Gipsy Smith: His Life and Work - Gipsy Smith
Published by National Council of The Evangelical Free Churches: London, 1902. I was given this book without knowing anything about Gipsy Smith, and found it quite interesting. It turns out Gipsy Smith was an evangelist from the late 19th - early 20th century who seemingly had a quite wide-ranging and effective ministry! Gipsy (real first name Rodney) was born an actual gypsy, and after his father and uncles were saved, found Jesus in turn. He trained as an evangelist with the "Christian Mission" (what became the Salvation Army), before going off on his own following some disagreements with the national body. The book is very old-fashioned in style, referring to 'well-known' figures without any explanation as to who they were; I found myself googling various people, sometimes without learning anything about them even then! Gipsy also quotes articles and letters about events that have happened, as a way of talking about himself and his accomplishments without ha...