and I would make them "The, Credit of This Meeting Belongs to Your Preachers" (Indicating the Sec tlon Occupied by the Minlstera), work or make It so hot they would get out. I would not let my church be the congratulation room of the found. I would not be there to coddle saints, but to convert stnners. If I might giv you ona word of advice I would say go to theae people. 'Do open-air work.' Mora good would be dun In one tfunrtay outside on the, raw material than In 1.' Sundays inside. I believe In the open-air treatment." Qipsy Smith In reply to other ques tions advised tha ministers oa how to draw people to their churches, on meth ods and men. lie told them to get per. sonal workers who would work. Have personal Invitations given by people who knew whereof they were talking, waa hla counsel. "What we need to do Is to get In personal grips with the devil A fight him." he declared. Fad snaew Denaaared. He scored preacher who delivered addresses on fads of the day. He said In New York ha looked through tha papera and found acarcely ona aermon on Jesus Christ. Sermons should be on Jesus, waa hla contention. "Chun h should not be a sort of re form club," ha said. "Don't give up your pulpits for any thing but Jesus Christ." was another reply to a question as to whether the Anti-Saloon League and similar Insti tutions should be allowed the pulpits. "Preach Christ; If you take my ticket, you 'sweep the board.'" ba said. At the close of the long meeting Rev. John Fllnn. D- D.. the 4-year-old 1 Methodist former circuit rider, rose to I pray, with a voice tnat waa orten broken, always quivering, ha asked that souls might ba saved by the min istration of tha Gipsy. "If what you aay Is true and our prayers are answered we should hava 10,000 conversions." said th nonage narian clergyman to th noted evangel 1st, "Why notr asked Gipsy Smith. "Amen, amen." was tha old man' re sponse. PJTHY REMARKS CATCH GIPSY 6MITTTS EPIGRAMS CLING TO MEMORY. Evangelist reo Short, Homely Ex' presslons to Illustrate) Point In Revival Addresses. Epigram seem natural with Gipsy Smith. They ar characteristic of the man. Ha aays a ahort aentence aptly expressed does more for good than vol umea that contain nothing but words and words The Gipsy feels that often he gets but ona chance at a maa or woman. and by ahort. direct statements ha man ages to leave an impression tnat is laatlng. If nothing else Is remembered ona of hla eaylnga la bound? to cling to tha memory. frequently hi epigram ar coined on tha spot; sometimes the same phrase will be used in every city In which he works. Everywhere to his personal worker ba emphasises tha need to get below th outer surface to build for Christianity In a manner that la last ing. "Dig deep; don't build a mud hut when you can build a palace," Is a sample of his tersa expressions Ha uses the epigram to criticise. HI critiolsm Is kindly but searching. Of this nature is: "In a Gipsy tent we ralsa our children. In America the children raise tha parents" That statement at hia meeting Fri day waa discussed over all tha city yesterday. Tha vary directness of th charge made persons either agree or disagree with him. But none could or did forget what h said. Often Gipsy Smith uses th obvious a s mean of reducing Ms arguments to a point at which they can ba under stood st onca "You can't feed unlea you r fed." was tha way he told Port, land ministers that unleaa they lived like Chrtat they could not preach Chris tianity auccessfully. The maxim expressed by General Booth, who declared that In adapting comic opera airs for hymns he "did not intend to let the Devil have all tha best tunes" I shown in Gipsy Smith when he use current s ang mostly of English origin, to make a point defi nite "Your ticket will sweep th boards." show that tha Gipsy is not unaware of racing talk. "1 am not here to coddle salnta. but to convert sinners." la another aara-e pla. Gipsy Smith adapta Ms talk to hla sudlencea. Homely Illustrations srs used by him when h discusses religion with those who ar uneducated, while with those to whom the classics are not strange he uses profound argument. I 4-Trar-Old Boy Disappear. Mrs Katherlne K. Ellis, of MS'De Pauw atreef, haa reported to the po lice that her son, Henry, 14 years old. i been mlssinr sln-e o clock Fri day morning, bit fears that he may I All My Hopes for Fallen Humanity - Hans; oa the Two Nails Driven In the (Imploring). EVERY MOVE TALKS Gipsy Smith's Gestures Are Big Part of His Power. POINTED FINGER TELLING Evangelist Frequently Assumes Croes-Iilke Postnre In Talking of Cruciried Christ Hands Tpralsed Start Choir. . His I the Awful aess! Oh! the Horror of ala!" have gone to California with a red haired boy of about tha same agewlth whom he has been associating, but whose name she does not know. She describes her son aa being rather smart for his age, wearing blue overalls, a dark coat and a tan cap, and aa being dressed rather shabbily. ILL LUCK PURSUES NEGRO Eellow-Frlsoners Tell Him Ho Serving Another's Term. Is Disaster haunts John Davis, a negro Inmate of tha City Jail. Davia could not leave Portland because the train he boarded switched back and re-entered tha town; a special officer ar rested him before he could leave the train; ha waa sentenced for vagrancy, and now ha thinks that he la serving a so-day aentence, when In reality hia tima will expire In eight day. Facing hia accumulated woes, Davia addressed a petition to the Municipal Judge laat night, asking that ha ba given an other chance. Davis atarted for Vancouver, Wash- early Wednesday morning on the top of a boxcar. At the trestle, the train stopped and switched back into Port land. Just as Davia waa descending from hia perch, the band of a railroad policeman ' descended on nim ana lie waa arrested. In Municipal Court, Henry Davia, white, arrested for vagrancy, was given a 80-day aentenoe, while John Davis waa assessed a $20 fine, which In the City Jail, remembering the alm lllarlty of the two namea, told John Davis that the sentences bad been switched. Davis concludes his letter: "Thin man. Henry Davis, knew what I got and he aaid to the captain that hla name waa John Davis and paid the 120 and went away with a smile. New they want me to do hla (0 days." 7:30 o'clock, the doors being opened at 7 o'clock. Kach meeting will last about two hours. To add to the success of these meet- ngs, practically every Protestant Evangelical church In the city will close tonight. The first of the dafly meetings for men only will be held tomorrow at noon at the Taylor-street Methodist Church. Thereafter these meetings will be held daily at the Empress Theater. They will begin at noon and last un til 1 o'clock. Professor Wilder will have a full choir present. These noon meetings are for men only and women will not be admitted. Gipsy Smith be lieves that women will have every op portunity to hear htm at the evening meetings and it is not proposed to hold any special women's meetings. Aa Gipsy Smith demands one day of rest a week, Saturday, there will be no services of any nature that day. The introductory address at the meet ing tomorrow at the Taylor-Street Methodist Church will be delivered by Rev. Luther R. Dyott At the Empress Theater Tuesday Rev. J. H. Cudllpp will make the opening remarks; Wed nesday, Rev. J. F. Ghormley; Thursday, Rev. Albert Ehrgott, and Friday, Rev, C. C. Rarlck. The movements of the evangelist are In the hands of the executive commit tee, at the head of which Is Dr. Benja min Young. Invitations to meetings of any nature must be sent to Dr. Young or the evangelist will be forced to Ig nore them. At present the only other plans are the meeting every evening but Satur day at the tabernacle. This will begin at or before 7:30 o'clock, the great massed choir of 1000 Voices under Pro- JAIL MADE CHEERY County Prisoners Grip Hand of Evangelist Smith. 'WANDERING BOY" IS SUNG There is no more striking feature about Gipsy Smith and the work he Is , . , . I n-n, M I r. h V J. 1 I r.. .mr.ha.iveL often I fe8sor Wlld "PPlTlng the music, which he so often emphasizes, often , ,, h , . . expresses and often absolutely Inter prets his utterances. They are as dis tinctive as they are numerous. In no small way are they respons ible for the success of the man as an evangelist and as a preacher. As be for a moment and his race A large force of ushers will seat all who attend the meetings. Ko Clews to Highwaymen Found. Deteotlves. Moloney and Mallett, In vestigating the report, of Flavell B. Harrington, a chauffeur, that he had been decoyed to a snot on the Canyon wrinkle In Inexpressible disgust, com- j road about 8 o'clock Friday night and inr m a nuked anDearance and like l shot and robbed bv two hltrhwavmen the- hood of a snake, while one have been unable to discover any clew clenched fist drives down through the tops DAY'S DATE HAS SIX ONES 11-11 11 Represents November 11, It 1 1 Similar Record Remote. Th numeral 1 found more general use yesterday than It will probably meet again within a hundred years, for yesterday was the 11th day of the 11th month In the 11th year of the century, and the date linea on hastily written letters and telegrams resembled the be ginning of a football signal: ll-ll-'ll. Next year will be the last In the cen tury in which a similar coincidence will be found, when lettera will ba dated on December 11 with 1J-1J-'1S, but this will not come anywhere near equaling tha reckless abandon with which writers of letters strewed their ones yesterday. Tha only year in which the number of units In November 11, 1811, ba been beeten waa 800 years ago, when, if they had been "up" on modern methods of time-aaving abbreviation, we might have looked in the parchments of the mediaeval sorlveners for some such he waa to work out. Pellow prlaoners ' combination as 11-11-1111. GOD IS CITY'S GREATEST , NEED, SAYS EVANGELIST Gipsy Smith Declares Yearning for Almighty Should Exceed Desire for Wealth, Boom, or Change in Politics. (Dally sermea wrlttea for Tha Oregonlaa by uupsy bnma.) What Is Port land's greatest 4 need? Some would answer a boom in real estate, a rush In the commercial world, larger banks, taller b u 1 1 d 1 n ga. Others would say. a change In tha po litical a 1 1 u a 1 1 on: less work and mora money more pleas ure. But I that tha real need of Port land? Or ar there not deeper needeT How about the hun ger of ' the a o a 1 ? The unrest of the spirit the thirst which is never sat isfied? Isn't there a deeper cry than all earthly thing In your answer? Does not humanity need God? Is th soul a corn-chest, or a vare-deocalt? Can the material satisfy he Infinite" hunger? Is It not God we need? only the difficulty la to get men awakened and willing, earnestly, to seek that God, Is the seed. Soul rest can only ba given by him who created the soul only. God makes the food, for the Bible call the bread from heaven, and this alone satisfies the infinite hunger. Strength for weak ness, light for darkness, rest for weari ness, home after wandering, pardon for sin real sin which necessltatea a real pardon. These are the things that the people of Portland are needing. And all the things com from God. And he sees as much now aa he did in the prophets' day. "Incline your ear and come unto me. Hear, and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlast ing covenant with you." Evan than show mercies of David. In him all our wants are supplied. His love makes our heaven below. Just because the soul ie eternal, only an eternal God can satisfy It. All else aggravates, tantalizes, and only Insults the hunger of the heart. Wherefore do you epend money for that which Is not bread, and your labor for that which Is satisfied not? "Hearken diligently unto me, and heed ye that which is good, and let your soul delight." - i I air into the open hand, there is driven ' home with the force of a pneumatic hammer. Just what the evangelist is trying to convey by the terms: "The awfulness of sin." Every fiber in the man seem to reach out toward his audience and his voice takes on a caressing tinge when he says, "Come to Jesus." Then when he turns his back on the audience and tells the choir what be wants of it, the very manner in which hla hands are gripped conveys the i winning, fatherly comment ot uipsy 1 Smith, the man. ' An entirely different impression is given to his audlenoea when, with arms stretched aloft, legs wide spread, his body takes on the form eft the great cross of Calvary. It Is unconscious with him because when he is asked to repeat the attitude he seems hardly to know what Is required. When he tells of the cross on which the hopes of sinners depend, his body takes the posture that is symbolical and typical of tha eroas of which he talks. Ha can be commanding, even tyran nical. Every- muscle tense, every nerve keyed up to , the limit, he stretches arm and finger to the ut most and says to one special gathering ol people, "Now you aing." They may not want to sing but they do sing, nevertheless. Courteous and winning, above all, Is he when he talks of or to -you ministers." ' He denotes them where they sit in the tabernacle, his smile embraoing them and his audience. They feel he is not slurring them when be says, "The credit of this meeting belongs to you ministers." Gipsy Smith wins souls not only with his voice, but with his gestures. REST PRECEDES VIM MANAGERS GIVE EVAXGEXIST , EYEXIA'G TO SELF. that might lead to the discovery of the reported assailants. They visited the place yesterday, saw signs of a strug gle, and found the hat Harrington lost trampled in the mud. The only de scription Harrington oould furnish was that the men were young and about hia height. Harrington was shot through the arm. 'vH'e is at St. Vincent's Hos pital, where he was reported as Im proving last night. Mount Scott League to Meet. A regular monthly meeting of the Citizens' League of the Mount Scott district will be held next Tuesday even ing at 8 o'clook in the Luckey cottage at Sixty-fifth street and Forty-fifth avenue in Arleta. Among the sub jects to be discussed are the need of more arc lights In the district, ex tension of sidewalks and co-operation with the Greater Portland Plans Asso ciation to be organized at the Com mercial Club Monday evening. Allan R. Joy, Councilman from the Seventh Ward, will address the league. Pally Meeting Are Programmed Beginning Today Special Talks to Men Arranged. i An evening of rest was granted Gipsy Smith last night by th managing committee which ba th evangelist's programme In charge In Portland. From now on, with the exception of one day of partial rest a week, the energies of the famous exhorter will be taxed to the utmost Gipsy Smith will address two meet ings todery. both of which will be at the tabernacle at Eighteenth and Chapman streets. The first of these meetings will be commenced promptly at 3 i o'clook and the doors for the general j public will be thrown open half an hour J earlier. Personal workers, ministers and those having cards to indicate their special work will be admitted by the Eighteenth-street side door half an hour preceding general admission. At night the meeting will egls at Central Oregon Service Through. Through car service to Central Ore gon has been inaugurated by the O.-W. R. & "N. Company on the train leav ing the. Portland Union Depot a 7:50 A. M. and arriving at Bend at 8:35 P. M. Similar service Is provided on the traic leaving Bend at 6:80 A. M. and arriving in Portland at S:45 P. M. Heretofore it has been necessary for passengers to changa cars at Deschutes Junction. In the future at least one car will be carried through from Port land to Bend and from Bend to Port land each day. We do it now. Edlefsen Fuel Co. Prison Cards Are Thrown Away al Sight of Renowned Exhorter Who Has Kind 'Word to Say to Each Unfortunate. (Continued From First Pare.) think I found? There he was writing to bis old mother in England and in the middle of that letter I wrote a few lines to tell that mother that her boy was well, that her boy was a Christian and that she need have no fear." AH Join la Song. He stopped. There was not a sound save for the suppressed sobs. A crip pled lad reached for the Gipsy's hands while one with a broken arm lying on a bed began to climb out. The Gipsy smiled at them. It was the same smile that has made him famous. Then he sang one verse of "Where Is My Boy Tonight?" A soung man In the front attracted him. "You have a mother haven't your' asked the evangelist. "Now sing this with me." - And Gipsy and Jailbird together sang the air. Then they all Joined in. There were Just a few more words of hope and encouragement and with a "God bless you all," he left. The evangelist was then conducted to a room full of young boys. He talked to them, too, using simple phrases, but all through be aimed at their better natures. One after another they suc cumbed while the Gipsy kept a firm grip on the shoulder of one lad whose very frame seemed shaken by sobs. Then the soul-mover sang 4 to them, "The Best Friend to Have Is Jesus." Hand of - Each Grasped. In both rooms he shook each inmate by the hand. One or two he took aside with a whispered, I shall pray for you my brother." And when Gipsy Smith, evangelist. got outside the doors he was sobbing at the very thought of the misery ha had seen. Deputy Sheriff Jones told the prison ers In a few- words who their guest was. The Gipsy greeted Jailer Hunter and the cook, and as he rode up in the elevator. "Judge" Mary Leonard, an attorney, gripped his band. "Well that was 20 minutes well spent," remarked Gipsy Smith as, tinder the guidance of Dr. Young, he started for the Taylor-Street Methodist Church. Michigan Alumni to Dine. 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