GIPSY SMITH.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18919, 7 February 1927, Page 8

GIPSY SMITH.

MASS MISSIONS CRltlClS^ll ■ TT -ni ' •^jVfraj ! a?j! "CHURCH OFTEN tttlAltajJP|| ""' ' '\*sMs The COngrcßatiotial CdiUft iusfip tralia recently disOUftsed a tho spiritual outcome of ft |g|| jjjLjL.||j|: advertised and hugelyatlttAtd I&'''*;sion, and while such cJortl to brate spiritual effort may bi iufl. it is interesting to nOU that^ f'W conference decided ittat missions by travelling ef i| not the best wav of apWMhitS SS S pfobleni of Winning AOuls ftrSSiTu wB stateii the "Church News* Btated that to the questidti, ''Bij :' church benefited by the ministers hnd replied in fltt aii&pSlf tivc, 32 in the negative, iirmatives six reported a iow inetttlta' C nf 11 members. Th* confMtufaJb2! "* cd the opinion that taMm trete & conducted by the pastor oTftmS "% himself, or by some trusted tawa £** This view coincides with tat KUHi s'pr Anplicuii practice. The "OhttWh ard" comments: "In viWoftMffiljV thnt the Cliurch is oftOtt tttgffilp for looking colfllv on tho travelling evangelists, refusing its co-operatiort, and resolution e rather enthusiastically * u PWKwaiS& '' is worthy of notice." Att wmnffifi' return of a recent misliA|W«Hj|[ bourne recorded that of liAijjßjg! signed (63)1 indicating tWujWlflfln' 8003 dedication) the largest WJMwtVof Methodist affllintion. Aftrifiitjffl|frt ing second. But the Anglicanism in Melbourne rnffled br ant recdhled rnaM ttHBK;i ] to its churches by its *BirV«B||i< J thousands moved bv ehiotiMijjHH&V-,i a mission like that At 6*-.MmHF' i cently has hnd definite and tfiJBBIV spiritual results. '.JiSHfe « At the recent Gipsy BmitijWHHE<' ChfiiicHtifch, out of 4619 OifliliHmgM' ir. 493 gave "Church of yjpflMßfr religious affiliation, ona* df t JtJjJMßgiv know in how Want cases tions were followed up ment to the Church, MeflMwmMHffl ed the largest htirtW ii&MfifflßgM Presbyterians next with Bw, Inofljjarall ro-cohsecrfttlon.