Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-04

mons from perfumed pink paper. I
was then a 'piscatologist,' now I am
a plain fisherman" I used to see
the deacons nodding at my sermons
and wondered what was wrong with
my sermons. l found my religion was
gone to seed and that 1 had no more
religion than billy goat.
Since l have become a plain fisher
| of men, l don't care what j do or
say to catch souls. If l catch the
| Fellows on the back seats, l don't care
how much l shock the saints at the
front. Until a preacher learns to live
| and to preach above the criticism
| of the crowd, he will not succeed as
a preacher of the Gospel.
II am not preaching according to
the Methodist discipline or the Pres
byterian doctrine. but while others are
knocking and pulling in opposite di-
| rectionS we are getting the paralytic
to the feet of Jesus.
| This campaign is to be like the
| first steam engine made by George
Stephenson. He was first discouraged
| by his mother, who said the thing
would never go, but she got fright
ened when finally it did start and was
in fear ii would never stop. So there
are many in this city who opposed
this campaign because they said it
would be impossible to build this tab
ernacle, and. impossible to get the
people together in working commit
tees. Very soon they will be just as
much consternated at the growth of
the movement, and be in fear that it
will never stop"
! Talks Hour-and- Half; They Want
More.
| After DIR. Slough had preached for
an hour and a half last night he
asked his hearers If they wanted more.
A loud applause started him again
or nd he
then said he had to stop, but that
he had some more things to say at the
service tonight. He said some day
he will tell tales on some of the
people who opposed the bringing of
the campaign to the. city.
At the afternoon meeting yesterday
a comparatively small audience heard
DR.. Slough make a stirring address in
defence of evangelistic movements, in
which he declared that all great
epochs in the worlds history have
been directly connected with revivals
of religion, and all wars, including
the present conflict in Europe are the
results of a decadence in the spiritual
life of the nations.
No Mystery in War.
There is no mystery in the war"
he said" when you consider the Cod
lessness of some of the countries in
of two million people, there are not
many more than $50, 900 church goers:
and the manhood of Germany gener-
ally is said to be corrupt, with a very
large percentage of the male popula-
tion of the cities afflicted with ven
ereal diseases. France is a Goddess
country as well, and now they are
reaping what they have sown.'
He outlined the four waves of re-
vivals in this country's history and
showed how they were connected with
periods of national advancement. The
first was that started by Jonathan Ed
wards, which preceded the Revolution,
and in a measure prepared the colonies
for freedom. Between 1900 and 1920
was the movement that started mod
ern missionary work. Another revival
In 1857 preceded the Civil War, and
in 1870 Moody and Sankey began their
influence in advance of great COM
mercial and manufacturing expansion
of the country.
He declared that 10 per cent. of
church members are secured through
revivals; that the churches are uni
fled and the common interests in the
cause of Christ are brought together.
Some of the striking sentences in
his talk were: Many Christians need
to be converted over again" THE BIZ
BILE does not need any two-by-four
preacher to apologize for it," For
get you are MethodiStS, or PFeSby-
terians or Baptists or Salvationists,
for these six weeks. and if all you peo-
pie get together you will sure lick
the devil"
Miniature Judgment Day.
"This revival will be a sort of
miniature judgment day that will sift
the churches, the church members and
the preachers. and show the differ
ence between the faithful and the un-
faithful. 1t will shake up a lot of
deacons, stewards, and Sunday-school
superintendents; and bring the un-
saved face to face with God.
He spoke for one hour and quarter
which will be the limit for the after
noon meetings. The talks will be
chiefly for Christians and will be on
great themes vital to the campaign.
The night meetings will be suited
more to the needs of the large dis
interested crowd that never comes
within church doors. Meetings will
be held every after noon at, 2.3O eX-
cepting Monday and Saturday, when
"a mass meeting for boys and girls
will be held.