GIPSY PAT SMITH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18706, 12 May 1924, Page 12

GIPSY PAT SMITH.

■ ■■. i ''♦ ' —' — ,'-<. ./. HIS MISSION IN AUCKLAND. SUSTAINED INTEREST. ' ' , The interest aroused in Captain Gipsy Pat ' Smith's; mission/ was further shown yesterday ;by the ■ large ; congregations i which assembled jjtp^ hear him speak. 'In the morning; Captain-; Smith, who is an, elder of one of the principal Presbyterian Churches Edinburgh, preached /at - St.X Andrew's* Church. "-' In the afternoon a « meeting, for men only in the Opera House was crowded,; and the singing ■ was. an inspiriting feature of ' ,the - meeting. . Long before the i- evening -.meeting.. was■■■;due■' to commence there was no room left in the, Opera House. In his, sermon - Captain Smith painted a vivid word picture of <the Scottish Coast \ to 'describe^the'-Love: of : God; • and the ; audience ■• followed him closely^as' he cried, "Will God fever cease 1 to love you He never will. The Love of God is changeless." - ■ It was; announced that the aggregate attendances:since; the campaign started a week ago are about 23,000 people, while hundreds have been unable to get in. ■;■"' To-night, «>; as not to affect General Booth service, ■ Gipsy ; Smith / will preach/ at 6 p.m. in the ,Tabernacle, .aria each * night this week aA 7.30. Afternoon meetings will be held Tuesday to* Fri, day in the Somervell f Memorial Presby- - terian Church, -Reimiera Road/