Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
RIDDLES $1OO, SPURNED
BY SLOUGH, WILL AID
THE POOR in CHELSEA
Atlantic City Mayor Asserts He
Will Show the Evangelist
a Little Practical
Christianity"
CLASH OVER A BANNER
Taking Down of Revival Campaign
Signs Called "Insult" to the
Seashore Churchgoers
Ru q Stnn corrcsnondcnt

Bya Stad CorrcSpoudcut
ATLANTIC cry. Ian. 2g.-NIayor Rid.
s,o will give the S1OO Evangelist Slough
iSncidod TO return to him to the chelsea
lyy.s,o,, League. an organization which La st
OI aa,e coal and food to g1,, moor
Ms.n,It,oe and cared for 1863 families the
i,aaoT before
81 can't saw nositivclv / will do this '
,,,o ,tavor said today "because have not
wy, thS s1OO vet But IL do get IL /
stou certainly turn II over to the Chel.
eco League You know what | said be.
sea sea, '.rhe hand that riveth Is more blessed
.Inn tho Inns that pray and now. since
,,,,,.r,oIist slough doesn't want my money
shall show him a little practical Chris.
i,s,,ii,,u S,
sta,,or Riddle now regrets that he was
'.iciir, "a Tho evnnpolist's personal mar
otis,,, whom he offered his friendship to
Doctor Slough unon his arrival IN this
CITY v ,,, ti,,, - choci, ro,. sio6 Ns he
ovnressed IL last night the Mayor 'in-
vested 500 i'm Slough, but is now willing
TO sell out for n cent"
At tabernacle meeting held here last
night 5000 persons voted that the Mayor 8
500 gift should be returned because re-
vival campaign banner which mad been
stretched across Atlantic avenue from the
CITY Hall to the Bell-ltiddle Building had
been taken down. Doctor Slough assert
cd that the taking down of the banner
wns an insult to the church people ot
Atlantic City.
To show that they, TOO, considered
Mayor Riddles order to have the banner
removed an Insult" those attending the
tabernacle service last night forced a
special collection of S22S on the evangelist
4 TO make up" for the return of the
Mayors check Doctor Slough then re-
ouested everybody to pray as often as pos
sible for the conversion of the cit.'s Chief
Executive.
Mayor Riddle was delighted to learn
that his check is to be returned, as he
has undergone Il change of heart since
sending IT,
"As soon MS heard the news" he said,
II prepared letter to send Doctor Slough
TO show him where | stand on the mat
ter
LETTER TO EVANGELIST.
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INV 80
Dear MI EVahSellSt'
"If | receive the 500 back, 1t is more
than | could possibly have hoped for.
Usually one pays for mistakes, but in
this case | find out my error; | have
learned the lesson. and 1t has cost me
nothing. At our first meeting you I'M
pressed me as an earnest fearless man,
| believed that you really had the IN
tcTeSl " ENll'iilNlN ivy At i'''''' '''iN
wanted to help you in every way possible.
You have proven yourself like others of
your ilk, an agitator, and one VINO does
not hesitate to pervert the truth for\ ms
own personal ends. Like thousands \ol
others. | was caught in the trap oil
personal magnetism, the snare by which
Billy Sunday and his imitators IN
duce so many to hit the sawdust trail
Do these, people think of CHRIST ana
his love for humanity as they announce
their intention of leading n new hteF
No. they are enthused by personal mag
netism, and If the leader wanted 10 IN
fuence the crowd to BURN properly or
behead their helghuorS' as they uiu III III
the French revolution they Woulu oe
carried along with the aSlta'oI PuiPo9e
In the same way.
ENTHUSED BY MAGNETISM.
\ "cbr,st,s sormons were for the better.
ment of the human race, and | never re.
member hearing that he took up collections
AFTER them. ON the contrary, II was ne
who gave to the people OF his loNe' OF
His kindness, of His healing ana even
on two occasions of the more materlal
things of life the day He gave WINE 10
the people at the wedding teaSt ana the
day He fed the multitude OF four thousanu'
IL seems sacrilege Tor present uaS
\ Evangelist Chow irksome ems clalh
would appear to Peter and PauD TO de-
clare that this tearing down or al author-
ity is done in the name of religion.
cannot help but think of Christ and the
money changers in the Temple (see John
II, 14-16) and believe if He would come
TO earth today, He would drive the greedy
agitators with the scourge of his words
from Tabernacle and Temple alike ana
expose to the audiences who have been
enthused by the magnetism of the speak
srs, how little of religion they represent,
and how much of human greed. When
receive the one hundred dollar check Gf