A world fa­mous evan­gel­ist in his time, Smith 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.

Smith’s works in­clude:

• Gipsy Smith: His Life and Work, 1909
• Your Boys (New York: George H. Dor­an Com­pa­ny, 1918)
• Special Gos­pel Songs (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: The Ro­de­heav­er Com­pa­ny, 1931)

Hymns

1. After (© 1930)
2. Beautiful Land of My Dreams (© 1931)
3. Beyond Earth’s Sorrows (© 1930)
4. City Where Cometh No Night, The (© 1930)
5. He Is Coming Back Again (© 1931)
6. He Knows (© 1930)
7. He Wants to Be Your Savior, Too (© 1931)
8. I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (© 1931)
9. I Will Sing of His Mercies (© 1931)
10. Light of the Cross, The (© 1931)
11. Numberless Blessings (© 1931)
12. Song of Praise, A (© 1931)
13. There’s a Rainbow in the Clouds for You (© 1931)
14. Will You Meet Me in the Homeland (© 1931)
15. Write a Letter to Your Mother (© 1931)