The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-19
Workers in Evangelis-
tic Campaign Prepar-
ing to Leave for Their
Homes
LAST MEETINGS
TOBETO-MORROW
Revivalist Calls All Who Have Blocked
Campaign Red handed Murderers''
and Declares Even Christ Would Be
Crucified If He Preached Here

To-day was moving day for members
of the Slough party. In their rooms
at the Y. W. G. A. building and at the
Pine street residence they packed their
personal belongings in readiness for a
hurried flight following tomorrow
evenings tabernacle service, or on
Monday morning, and at the South
Third street headquarters they boxed
all their Office paraphernalia to send on
to Altoona.
Some of the members of the party
are going to their homes during their
week S recess before the opening of
the Altoona campaign, and others will
visit friends and relatives. DR.. Henry
w. Slough will spend Christmas week
at his home, Wheaton, ILL.,; the Rev.
F. T. Cartwright at his home, Delaware,
Ohio; Miss Olive NJ. Rogers at her
home, Waverly, n. Y; Prof. D. l..
eSpooner with his father, Mt. Carmel;
Miss Sara c. Palmer with friends at
Carlisle; Miss Florence Saxman at her
home, Tyrone; Miss Daisy Eggleston at
her home, WilkesBarre; H. X. w. Pat
terson at his home, Philadelphia; Fred
d Cartwright at the home of his bride;
Newberry, and w. 2. Erwin, whose
home is in Texas, with friends in
New York. The other two members
of the party, Miss Josephine Colt and
w. w. Shannon, are now at Altoona,
and will spend the week in the work of
preliminary organization there.
Farewell Parties Given
The closing days of the party s stay
in this city have been marked by in
formal farewells and the presentation
of gifts to members of the party by
men, women and children with whom
they have worked.
The Altoona Slough campaign is
scheduled to open Sunday, December
81. by which time the tabernacle there
is expected to be in readiness.
DR.. Slough preached the last of his
series of sermons to women only at the
tabernacle this afternoon. His theme
was "The White Slave Traffic
Accusations of Murder
At the tabernacle last night more
than a hundred men, women and chill
dren hit the trail following a sermon
by DR.. Slough OIL the text, ''Ye Would
Not in which he accused those who
rejected Chris; of being murderers of
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the physical messengers of Christ.
In celebrating on this last point, the
revivalist cited himself as an nexample
of prosecuted preacher.
"You probably noticed,' he said,
that within two dcys after / came to
this city men began to take sides
against me. Not only were threats
made against my life, but there has
been that which is equivalent. Men
have hated me, and hatred in the heart
is murder, says the Lord. I defy any
man to say that this is personal mat
ter. have had no personal rancor
toward a single person. Why is it,
when there is no personal enmity to-
ward this man on the platform, that [
am SO treated by thousands9
Harrisburg Wicked as He'll
I'm tell you why. Truth and er-
ror are always pItted against each 9th
er. The church is against the world,
and salvation against damnation. When
the prophets of old spared not and
preached against wordliness and god
lessness, do you think the sinners
would stand for it long? Not much.
So they killed every one of them. And
! want to say that there is not a per-
son who has blocked this campaign
who, if the logic of his actions were
carried out, would not be red handed
murderer. Harrisburg, so far as its un-
regenerate heart is concerned, is as
wicked as those who slew the prophets,
as wicked as hell itself
Declaring that "men who hate the
huth-preacher hate the truth that sent
the truth-preacher, DR.. Slough next
asserted that "if Jesus Christ should
come to this earth again as the first
time, in the same unknown personality,
and should dare to do up on Capitol
Hill what He did in the temples of
Jerusalem, | promise you there would
be erected on Capitol Hill another cross
of Calvary, on which another Nazareue
would be crucifed. You We had a min
ature of Calvary anG its tragedy in
Harrisburg during the last six weeks.
You cruci6ed the TRUTH
Whiskey Bottle in Spoils
Among the trail hitters of the even
ing were several married couples as
usual, together with husbands who had
been persuaded by wives, and wives
by husbands. One man gave up a pint
w'hiskey bottle, half full of liquor,
which had a prominent place on the
platform during the after meeting. DR..
Slough at first intended to pour the
contents out on the sawdust, but not
liking the odor of the liquor he thought
better of it and corked the bottle, pla-
cing it in charge of Prof. Spooner. Quite
a number of cigarettes, some loose to-
bacco and pipe were also among the
spoils. One young man protested when
his cigarettes were asked for and he
was not pressed further.
A minister s son was in the throng,
as well as the son of one of the de-
partment chairmen of the campaign.
The latter told DR.. Slough he was mar
ried but did not live with his wife, and
the evangelist held short consulta-
tion with the boys parents, the results
of which he did not announce.
Last Trail-Hitting Tonight
Tonight DR.. Slough will preach his
last sermon here to unconverted persons,
excepting his lecture to men tomorrow
afternoon, and there will be trail-hit-
ting for the last time. The Booster
chorus will occupy the choir loft and
will have a new song to present.
Tomorrow morning he will preach on
The Sealing of the Spirit" in the
afternoon at clock to men only on
The Three Sirens and in the even,