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This book contains the inspiring story of Gipsy Smith s life, from his birth in a Romani bender tent in Epping Forest to his evangelical work in America. Rodney "Gipsy" Smith was an English evangelist who spent over 70 years campaigning in England and Americas, as well as being one of the early members of the Salvation Army. Coming from a poor family and receiving no education, Smith was introduced to the Gospel in during one of his numerous stints in prison. He and his brothers would go on to undergo a conversion at a mission meeting and embark on an evangelistic crusade under the name of "The Converted Gypsies." First printed in 1901, this fascinating book is republished now with an introductory biography of the author."

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

Complete and unabridged. Completely re-typeset in nice, readable type by Kingsley Press. This autobiography of Gipsy Smith (1860-1947) tells the fascinating story of how God's amazing grace reached down into the life of a poor, uneducated gipsy boy and sent him singing and preaching all over Britain and America until he became a household name in many parts and influenced the lives of millions for Christ. He was born and raised in a gipsy tent to parents who made a living selling baskets, tinware and clothes pegs. His father was in and out of jail for various offences, but was gloriously converted during an evangelistic meeting. His mother died when he was only five years old. Converted at the age of sixteen, Gipsy taught himself to read and write and began to practice preaching. His beautiful singing voice earned him the nickname "the singing gipsy boy," as he sang hymns to the people he met. At age seventeen he became an evangelist with the Christian Mission (which became the Salvation Army) and began to attract large crowds. Leaving the Salvation Army in 1882, he became an itinerant evangelist working with a variety of organizations. It is said that he never had a meeting without conversions. He was a born orator. One of the Boston papers described him as "the greatest of his kind on earth, a spiritual phenomenon, an intellectual prodigy and a musical and oratorical paragon." His autobiography is full of anedotes and stories from his preaching experiences in many different places. It's a book you won't want to put down until you're finished

This book contains the inspiring story of Gipsy Smith s life, from his birth in a Romani bender tent in Epping Forest to his evangelical work in America. Rodney "Gipsy" Smith was an English evangelist who spent over 70 years campaigning in England and Americas, as well as being one of the early members of the Salvation Army. Coming from a poor family and receiving no education, Smith was introduced to the Gospel in during one of his numerous stints in prison. He and his brothers would go on to undergo a conversion at a mission meeting and embark on an evangelistic crusade under the name of "The Converted Gypsies." First printed in 1901, this fascinating book is republished now with an introductory biography of the author."

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.