Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-02
STOUGH is AGAINST
LIQUOR MEN OF ALL
POLITICAL PARTIES
[Continued From First Pagel

already polluted public life too much
and religion should not be brought
under its debasing influence.
He declared that he is preaching
without the slightest taint of parti-
sanship; that he is first, last and all
the time an evangelist of Jesus Christ.
To Strike Deadly Blow ut Liquor
Il refuse to compromise in any way
with the damnable liquor business.
You face me here fighting as q side
issue this traffic in blood and tears,
and l propose to deliver the most tre
mendous blow in my power against
this organized traffic"
He declared that he refuses to be
muzzled or throttled in any way by
any candidate or any political party,
be it Democratic, Republican, Social
istic or even Anti-Saloon.
Booze Not u Question of Party
There never was time in Penn
sylvania when the liquor issue was
more tense than 1t is to-day. 1t is not,
however, question of party, but
question of booze against anti-booZe.
The time has come when every one in
the churches should take a stand; If
you cannot do that, then got out of the
church.
Il am not here to talk politics, I
am here to plead for justice regarding
State and municipal affairs and the
personal problems of the heart.
we have before US here to-day a
vision of what we may see before
many weeks, when thousands will
come surging toward this platform as
public expression of their penitence
Harrisburg is in for the greatest days
the city ever had, and we are planning
to give the devil a run for his money;
but to do that we need all you Chris
ttan people to get into the work.
Slough May Turn Somersaults
Some of your finicky folks may be
shocked with what 1 may say before
the campaign is over, because / may
have to turn some somersaults on this
platform in order to reach all classes
of my hearers. / will compete with
the theaters and the moving picture
shows, and l promise you that if
don't put up a better show than they
can, III eat my hat.
II will do some things the regular
preachers do not dare to do, and I'll
do them my own way. 1t is not to
the dear saints and you Christians on
the front pews that l am to preach,
but to the fellows who sneak in and
sit on the back rows. To the church
folks l may say, Don't take my say
ings unless You need them, but in
that case they won't be too hard for
you"
DR.. Slough said he does not preach
his best sermons at the opening of the
campaign and does not shoot all his
high-class fireworks at once because
he is meyer sure his hearers will ap-
preciate them; he never announces his
! best talks, but advises the people to
keep on coming, and they will hear
some startling things before the finish
of the six weeks.
He asked for a general suspension
!. of services on Sunday mornings dur
ing the campaign in order to preach
to the preachers. who, he said, need
Il preaching and to all Christian people,
/ to whom he desired to say some things
i that can only be said on Sunday morn
! ing when there is not such a generally
mixed crowd of nonchurch goers pres
I ent. He announced that next Sunday
r he will begin a series of sermons pre-
1 pared especially for professed Chris
3 tians.
: Introduces Party
a Before giving his talk in the after
r noon DIR. Slough introduced the mem
: bers of his party, and gave each one
an opportunity to make a short ad-
dress. He showed the need of large
= party of trained specialists to reach
/ all classes, and to go wherever people
8 work or gather.
e The first to be presented were w. w.
Shannon and Miss Josephine Colt, who
are already well known by their pre-
D liminary work during the past few
e weeks. The others in the order of
. their introductions were: II. X. Pat
x lGISOn VI lllO UleI WOIu
formerly connected with the Brother
hood of Andrew and Philip in Phila-
: delphia; Miss Sara Palmer, a native of
t Belfast, Ireland, head of the women's
word; Miss Florence Saxeman, of the
young women's work, a former Y. W.
= c. A. worker; Miss Daisy Eggleston
y of the children's work; Miss Olive
k Rogers, the recorder and publicity
agent of the party; Mr.. Irwin, the
accompanist; Fred d. Cartwright, the
S tabernacle custodian, who recently
doubled his joys and halved his sor-
k rows by getting married; Professor d.
s L. Spooner, the chorister who declar-
ed that the joys and inspirations of
Christian music are second to none
= and that true music must come from
r within.
d The Rev. F. T. Cartwright was in
troduced as the man who does all
that the other members can do and
e several other jobs as we'll" He is the
t associate evangelist of DR.. Slough
G Spooner Introduces Slough
!. Professor Spooner then took charge
of DIR. Slough and introduced him to
the audience as Gods man, a man
who has accomplished wonderful
things all over this land of ours in the
e last thirteen years, and who gives to
= others much of the credit due to him
IS SELF
l. The night sermon was on the text
g az am doing a great work" from Ne
l, hemiah, sixth chapter. DR.. Slough
e said in part: I'VE will hurl our ana
\. themas against evil and do not care
IS what the saloon or commercial inter-
[. ests will say against me or what legal
e lied vice will try to do to harm me,
d for I know that God is with me, and
II with his help I cannot fail. Business
/ is nothing compared with the regene-
II ration of souls. If drunkards are re-
/ formed, if prodigal sons return to their
It mothers and wayward girls ask for
3. giveness of their fathers, If families
e are reunited and characters again
Y, made noble, this campaign will be
: worth all 1t costs.
a Fine churches and grand services
x and eloquent sermons will not save
. your city; nothing but the spirit of love
d can redeem it-love displayed by you
d Christian people toward all mankind.
Is What Harrisburg needs is a love COM
u passionate from the heart of the
J. churches. You will find that the fu-
n ture will show 1t to be worth while
n to have struggled for this purpose"
t, The Great American Evils
e At the morning service DR.. Slough
i. preached on THE Prayer That