. Christian herald. efirst night thatbuilding wascrowded and aboutfive thousand peo-ple turned after nightthe crowds held daily ser-vices at noon andin the evening,and never oncedid enthusiasmdrag. After twoand a half weeksof hearing himfree twice a day,five thousand peo-ple turned out tohear his wonder-ful lecture FromGipsv Tent toPulpit, with tick-ets at fifty centsapiece to defraythe expenses ofthe meetings. After all bills were paid, there was asurplus of something over S400, whichwas divided among various localcharities. Night after night hundreds of men,women and youth
. Christian herald. efirst night thatbuilding wascrowded and aboutfive thousand peo-ple turned after nightthe crowds held daily ser-vices at noon andin the evening,and never oncedid enthusiasmdrag. After twoand a half weeksof hearing himfree twice a day,five thousand peo-ple turned out tohear his wonder-ful lecture FromGipsv Tent toPulpit, with tick-ets at fifty centsapiece to defraythe expenses ofthe meetings. After all bills were paid, there was asurplus of something over S400, whichwas divided among various localcharities. Night after night hundreds of men,women and youths came forward atthe meetings resolved from hence-forth to measure their lives by thestandard of Christ and to follow asnearly as they could the pattern ofthe Christ-life. Saturday nights were the Gipsysrest nights, but he gave them both upto the negroes. Every seat was taken,and there was a colored choir of 500voices. Seldom, even in the South, hasthere been such a meeting of coloredpeople. The singing was at times. EVANGELIST GIPSY SMITH weird and plaintive. He asked thatthey sing as they did in their ownchurches, and a mighty volume ofsong arose in Swing low, sweet char-iot. I want to be like Jesus in myheart, I couldnt hear nobody pray-in, etc. He gotthem singing, andhe could not stopthem; he wantedto speak but be-fore he could saymore than aword, a voice hereor over yonderwould take up thestrain again, andthe big audiencecaught it up anddrowned all , he askedthe choirmasterto stop them untilhe could was done,but everj once ina while a voice insome part of thebuilding wouldsing a line, andbefore you knewit, five thousandvoices would evangelist took his subject fromone of their own songs, I want to belike .Jesus in my heart. They lis-tened attentively and here and therethey would speak out: Aint it thetruth? Yes, sir! He knows!Thats right! etc. At the secondSaturday night service, these coloredpeople wanted to present Gipsy Smithwith somethi
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