The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-11-27
RREv|vALISTS R
BUSY YESTERDAY
Big Afternoon and Evening
Meetings in Hill and
Downtown Churches.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC PACKED
REV. DIR. HENRY W. SLOUGH AD-
DRESSES AN AUDIENCE OF
MEN ON SOWING AND REAP
ING" AND FORTY MEN COME
FORWARD.

FORWARD.
Yesterday was a red letter day for the
evangelists and Gospel singers who had
closed the first of the three weeks re-.
ligious campaign in this city and county.
They were greatly encouraged with the
results and the oiflook. All the services
yesterday were largely attended and
much religious enthusiasm was manifest
ed.
At 8 P. NJ, DR.. Earle addressed big
meeting at the Parmley Memorial
Church in Grove street, near Wayne
street. At 800 P. NJ, the Rev. DR..
Pratt conducted a big meeting at the
North Baptist Church, at Jersey avenue
and Fourth street. The Rev. DIR. Schaef-
fer conducted a very successful service
for young people and children at the
Bergen Reformed Church on the Heights
at $50 P. NJ. At 7.15 P. NJ. the Rev.
Dr. Slough addressed a large audience
at the Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Another large meeting was held last
evening at the Summit Avenue Baptist
Church. The Rev. DR.. Walton address
ed big meeting of men at 7.45 o'clock
in the evening in the First Presbyterian
Church. and at s P M. the Rev. William
Ascher addressed body of men at the
Emory Methodist Church, Bergen and
Belmont avenues. while at the same hour
Mrs. Ascher was addressing big meet
ing of women at the Bergen Baptist
Church.
At 7.30 P. M. the Rev DR.. Pratt con-
Quoted one of the downtown union SER
vices at the Park Reformed Church,
Eighth street and East Hamilton place,
and The Rev. DR.. Earle continued his
union service at the same hour in the
Parmley Memorial Church, which was
CROWDED 10 the doors.
The Rev. Thomas Houston, the local
blind evangelist, conducted services last
evening at the Lafayette Reformed
Church.
But the most interesting of all the SER
vices held yesterday was that conducted
by the Rev. DR.. Henry W. Slough, for
men only, at the Academy of Music yes
terday afternoon. The theatre was
packed from pit to dome, and at the con-
clusion of the service about forty men
connected with 10 church raised their
hands in response to an appeal of the
evangelist to those who wished to lead
life in accordance with the rules laid
down by the Saviour. These subsequent
ly went forward and signed cards, filling
out blanks for their names and what
churches they wished to join. These will
be distributed among the pastors of the
churches designated, who will look up
the signers. DR.. Slough made a power
full appeal to his audience. His subject
was Sowing and Reaping." He discuss
cd the ultimate results of gambling and
drinking and other vices and his recital
of stories of crimes resulting therefrom
which came under his actual observation,
brought tears to the eyes of many in the
audience. He proved to many men in
the vast audience "that man who sows
to the flesh shall reap corruption, and
that if he sows to the spirit he reaps
eternal life." "The growing irreverance
Of Cod" he declared. SIS one Of the cry
ing evils Of the day"
Il say to you men, he said, shat the
man who takes the name of God in vain
who defames and defles the great
God, his Maker and Father, he must
have broken loose from his faith and
would kick him as he would common
object of the street. The Lord will not
hold him guiltless that taketh his name
in vain.'"
The evangelist branded the gambler
as thief and declared that he moved
along lines that would inevitably bring
disaster. He quoted John Philip Quinn,
a noted reformed western gambler as
saying that a gambler is fool. He call
ed attention to the fact that the prince
merchants of the large cities of the United
States had found it necessary to send in
to the country emissaries to find honest
young men who had not caught the in
feetion Of the gambling spirit to take po-
eitioEs Of trust and honor.
As to the saloon evil DR. Slough re-
lated an incident of a Tennessee noun
taineer who caught rattlesnakes to sell,