The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-21
TABERNACLE IS
Being TORN down

his home in Chicago. A decision of
the Luzerne county court has granted
him trial by jury, date for which
will be set later. Other members of
the Slough party, except Miss Palmer,
left during the morning for their sep
arate homes. Miss Palmer will 60 to
Carlisle to spend the holidays with
friends.
Regular services this week will be re-
sumed in the fifty-three churches which
co,operated in the campaign. In some
there will be meetings tonight, and in
practically all there will be "Wednesday
night prayer meetings, which will be
the first gatherings of the trail,hitters
at regular church services. The con
verts will be admitted the churches
they have designated within the coming
week or two.
= never left city yet declared
DIR. Slough in his closing sermon at the
tabernacle last night, "but that new
churches were built to accommodate the
increased number of converts, improve
montS made in. old churches and the
salaries of the pastors raised. | want
you people now to raise the salary. of
every pastor in this city.
What Converts Must Do
In the course of his sermon on How
Life he told the new converts and
other protesting Christians that they
should set apart every mid-week night
for prayer meetings, should testify and
| pray at these meetings, even if they
have to write out their statements be-
forehand and then read them OFF;
should "eut out all worldly amuse-
ments,' should dispense with tobacco
in all forms, should constantly use n
Bible and concordance and should set
apart tenth of their salary "for the
| Lord
\ rather indeEcate illustration was
given by the revivahst to emphasize
his point that if men chew tobacco,
women would be justified in using it,
too. He represented a woman chewing
tobacco while rolling biscuit dough,
with the tobacco juice s.obhered over
her chin and 1.-The drippings getting
mixed in the dough- Wiping his
mouth with the back of his hand, he
asked. "How would YOU like to eat
them tobiscuitsi'' His effort at this
point gained little applause.
Finds Chewers in Audience
If it is not right for woman to
chew tobacco he continued, ''it is
not right for man. Don I think any
man has right publicly or privately
to stick the stuff in his system. | tell
YOU we will be on the road to hell when
| the girls begin smoking cigarettes.
Some of YOU old rascals are down there
now with your mouths full of the
slop.
In closing he made special appeal
to all uueonverted persons in the build
ing TO take advantage of the last op'
porumitv to nit the trail. He an
| nounced that there had been a total of
6.9l4 trail-hitters during the campaign
and in his effort tc reach the 1000
mark he wen. about in the audience
himself. seeking possible converts
There were finally Sc trail-hitters on
the front benches, and the 1000 mark
was reached.
The tabernacle yesterday, the last
! dav of the campaign, was scene o.
excitement from early in the mornln!
until after midnight, During this time
! thousands of persons went IN and out
and many ate lunches in the building
| The singing began at the tabernacle
about $50 O'Clock in the morning. BY
noon. the frst of the day 5 thank of
ferings" for the personal benefit OF
DR.. Slough and his party had been ia
ken. and the evangelist then began tC
preach. He did not arrive in the build
ing until time for the sermon, having
been notified by phone when the col
lection was reaching its end. He spoke
briefly. and the service ended shortly
before l o'clock, when men were al
ready crowding into the building fol
| the afternoon meeting.
The booster chorus began TO sing a
. 20 clock, the offering then took W
more than an hour after which tht
evangelist made brief remarks. He die
not preach the sermon scheduled. A
the close of this service, hundreds be
gan to arrive for the evening meeting
! Practically two hours were consumed
in the taking of the collection, and DR.
Slough began to preach at 9.45 O'Clock
the time when he usually closed his ap
peals
Night Meeting Ends at 1 O'clock
The evening meeting was prolonged
into an after meeting, at which tn,
evangelist greeted the evenings con
verts, then into an LATTER after meet
ing during which he spoke to all con
verts of the campaign, and subse
quent meeting in which members o
the party and of the cooperating min
isterium made brief remarks. 1t wa
midnight before this last part of tn,
program was reached and the taber
nacle was not deserted until after
o clock.
At the afternoon meeting for men
about 800 hit the trail. The women I
meeting at Ridge Avenue church wa
attended by LOO, addressed by Mis-
Sara Palmer. The collection was NOR,
than fifty dollars. Miss Eggleston ad
dressed hundreds of children at Grac,
| Methodist church. There was singing by
the boosters and a violin solo by Lii
liam Irene Miller.
Slough Coming Back
DR.. Slough last night announce,
that he will return to Harrisburg Mon
day, February l, to speak at the Stat
convention of the Anti Saloon League
at Chestnut street hall, in the inter
ests of Pennsylvania local option
law. He urged a large attendance.
Announcement was made that mex
Monday night at 7.30 O'Clock reunion
of the tabernacle chorus will be hel,
at the Ridge Avenue Methodist church
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