1860–1947
Gypsy Smith

Introduction

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Born: March 31, 1860, in a gyp­sy tent in Ep­ping For­est (near Lon­don), Eng­land.

Died: Au­gust 4, 1947, on board the Queen Ma­ry.

Buried: Fresh Pond Cre­ma­to­ry and Co­lum­ba­ri­um, Queens, New York.

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Biography

Gypsy Smith was the son of Cor­ne­li­us Smith and Ma­ry (Pol­ly) Welch.

A world fa­mous ev­an­gel­ist in his time, he made ov­er 40 tours in Am­eri­ca, Aus­tral­ia, and else­where:

I’m God’s mes­sen­ger from the gyp­sy tent. And it’s the mes­sage that’s im­port­ant, not the mes­sen­ger.

The way to Je­sus is not by Cam­bridge and Ox­ford, Glas­gow, Ed­in­burgh, Lon­don, Prince­ton, Har­vard, Yale, Soc­ra­tes, Pla­to, Shakes­peare or the po­ets—It is ov­er an old-fa­shioned hill called Cal­va­ry.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. After
  2. Almost a Chris­tian
  3. Beautiful Land of My Dreams, The
  4. Beyond Earth’s Sor­rows
  5. City Where Com­eth No Night, The
  6. Do Not Dis­ap­point Your Mo­ther
  7. God So Loved the World
  8. He Is Com­ing Back Again
  9. He Knows
  10. He Wants to Be Your Sav­ior, Too
  11. Holy Spir­it from Above
  12. I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
  13. I Will Sing of His Mer­cies
  14. Jesus, Re­vealed to Me
  15. Light of the Cross, The
  16. Not Dream­ing
  17. Numberless Bless­ings
  18. Song of Praise, A
  19. There’s a Rain­bow in the Clouds for You
  20. Will You Meet Me in the Home­land?
  21. Write a Let­ter to Your Mo­ther