Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-17
1900 HEAR STOUGH
PREACH ONCE AGAIN
Continued from First Pace.1

apostle warns the young preacher not
to 'partake of the sins of Others" He
| used the Scriptural words as a basis
! Tor an attack on church people who
countenance individual and commun-
| ity sinfulness without a murmur, de-
claring that such church members are
every whit as guilty as those who
commit the wrong.
Who's to Blame?
Who's. to Blame?" was the formal
subject of his sermon, and he pointed
! out who is responsible for the law
breaking booze dives, the brothels.
the gambling dens, the street. walkers
and the dancing halls of the vice dis
trlcts He laid this responsibility first
to the preachers in the pulpit who
are afraid to tell the TRUTH" and to
the church members in the pews who
sit with folded hands while hundreds
or young girls are bespoiled, besmirch-
ed, bedamned, and hundreds of young
men are being hurled to drunkards'
| graves"
such people kicked in Harrisburg
because | talked directly to the
church folk while | was there. Whv
didn't talk long enough to them; /
didn't get all the preachers convert
ed up there"
Amcns!" From HarrisbuPgers
When the "Amens!" from the Har-
etIS contingent had Subsided, DR..
tn 1n.oush continued with u plea that
the voters in the churches drive out
the politicians-"the men higher NM
-wnom, he said, are responsible for
lnuch OF the debauchery in the towns
| of Pennsylvania. 40
The evangelist vehementlv in
Velghed against church members who
nave allowed worldly amusements 40
encroach upon the high ideals of the
church," VI ''ie
There isn't q church. with the ex-
cePtlon OF the Mormon" declared the
evangelist, (which at some time M.
! another has not declared against tho
dance and card playing. And vet
most church members dance. and
most OF you know more about q card
geck than you do about the Bible,
Ihere isn't a preacher here Tonight
who-if he did his duty according to
6ne tenets of his church-wouidn't
flre you cardplaying and dancing
church members out of the con grega-
stop dancing-stop playing cards
or get out of the church!" he ex
claimed.
Goes After Liquor Sieners
why, I've been told that right
mere IN Lancaster, and in Harrisburg,
100 some church members have
signed liquor license applications" he
went on, as though amazed. II want
70 tell you that the man who signs a.
liquor application is just as responsi-
PIE Tor the drunkards' souls that go
booze over the bari"
Dr. Slough then took occasion TO
praise the efforts of Governor Brum
Daugh for the fight he is putting up
for local option. Pray for the Gov
ernor-the best man, who has sat in
the chair in these many years-and
back him up In his fight to give Penn
sylVanlan's citizens the right to de-
eide whether or not they want booze.
90 nome tonight, you men of Har-
risburg, and write letters to your leg
lslators so that they'll know what you
want"
I'VE all have!" some one shouted
from the Harrisburg group.
Write them some more" suggest
ed DR.. Slough.
Appeals to Parents
DR.. Slough ended his sermon with
an appeal to parents to look more
closely to the spiritual welfare of
their children, declaring More
youngsters don't want to go to heaven
because they fear the daddies and
mammies will be there to treat them
They don't want the sort of religion
you have"
Following the sermon the Lancas-
ter people were given an opportunity
to say How'd dy-do' to the Harris
burg folk. The Harrisburgers filled
the chorus platform in the Lancaster
tabernacle and sang the old familiar
campaign songs under the direction
of Professor Spooner.
The Harrisburgers went to Lancas-
ter in special train of two sections,
including seventeen coaches AS they
paraded out the Lancaster streets to
the tabernacle they sang Onward,
Christian Soldiers while thousands of
the townspeople lined the curbstones.
Several thousand Lancaster people
were turned away from the taber-
nacle because of the lack of room. AS
it was, the big building was packed
tight as a sardine box, the rs Il o"
sign being out long before 7.3OI
o'clock. DR.. Slough WIS presented by
his Harrisburg friends with a huge
basket of American Beauty roses and
the entire Slough party was called
on the platform to say thank you!"
for the mark of appreciation
Local Ministers Participate
The Rev. DR.. ]. II. Spangler pas
tor of the First United Brethren
Church, this city. prayed at the open
ing of the services. DR.. j. A. Lyter,
pastor of Derry Street United Breth-
rem CHuTCIl, lOtu OF Ine TemarkaDle
awakening in his church since the
campaign. Professor Spooner, the
musical director for DIR. Slough, in
troduced Charles +. Clippinger, direc-
tor of the Harrisburg Evangelistic
Chorus. under whose direction the big
excursion was held. Mr.. Clippinger
led the chorus in a song and a num-
Der of yells. E. +. Weaver, executive
secretary of the local campaign COM
mittee, presented DR.. Slough with a
check for $40 sent him "by a Har-
risburg admirer."
The Harrisburg folk We're particu-
Marty interested in the big tabernacle
at Lancaster. 1t is not quite so large
as the tabernacle in this city, and is
heated with cannon" stoves instead
of with steam. 1t holds about $500
people.
The "sawdust cough" has the Lam
caster people gripped, too, and DR..
Slough had to urge that the coughing
/ be suppressed.
ITS hard for a man to keep quiet
on two occasions-when he wants to
talk back to his wife and when he
wants to cough" he chuckled.
Returning, the Harrisburgers left
Lancaster at 1890, arriving here an
| hour later.