Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-20

rectly at the young people and he will
eXhort them to lead lives of righteous
ness and to hit the trail in public con-
fession of their decision to follow the
cross of the Christ.
Girls and boys from the two schools
nave been active in the campaign from
It's inception and many of these will
help in the personal work this evening.
Hell Uncovered"
Sunday night DR.. Slough will preach
on "BooZe and Booze Holsters; Or,
Hell Uncovered" This is the sermon
which eliminated in the "Elmira out
rage couple of years ago and which
resulted in four $4,000 slander suits
being brought against DIR. Slough by
LuZerne county liquor men.
We're going to throw down the
gauntlet to the gang that's been run
nlng Harrisburg to. hell" DR.. Slough
said when he announced the sermon.
think maybe some of You had bet
ter wear your esbestos suits And you
reporters, turning to the press table.
had better have a pail of water handy
TO dip your pencils in. l expect, too
though I'm not quite sure, to give the
chlet of police little more informa-
| ton than he has now"
Railroaders Hit Trail
with many more humorous inter-
ruptions and side thrusts than he has
used recently, DR.. Slough preached
another strong evangelistic sermon
| last night with an appeal for confess
sion that had especially in view the
hundreds of railroad men who occu-
pied reserved seats in the tabernacle.
Many of these men We're among
the nearly one hundred trailhitters
who answered the call for lost souls.
Engineers, firemen and trainmen,
| ri 1,lN
We're included in the number of heroes
OF the rail who made themselves still
more heroic on the Sawdust trail by
a public confession of their final
obedience to the danger signals of
life displayed by the evangelist.
A delegation of more than 500 men
| from the Rutherford and Harrisburg
shops and yards of the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad marched from
the Reading station in a body headed
| by two men with a large locomotive
| bell which they rang joyously as they
entered the tabernacle. AS they bore
the bell to the platform the entire
body sang in chorus a song prepared
/ for the OCCASION: DIR. Slough is the
man, is the man, the Reading needs
him, the Reading loves him; that's
why we're here tonight"
Railroaders Bring Wives
Another delegation of several hun
dred Pennsylvania railroad Enola
men with their wives occupied seats
at the opposite side of the tabernacle;
the Mothers Association of the Pine
Street Presbyterian Church and the
Bethany chapel were in a third group
of reserved seats.
An immense basket of white lilies
and red roses were sent to the plat
form with compliments from the
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chorus. DR.. Slough was perceptibly
moved and in his speech of thanks
| told the men how deeply he appre-
ciated the gift.
Gentlemen" he said, these flow
ers that you send to me are an un-
conscious tribute to the Saviour whom
l serve and preach. The only differ
ence between me and a sinner is that
| l am only sinner saved by the
grace of Christ. There are two great
classes of everyday heroes, in my
opinion-the firemen who protect our
homes and property In the cities,
and the railroad men who make it
safe for us to travel all over the coun-
try and who risk their lives daily,
never knowing what may happen to
them at any time to plunge them into
eternity"
Pays Tribute to Mothers
He also paid a tribute to the Beth
any and Pine street mothers and re-
ferred to his own wife. The standby
and helpmate in the work of my life,
who stay at home while l am trav-
cling and cares for the six birds of
our nest" He said there is no higher
or nobler cause than to be a mother
and that nothing this side of heaven
compares with it.
DIR. Stough's sermon was on the
New Birth" from the text, Marvel
not that l said unto you, We must be
born again." And he defined it as a
regeneration of heart coming only
through a faith in Jesus Christ and
not through any religious ceremony
or profession of creed.
In beginning, he said, "you can
not walk very far along your Market
street with the world and with your
| city. You must agree with me that
men are somewhat out of relation
with each other and with God The
old Book says that the world has gone
wrong and 1t is very evident that she
is still going wrong to-day. Men are
dead in their trespasses and sins.
"Churchianity"
MAN cannot be made over again
by church membership and pretended
| Christianity. Churchianity Is the
worst enemy that Christianity has.
Some of you are going to hell with
the church label on you.
Man cannot be born again by con-
| firmation alone. 1 do not decry the
ceremony, but I say it is not enough
and never can change the heart. The
new birth does not come through en-
vironment, nor is it prevented by any
form of environment. Some of you
men say that you cannot be Christians
on the railroad. or in the shop or in
places where rough men congregate,
but this has nothing to do with it
1t is a matter of the heart. All ma
terial circumstances are merely sec
ondary to this vital matter.
Eve Went Wrong
81 wish that all men had only eight
hours work every day-if only they
knew how to spend the other sixteen
properly. 1 would like to see every
man with a good home, with baths
and every convenience. including a