Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
POUND FOR THE POOR,
TABERNACLE SLOGAN
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THULlIIuHULL ULUUHlv
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harrisburg whose officers will be able
10 use the supplies to the best advan-
tage.
Hears of Much Distress
DR.. Slough hopes to make this
Pound Night" one of the most mem
orable of the campaign specialities and
time of Christmas cheer for the en-
tire city. He spoke last night of the
many letters he has received from
time to time, asking for assistance for
the poor of the city. Some of these
letters were pitiful in their appeal and
all of them showed, he said, that there
Is much dire want, of which prosper
Gus public seldom hears.
One of the letters he quoted was
from Q little boy who said his papa and
brothers were out of work and all the
family hungry. Another from little
girl said she had heard that Santa
Claus could not come to her home be-
cause they were too poor.
Meeting Continues til If
Almost like Sunday school Christ
mas concert" was the way DR.. Slough
described the service last night when
songs from the railroad men and their
glee clubs, responses from the choir,
presentation speeches with flowers for
DIR. Slough and his party, and other
special features occupied more than an
hour of the service. A general spirit
of jollity reigned throughout the
meeting and there was much more
daughter and applause than has been
OF Of nj
DIR. Slough was late in starting his
sermon and he preached longer than
usual, as he said he wanted to give
the railroad men the full benefit of his
discourse. The after service was fur
ther delayed by the personal efforts
made by the evangelist to persuade
some of the railroad men to hit the
trail and the meeting was not con-
cluded before IL o'clock.
1000 Railroaders Attend
The tabernacle was comfortably
heated and the attendance was better
than on the night before. DIR. Slough
said he was more than pleased at such
good turnout on such night and
said he felt more than justified for
staying another week. About 1000
railroaders occupied reserved seats.
Both the Harrisburg regiment and
the company from Enola were headed
by bands and each played Onward
christian Soldiers in a confused con-
cert as they neared. the tabernacle.
A glee club of twenty-siX railroad
ers, all of whom are either trailhitters
or were Christians before the cam
paign, sang from the platform, What
Will You Do With Jesus Neutral You
Cannot Be- A quartet from the
Pennsy also sang from the platform
The entire party of Pennsylvania rail-
Gift From Rotary Members
William S. Essick, president of the
Harrisburg Rotary Club, in behalf OF
a 1umber of his members who attend
ed in a body, presented DR.. Slough
with fine bunch of pansies," which
he invited the evangelist to smell. In
his neat speech, Mr.. Essick told DR.
Slough he had hit the trail forty years
ago and was proud of the fact. He
said he represented "bunch of fell
lows who stood for integrity in bust
ness as we'll as uprightness in living
In thanking the Rotarians DR.
Slough said he guessed that he toe
was Rotarian as he had been rotat-
jng all over the country in the busi-
ness of evangelism for the last four
Teen years.
Flowers were also presented by
groups from the Evangelical Publish
ing House and the w. o. Hickok
company.
The Rev. George f. schaum of the
Harris Street United Evangelical
Church spoke in reference to the col
lection for the Slough party next Sun
day and said he hoped to see mot a
poor Offering but generous thank Of
fering for the men and women who
have done such noble work in the
city
"Good Night Nurse
The sermon had more of the comedy
and slangy touch of Stoughism than
usual and was delivered presumably
with an especial appeal to the rail-
roaders. DR.. Slough acted and waved
his arms with a freedom that proves
the vaccination performed the Other
day has not taken effect. At one point
he balanced himself on the big plat
form chair In a comic effort to imi-
tate the well-known painting supposed
to represent the rock of ages, in which
a buXom young woman is showT
crawling up on a rock and stretchins
her arms toward cross; lie called the
picture "a Travesty OF Religion" and
not at all giving the meaning of the
cross.
His discourse was based on the work
of st. Paul and John the Baptist. who
were nothing cf the side-stepper -ol
spologetic stripe of preachers who
preached high-brow literature, but
90 straight from the shoulder
Righteousness. In comparing Their
methods and difficulties to the present
time he said they had a much harder
job than he has now, which seems
hard enough.
"If you want a nice scrap, nova
days, just go after the gang with
righteousness, go after ballot-boX stuff
ing for instance or preach a sermon or