Gipsy Smith, Famous Evangelist Finds Modern Youth No More Sinful Than Any Other--Religion Retains Old Vitality

"The younger generation is certainly no more sinful than any that have preceded it," declared Gipsy Smith, famous Evangelist, when interviewed yesterday by a CRIMSON reporter. "But they may be a little noisier about it."

"Religious life in our colleges today is quite healthy, I should say. Youth has always been a period of questioning and doubting, and there is bound to be some unbelief among students. Later, life with its broader experiences brings sounder views.

"It is nonsense to think that a college education must lead one to reject the teachings of the Bible. Consult the really great educators and scholars of the western world, and you will find that, practically without exception, they were strict followers of the Christian life.

"Of course, a man may lead a Christian life without going to church or conforming to the dogmas of any one religious sect. It is possible for a man to get an education without going to college. But why do it: Why not receive the instruction and direction the college is able to give. In the same way, the church is or should be our religious alma mater.

"I see no reason for any conflict between the Fundamentalist and the Modernist or scientific point of view, nor should belief in one theory necessarily force us to reject the other. Belief is a matter of faith, and I believe If you will pardon me for saying it, my belief is not a theory. It is a living truth. I would as soon think of denying the reality of the sunlight Why argue with darkness.

"Religion remains today, what it always has been, the chief influence over men's lives. Thirty-six thousand people in the Boston Garden last Sunday, with thousands turned away, to hear a simple sermon on the gospel of Jesus Christ would appear to prove this conclusively."