Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-11
INVITE STOUCH To
STAY ANOTHER WEEK
IContinued From First Pagel
night. Action on the invitation has


promise an occasion of greater attend
ance, more enthusiasm and bigger re-
suits than the memorable night four
weeks ago, when between sixty and
seventy high school students hit the
trail. Large crowds from both the
| Central and the Technical schools OF
this city and the high schools OF Steel
ton and other towns of the neigh bor-
hood have arranged to attend the ser
vice. They will march in separate
bodies and will be prepared with all
the latest yells. Original songs and
newest sensations for demonstrating
| school rivalry.
DR.. Slough has been the subject OF
conversation and argument in all the
schools for a month, and the service
tonight has been looked forward to by
many who have been undecided as to
his merits.
Nearly All Want Him to Stay
II When DR.. Slough abruptly asked the
audience last night, How many OF
you want another week of the cam
pafgn? practically all stood up and
applauded. He then explained:
Neither nor my party nor the eX-
ecutive committee want the RESPONSE
bility for keeping up the campaign for
one extra day. 1t is not so much q
matter for official procedure and de-
cisiop as it is for the rank and file
OF the people who are interested. This
preston to indicate the common desire
for another week so the executive
committee can know the mind and
heart of the city and can then act ac-
cordingly. 1t is they who must plan
for the provisions necessary to the
extension of time"
He said 1t will be distinct sacrifice
for the party to stay longer than the
intended six weeks, as they will have
only two or three days at home for
their Christmas vacations before the
opening of the Altoona campaign, De-
cember 81.
Puts 1t Up to Executives
But we are all at heart willing for
your sakes and the interest of the city
| to try to make greater success for
| the campaign. Unless the executive
committee feels that 1t is unwise or
that there are unsurmountable bar
, riers in the way, then it is almost GER
tain we shall have another week of
the campaign in Harrisburg. But l
must impose several provisions on
you: First you must all promise to
attend the meetings; you must pray
every day, and you must work to in
duce others to attend the meetings and
to hit the trail"
DR.. Slough preached under the
handicap of a cold and a sore throat
last night and had to halt several
times in his sermon to take a pinch
of salt to relieve the strain. He said
the bad weather and the continued eX-
ertion of his voice in such big audi
torium was telling on his throat.
Offering For Salvation Army
The feature of last night was the
collection for Patrick Myers Nielsen,
captain of the Salvation Army. DIR.
Slough explained that such a name
was too long for any man and es-
pecially for such busy man as the
captain, so he said he would call him
Pat for short.
"If everyone in the city had stood
by the campaign as Pat and his army
have done, there would be more doing
right now than there Is. They have
given up all their services and collec-
tions, and their meal barrel is getting
empty and the coal is running low in
| their bin. Just the same, you still see
broad, bright smile on the captains
face, and the lassies of the army can
still sing as sweetly as ever. They
have learned the lesson of never COM
planning, which some more ought to
learn"
Here DR.. Slough called Captain
Nielsen to the platform to show him.
self. and he put tin pail into his
hand. and then began to rake in the
| contributions, first making the rounds
of the members of the Slough party.
He got $40 from them as a nest-egg
for the bucket. Other contributions
of $23 from the ministers, $11.50 from
the executive committee and individ-
ual amounts totaled $115, while Pat
stood blushing and awkward, with his
wife at his side. Several sums were
sent up for her especial benefit. The
pan collections through the audience
were then made and amountd to
SS33.72.
Pat said it was more money than
he had ever before seen in Harrisburg.
Special Delegations
A large body of the Grand Army of
the Republic. under the leadership of
Post 5S, with their flags, were in re-
served seats, and many were in uni
FORM The ladies of the Grand Army
of the Republic and the Sons of Vet
Grams were also represented. The Of
five and travelling forces of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company also
came in a body. At the opening of
the service several patriotic songs were
sung to the accompaniment of flag
waving by the choir and persons in
the audience.
Dr. Slough paid a graceful tri-
butte to the Grand Army men and told
of his father and grandfather both
serving in the war. MY grandfather
was a colonel of one of the Ohio regi-
ments during the war and was brevet-
ed a major-general at the close. My
father served as a musician during
the entire war. He served SIX months
in a Confederate military prison and
knew what it was to have maggots in
the beansoup and to eat corn bread of
meal ground with the cob. just as
many OF you old men have known dur
ing your experiences"
Two Veterans enlist
He said he would like to see some
of the veterans-if there were any
among thin who had not already done
so-make one more enlistment be-
fore the dropping OF the. curtain of
life on their services. and to secure
their enrolment In the great army of
eternity. When he called for trail
hitters he was rewarded by two OF the
veterans coming forward, one of them
Sc years old and the very first to
knceI at the bench
The response of seventy-five trail
hitters from a rather slim audience.
was an indication of growing enthu-
, siasm in the work which promises n
good week for the end of the cam
paien.
The personal power Of the evangel-
ist was shown in several instances last
night. Just at the close of the call
for confession a man asked DR.. Slough
to go with him back into the audi
ence and talk to a brother who was
iuEt on the point OF surrendering.
Slough worked for about five minutes
and brought the hesitating one for
warT 70 the benches.
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