The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-09
Plans Now Being Made
by Party for Big
Meetings at Taber-
nacle Next Week
SOCKS GIVEN
EVANGELIST
cludes Widow With Eight Children
and Young Man Who Confesses He
Is a Hobo

Preparations are now being made
by the Slough party for special nights
at the tabernacle next week, in the
event of a continuation of the cam
paign beyond the specified time. This
is the last of the six weeks provided
for. Although there has as yet been
no definite statement made from any
quarter, the likelihood is that the tab
ernacle meetings will continue through
out next week, closing the Monday be-
fore Christmas. The Altoona cam
paign opens the succeeding Sunday.
"There are three things which call
for a seventh week. said DR.. Slough
from the tabernacle platform last night.
"The railroad men want another night.
the firemen should have special night,
and there ought to be by all means a
church and Sunday school night. This
would be the occasion for a monster
demonstration. Church members would
gather at Market square for instance,
and parade with bands, redlights and
torches through several of the princi-
pal streets to the tabernacle. We will
not have room for any of these special
nights this week. 1t is not for me or
for any group to decide whether we
shall have a seventh week God must
move us, and make known to us in
some special way whether the campaign
is to be continued.
Meanwhile, plans are being made for
railroad night. for either Wednesday or
Thursday of next week. No announce
ments will be made definitely concern
ing special nights until the seventh
week has been publicly settled upon.
Slough Gets Socks and Blanket
Novel gifts were given DR.. Slough
last night at the tabernacle by the
visitors. Instead of bouquets of flow
ers, which he usually receives, ne got
pairs of socks for himself and stockings
for mis- wife and blanket, "to keep
the little StoushS warm The hosiery
came from the Moorhead Knitting
Company and from the New Idea Ho-
siery Company, ami the bed covering
from the men of New Cumberland.
Socks and stockings were also present
ed to Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Cartwright,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cartwright and Mr.
and Mrs. Spooner.
Prior to delivering his sermon Dr.
Slough read a letter which he had
received, accusing him of showing par
tiality toward persons of wealth. In
reply, he declared that he would bang
at the rich man as well as the poor
when occasion required.
II have lost thousands of dollars
because | dared bang away at the
rich he said. "Don t say that | am
going to keep quiet because | am going
TO take up collection for myself soon
] want TO say right off the reel that
I am not catering to men of money.
If they want to, they can keep their
money in their jeans.
Kindness Theme of Sermon
The evangelist pleaded in his ser
mon for Christians to exhibit more
everyday kindness to their fellow crea-
lures. He made us of a wealth of H.
lustrations, with little humor to relieve
the seriousness of his discourse. In
making his final plea for trai-hitters
he told the story of the Dauphin, son
of Louis XVI, who, after he had fallen
into the hands of the revolutionists,
was placed in charge of "Old Meg to
be debauched. and who stamped his
princely foot in defiance of the old hag
and said to her. 81 was born to be a
king.
eyes. he was born to be a king,
and to sit upon the throne, said the
revivalist. "Lika him, every one of
YOU has been born to he a king. Why
don t YOU enter into your heritage!
God says We are to sit upon His throne.
You that need to be born again to en-
ter into your heritage come now, come
now.
Trail -hitters Mixed Company
The eighty persons who hit the trail
made "A mixed company. There were
husbands with their wives. as usual. in
one another arms and apparently en-
ioying their experience. One wife tes-
tilted that she had prayed for this event
three years, and another ten years. I'm
married men were present, and num-
Der of young girls from various walks
Sip life. There was woman who said
size was widow and had eight chill
dren, whom DR.. Slough enthusiastically
greeted and called "a real heroine.
There was alsc young man who con
fessed be had no home and was a hobo,
having wandered aimlessly into the tab
ernacle with no place else to 60. Sew
eral small children went to make up
the company