Evangelist Rodney "Gipsy" Smith, October 14, 1911 - Pullman, Washington : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Evangelist Rodney "Gipsy" Smith, October 14, 1911 - Pullman, Washington / Shook Photos
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| 説明 | Gipsy Smith At Pullman Wash.Date: October 14, 1911Source Type: PostcardPublisher, Printer, Photographer: Robert BurnsPostmark: January 9, 1912, Pullman, WashingtonCollection: Steven R. ShookRemark: England's Rodney "Gipsy" Smith (b. 1860, d. 1947) was a well-known evangelist that toured Great Britain and the United States for 70 years with a strong affiliation with the Salvation Army. His evangelistic engagements would draw thousands of spectators. The Northern Pacific Railway is visible behind the automobile in this image and Gypsy Smith is the man wearing the dark hat and dark coat in the center, immediately to the right of the steering wheel.The following news item concerning Gypsy Smith appeared in the October 13, 1911, issue of The Pullman Herald:"GYPSY" SMITH HERE TOMORROWWorld Famous Evangelist Will Speak at College Auditorium Tomorrow Afternoon at 1:30"Gypsy" Smith, the famous evangelist, will speak at the Auditorium of the State College next Saturday at 1:30 p. m.The committee that journeyed to Spokane last week to see Gypsy Smith in an effort to secure the world-famed evangelist was successful in its mission.Without spectacular methods, without any of the tricks of some evangelists, and without abuse, the Gypsy has moved thousands toward the higher life.It would have been more satisfactory to have secured his services for more than one meeting, but when it is considered that Gypsy Smith's time is booked for the next five years, Pullman can regard herself as fortunate.To the committee the Gypsy remarked in his apartments at the Westminster Hotel, Spokane: "I shall have but two days of rest between my Spokane meeting and my engagement at Seattle. Saturday is my usual day of rest, but I am willing to waive that for the privilege of speaking to the students and towns-people at Pullman." Let the town turn out en masse.It is exeremey [sic] doubtful if there is a man living who has addressed as many people in all parts of the civilized world as Gypsy Smith. His audiences have been composed of the wealthiest and most fashionable and at the same time the poorest and most degraded. He was born in a Gypsy tent in England. Without any attempt at oratorical display or resorting to any tricks of the professional evangelism, he brings his message. He is sane in his methods. There is no abusive language in his appeals. He applies the truth forcibly, even searchingly, but in a sympathetic and winsome manner.Gypsy Smith is every inch a man. He has been loaned to America for a limited time by the United Free churches of England. His itinerary on the Pacific slope includes Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.He will then go to Dallas, Texas, after which he will return to England and the continent, where he will conduct an extended campaign.The Gypsy's party will leave Spokane on the 8:00 a. m. Northern Pacific train, arriving in Pullman at 11:40. After the address the party will return to Spokane. The hope was entertained by the committee that the Gypsy might be secured for more than one service, but on learning from several reliable sources that the evangelist was booked for the next five years, they did not feel overwhelmed with disappointment.The following news item concerning Gypsy Smith appeared in the October 20, 1911, issue of The Pullman Herald:TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE HEAR GYPSY SMITHFamous Evangelist Addresses Largest Crowd that Ever Gathered in College AuditoriumThe largest audience that ever gathered in the college auditorium listened to Gypsy Smith, the famous evangelist, last Saturday afternoon. The auditorium has a seating capacity of about twelve hundred, and the overflow crowd was accommodated on the state, in chairs placed in the aisles, and even the stairway to the balcony was packed, it being estimated that fully 2,000 people listened to the renowned English evangelist. Large delegations came from Colfax, Moscow and other nearby towns.The evangelist, accompanied by Messrs. Bloom, Cross and Preston and Mrs. Dr. McFadden, arrived at 11:50 on the N. P. train and were met at the station by a large delegation. The party took lunch at the Palace hotel, after which they were driven to the college auditorium in automobiles. By 1 o'clock the auditorium was packed, although the services did not begin until 1:30.Dr. Hayes, pastor of the Presbyterian church, introduced the speaker to the audience in a few well chosen words. On the platform, besides Smith, were the members of his immediate party, who accompanied him here, all of the ministers of the various Pullman churches, and the Rev. Dr. Clarence O. Kimball, of Walla Walla, and formerly of the Vincent M. E. Church of Spokane.For his text Gypsy Smith chose the kindly message which he received in an anonimous [sic] letter, evidently from a mother in Spokane, who asked him, while in Pullman, to pray for her sons and daughters, who were attending college here.Without bluster or excitement, he besought the assembled people to live clean lives."The best Christian on earth may at any time loose Christ," declared the evangelist. "Oh, people, I beseech you to have a care. Watch the trail that you are following. The way of Christ is narrow, and it is so easy to stray from the way."When you lend your ear to listen to a filthy yard you are in danger of losing Christ; when you degrade yourself to tell a dirty story you have lost Christ. Watch your mouths and ears. If you are a preacher, or if you are one of the stays of your church, your fickle heart may lose you, by one little act of this kind.Long before Smith had concluded his ardent appeal for the souls of the people, to take up the blessings of the simple life as taught by the Savior, handkerchiefs were in evidence everywhere. At no time did he raise his voice to an excited pitch, but the absolute simplicity of his truths were by far the strongest appeal he could have made.In appearances, Gypsy Smith is very common and is just as he told the audience, only a plain man, who loved humanity. As he arose from his seat and spoke the few words of his text many were disappointed, having expected to hear a sermon of blood and thunder and Hell, but after he had spoken a few minutes in that wonderfully low, musical voice of his, there was no person present who could say that they were disappointed. The greatness of the man grew with each word that he uttered, and no one was sorry that they had listened to his story.The singing was led by Choirmaster Naftger, but as the audience did not take part in the singing to the extent that the evangelist desired, he stepped to the front of the stage and asked the audience if he should sing a verse of the hymn himself. The audience replied with heary [sic] hand clapping and the evangelist said: "I'll sing a verse if you'll sing the chorus, but mind, if you don't sing the chorus I''ll sing the verse." The, to make sure the audience did its part, he had the chorus sung first, and was so well pleased with the response that he sang two verses.The next hymn was "Only a Sinner Saved by Grace," and Gypsy sang two verses, as well as a verse or two of the next hymn, "I Love to Tell the Story," and in the last effort he got the audience to join until the house rang with the melody.Gypsy then spoke on the necessity of singing and said: "When you go to church and do not join in the singing your pastor wonders what is wrong with you. He suffers in silence. I suffer out loud."Turning to the pastors on the stage he asked: "Can you do anything for a man or an audience that won't sing?" All the pastors answered in the negative. Gypsy turned again to the audience and said: "Even God can not do anything for you if you won't sing, if you sit through the service like a log and won't take any part. When you open your mouths you open your hearts so that God can enter."At the conclusion of the sermon in waiting automobiles to the Northern Pacific depot, where they took the 3:30 o'clock train back to Spokane.Sources:The Pullman Herald, Pullman, Whitman County, Washington; October 13, 1911; Volume 24, Number 2, Page 1, Column 1.The Pullman Herald, Pullman, Whitman County, Washington; October 20, 1911; Volume 24, Number 3, Page 1, Columns 5-6Copyright 2021. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook. |
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