Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-06

week services. the tabernacle was fill
ed to the doors last night with an
audience that closely followed the
most serious sermon yet preached by
DR.. Slough. The heavy applause given
on previous nights was missing be-
cause there were fewer remarks that
called for applause.
At the opening of his sermon he
spoke of unjust criticism that is being
circulated in many quarters about
him. He said he is willing to stand
for anything he says but that he will
not stand for everything you say /
say"
1.-The biggest bang of knockers is
the gang that never hears me preach"
he declared.
What Is Christian t?
The subject last night was, What Is
a Christian" and the evangelist de-
fined the direct and forceful language,
the qualities and lack of qualities in
Christians, hypocrites and reprobates.
He showed that to be true Christian
requires ability to mingle with the
world and yet to keep unspotted from
the world.
I'VE must make a radical distinc-
ton between Christians and church
members" he said, for, although
almost every Christian Is a church
member, every church member is not
Christian. Many of them are just
Veneered, they are whitewashed but
not washed white within There is a
difference between Christianity and
Churchanity."
The Greatest Sinner
"The greatest sin is the breaking
of the first commandment, and the
greatest sinner Is not the drunkard
or the harlot or the thief, it is the man
who refuses to put God foremost in his
life. The true Christian is he who
worships the Lord with all his heart,
and soul and strength.
mo one except the idiot or the in
nocent who has not reached age of
accountability, is without one of two
Gods; every man is worshipping either
the true and living God or he is bow
ing down to the god of self, the god of
the lusts of the flesh, or the eye, or the
vain glory of life. The man with the
last named god has the altar of his
shrine in his selfish desire for money,
pleasure, power, passion, appetite or
dress.
Discusses True Character
'I am talking tonight not of church
membership. but of the things OF
character, of the things that you are
in realty. A man cannot be righteous
inside and unholy outside; and man
who says he is a Christian on Sunday
not a Christian-he's a liar. Every
thought and act of a Christian must
be brought into captivity to the spirit
of Christ.
Reading the Bible is no indication
of Christianity, neither is confrma-
ton nor baptism, nor the taking of
the Holy Sacrament. There are lots
of people in hell who have been bap-
tized, and no doubt there are churches
of all denominations in hell If some
of you people have no more to show
for your Christianity than the things
1 have mentioned, you are going
straight there l fear. There are all
too many in Harrisburg who can show
only these qualifications"
Why Some Won't Kiss Their Husbands
He showed that there is little diff
1erance between many church mem
bers and nonchurch members. Some
of you old church members smoke to-
bacco like a chimney and some smell
like garbage can. know this is the
reason why so few wives will kiss their
husbands Then there are some church
members who can cuss blue streak;
they are cussers from CussersVille.
There are church members who serve
liquor in their homes in fact they
keep a private saloon; there are those
who play cards, attend the theater and
the dance, read trashy novels, and as
sociate with unbelievers without any
reserve.
There are lots of hard-headed
business men I know who would join
church as a matter of common sense
If they could see any difference be-
tween church members and outsiders.
The Christianity of many is like
{ ess of changeable silk whose color
depends on the angle of light They
can use it for Sunday school or for
Wednesday card party
Need Antiseptic Christians
Just give me time; l can't preach
all my sermons in one night; but I'll
/. promise you that I'm going to skin
some of you till there isn't any hide on
your old carcasSeS.
What we need are antiseptic Chris
tians, who first will not be contami-
mated by the world and second who
will not contaminate the world"
AS test of true Christian he
laid down the following catechism:
Am l less selfish, less censorious, less
critical, ill-tempered, jealous, passion
ate, grasping and avaricious than
used to be before l professed Chris
tianity? Am ] more forgiving, gentle,
loving. kind, humble, spiritual and
Christ-like than l used to be. Am
less confirmed to the world in any
home, in business and in the world at
large?"
Are You Sure ?
"If on bended knee you can answer
to these personal Questions positively,
then you can be reasonably assured
you are a real Christian. The reality
of being in Christ consists in a vital,
personal relation and fellowship with
Christ.
christians do not follow n cruciflN.
but they follow the living Christ who
said, Wherever two or three are gath
Tered together in my home there am
l."
At the afternoon service DIR. Slough
preached on the valley of the Vision
of Dry Bones" taken from the book