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that We would have to beg men to
give up sin and turn to God if they
really believed that these things
were true and that Jesus Christ had
gone to prepare a home for MS. If
we thought more about heaven |
am sure it would incite us to hOlier
living, and it would make us bright
er and more sunshiny, and help us
to bear our burdens more bravely.
Now the Bible does not fully answer
all the questions about heaven
where is it? What is it? And who
will be there? Why? Because our
finite minds could not fully compre-
bend even if He had given us a full
description of the eXsct condition in
the other world, and a complete
revelation of the heavenly home. 1t
would be useless for me to speak
to one of those little children con-
corning the problems Of higher
mathematics; | might accurately de-
monstrate some mathematical truths
but their little minds could not
grasp it because they would not
know what | was talking about.
Listen; our understanding is ground
ed on the nature of the things which
we have experienced or learned.
We are now in a human finite stage
of our existence, with the limita-
tons of the flesh and the conditions
of time and sense to circumscribe
US, therefore, We can not possibly
fathom all the conditions in the
other world. If ! were to go into
your backyard and unearth a grub
worm (thc Chrysalis of butterfly,
and | would speak to him in a Ian
guage he could understand, and say
to him as he crawlcd through the
mire and mud with his heavy hody
that some day you are going to be
a higher and far more wonderful
being than you are now, the time
will come when you will have wings
aglow with the radiance of the rain
bow and you will fly through the
golden sunlight, and have fellowship
with the flowers, and sip the sweet
nectar of blooms, and eat honey in
stead of mud and filth-that would
be beyond his comprehension. be-
cause of his narrow vision and low
estate.
$50 our eyes have not seen. nor
ear heard, neither has it entered in
to the heart of man the thing for
which God prepared for them that
love Him. 1t is beyond our COM
prehension, but He does give us
enough of the truth about heaven
golden streets and these wonderful
foundations and these magnificent
distances, and these jasper walls,
are we to take it in any sense lit
eralIy2 | answer, why not? But
wu say that is materialism in
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embrace a mighty wide range

embrace a mighty wide range."O
At the beginning of the service
las dwelt upon more fully elsewhere
in the Post-Dispatch) Rev, Leon NJ.
Hall stepped to the pulpit and an
nounced the formation of the Nc
Tendon club of Richmond county,
and asked all who desired to join,
for the enforcement of the blind-tiger
laws, to come forward and sign
And Immediately 1908 signed up;
since then hundreds in addition
have signed, but this deals only with
the Friday night service.
Advice To Negroes.
After the 1908 had signed, Mr..
McLendon came forward and start
ed his sermon; he had spoken but
a few words when a new thought
seemed to strike him or a different
mood swept over him, for he abrupt
ly stopped, and leaving the pulpit
went over to the section occupied by
the colored people and standing on
a bench proceeded to quietly talk
to them. He didn't preach, he simp-
ly talked and gave advice. And so
wise and timely was this advice that
the Pest Dispatch feels constrained
TO write here extracts from what he
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said. He begged the negroes to live
above the clouds, to live transparent
lives-lives so that their word can
be relied on and worth one hundred
cents on the dollar. Such lives that
their employer can say, This man
or woman knows God and is hon.
est" Continuing, Mr.. McLendon
said, God never intended you to be
white, nor whites tc be black. If
you take Jesus Christ with you, you
will be honest, true and virtuous,
and you'll win. You've got to be
on the square. When one of you
go wrong, it hurts you all. Be
clean; be decent; abhor evil. Run
out your gamblers, your loafers,
your adulterers. You can't expect
white folks to respect you when you
don't respect yourselves-and vet
many of you colored people stand
for wrong DOING Start a cleanup
ca" paign; report vlolaters of the
law and do not shield them. Live
for Jesus and in living for Jesus
you can be mighty well assured you
will be happier. Why, some among
you are so low down that you ought
to jump in a slop tub and commit
suicide! Change about; right about
front; head up, eyes to the Lord
and you will make better citizens.
more capable servants, and have
happier lives"
After this talk to the negroes.
which, by the way, was received
with an almost incessant flow of
"Amcns," Mr.. McLendon returned
to the pulpit and took up the
threads of his sermon. His text was,
BE sure your sins will find YOU
out"
His Sermon.
Only extracts can be given here.
You may escape the law said Mr.
HcLcndon, but you can not escape
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"HEAVEN"
Think About Heaven and Have HoIier Lives.
(Sermon on Heaven" preached by "Cyclone
Mack at Rockingham, N. c., Monday Night,
July 18th, 1927

Il am not going to tell you what
sort of place | imagine heaven TO
be. care very little for my or any
other mans spcculations on this
point.
"A great many people have an
idea that we know nothing about
heaven, and that we are to be left
in darkness. If the Lord had want
ed us to be in ignorance about the
future there would have been moth
ing in the Bible about it. | believe
that all Scripture is given by inspi-
ration, and that all is profitable
from one end of the Bible to the
other. Brother, if you are in dark
ness about heaven get you con-
cordance and the Bible and 60 from
one end to the other, and you will
see that God has revealed to us
very much about it, and what he
has revealed is very encouraging
and is calculated to awaken in
every wise and true heart desire to
go there. | had been preaching for
some time before | thought very
much about heaven. But one day
the death angel came to our home
and took my only brother, and then
| became very much interested in
the country where | knew he had
gone and picked up my Bible, the
only book that could give me a de-
sCription of where he was going to
spend his eternity ! read about
that city which hath foundations
whose builder and maker is God.
and that Jesus had gone to prepare
a place for us, and God would wipe
away all tears from our eyes and
there would be no more death nor
sorrow nor crying nor disappoint-
ment. | saw in the Word of God
that the day would come when his
corruptible body would put OH incor-
ruption, and his natural body would
be raised spiritual body, and that
his mortal body would put on i'm
mortality, and after the furnaces of
the sun had been burned in cinders,
and the stars had fallen like the
withered leaves of the fig tree, his
sould would be rising upon the
wings of the morning youth into
the glorious heights of a topless
heaven and an endless eternity.
THE trouble is we are so busy in
this world, we have so much to
think about, so much pleasure, so
many multiplicity of cares, Sc, much
of the world that we don't stop to
think about where we are going to
spend eternity. Now let us remem-
Der that it is not all guess work
and speculation. We have assoeiat-
ed with skeptics, infidels, agnostics,
and unbelievers so much that we
even doubt the existence of heaven.
A great many people talk as If it
is ALL speculation. don't think
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McLENDON CLUB OF RICHMOND COUNTY

Club Organized To Meet Every Other Month To
Fight the Liquor Evil 167 Earnest Men Have
Banquet At Rockingham Hotel Last Friday
Night and Launch the Movement. Club Held
Its First Meeting Sunday Afternoon and
Elected Officers. Illicit Sale and Manufacture
of Whiskey Must Go.
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A few Oxfords and pumps that
sold, some of them, as high as
$3.50, now closing out at $1.50.
Your size may bein the lot. w.
E. Harrison & Land Co.
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MCLENDON meeting
Continued from Front Pase)

who went to scott, remained to
8 pray.
The huge tent between Ran
doIph and LeGrand streets has
been practically filled at each
night service. And the Sunday
services have been attended by
thousands. Fully 10000 were in
and around the tents at the two
services last Sunday and the Sun.
day before. And last Monday
night fully 1000 people were on
the outside unable to find seating
space within; however, they were
cooler and could hear and see
what was going on almost as
well as though they were under
the tent.
One of the most far.reaching
effects of the meeting will be the
work of the McLendon Club of
Richmond County that was Or
gained last Friday night. This
club is to work against blind.
tigers etc. A full report of this
club is further along in this ar
ticle.
The sermon preached to the
negroes Monday night on
Heaven" is also in this issue
and should be read and preserved.
Also, the advice that he gave the
negroes last Friday night.
Mr.. McLendon will preach Fri
day night on "The objectionable
Sin," and Saturday night on "The
Judgment" He will hold THREE
services this coming Sunday-at
IL a. m, 3 in the afternoon and
8 at night. The subject of the
II o'clock sermon will be LET
Us Run the Race" Sunday af-
ternooh Thou Art Not Far
From the Kingdom" Sunday
night "The Harvest is Past and
You Are Not Saved"
Monday afternoon he breaches
to women only and Monday night
will see the close of the meeting;
his subject Monday night will be
"And He Said Tomorrow"
If conditions should arise Mon
day that would warrant a con-
tinuI.. .ce of the meeting for a
day or so longer, it is possible
that this may be done. But so
far as now known, the campaign
will close Monday night; that
will be the farewell service,
though, as stated, it is possible
it may be held over here
for a day or so longer. His next
meeting will be held at Lincoln
ton beginning in about two
weeks, and after a four weeks
stay there Cyclone Mack" will
so to Richmond for a six weeks
meeting. From there he may re-
turn to Fort Worth, Texas, for a
repeat" meeting. He is be-
sieged with invitations and it is
hard for him to decide just where
to go.
Last Sunday morning he was
carried to Samarcand for a ser,
vice for the girls of that institu,
ton.
Sunday morning the four Sun
day schools of Pee Dee mills will
march in a body, 500 strong, to
the tent for the II o'clock service,
a special section of seats to be
reserved for them. The three
services Sunday should eclipse
all previous service in attendance
and interest. The climax is ap,
preaching.
This Thursday night Mr.
McLendon breaches to men only
at the tent; and a service for
women only will be held at the
Methodist church tonight by
Miss Palmer.
The account Of the girls supper o.
Tuesday night is On page two.
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~ meeting, called the assemblage to
:. order with prayer by Mr. McLendon.
\ The first speech by Rev. A. E. Dial
q las, of the Presbyterian church, his
II subject being: What this campaign
= means to the churches of this COM
=, munity." Senator-to-be w. E. Har-
a rison next spoke for five minutes on
: What the revival means to the COM
munity in a business sense" Cy
:, clone Mack then for ten minutes
: thrilled his hearers, taking as his
text from Isiah, Because they have
= cast away the law" He wildly pic
tured the decentralization of blind
tigerism. He was followed by So
licitor-to-be F. Don Phillips who
pledged his full powers to prosecu-
ton of law violateys.
T. C. Leak then brought the meet
ing to climax by offering a reso-
luton, resolving that a McLendon
club of Richmond county be formed,
the object of the club being to foster
all moral movements, and especially
to compel enforcement of the laws
against blind-tigers and blockaders.
The club is to meet bi-monthly
every other month) at some desig-
mated church. Immediately upon Of
fering the resolution the 1877 as one
man arose and vigorously cheered
and enthusiastically adopted the
plan.
The banquet and speaking were
concluded at T:30 and the 1877 men
then marched to the tent, between
Robertson and LeGrand streets, and
occupied especially reserved seats
Just before the sermon was Begun,
Rev. Leon Hall stepped to the pulpit
and announced to the 5000 people
under the tent that this McLendOn
\ club had Just been started, explain
2 ed the object, and dramatically ask
ed all those who wished to become
members to come forward and sign
their names. A rush followed, and
:, so congested became the space
around the pulpit that additional
-, pledge sheets had to be provided
- and score of places for signing.
- All in all, exactly 1908 people, men
r and women, signed in the course of
;, fifteen minutes ON that first night.
additional persons signed. Sunday
service, a formal organization was
rs were elected: T. G. Leak, presi-
MT; Carter, of Hamlet, Secretary;
e club will meet the second Sunday
rch in Rockingham at 3 o'clock.
he call of the officers, and at other
ion forming the club; it might be
lie club stands:
Sc Of Club.
IN shall be the McLendon Club of Rich
er and foster all movements looking to
Unity life; especially to, encourage and
against the illicit manufacture and sale
ship of this club pledges itself to wage
L the violators of the law after midnight
nty who will subscribe to the foregoing
hly in some designated church"
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of the hotel, had the tables arranged
nicely, and the service and meal
passed off with quickness and pre-
cision. At the beginning Director
Jones, the choir leader, brought
everyone into closer touch with two
snappy songs. Then Rev. Leon M.
Hall, chairman of the McLendon
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His Sermon.

Only extracts can be given here.
You may escape the law said Mr..
HcLendon, but you can not escape
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-15
LINCOLN HIGHWAY WILL
Be OPEN SATURDAY

AS a means of handling the heavy
automobile traffic through this vicin-
ity Saturday when the Yale-Priuce-
ton football game is played at Prince
ton, one-half of the new state road
from Metuchen to Highland Park
will be open for the one-way traffic,
it has been announced by State High
way Commissioner Thomas E. Col
Inns. The completed strip is on the
east side of the road and fifteen feet
wide. Owing to the narrow width it
has been decided to restrict the use
of the road to south-bound traffic be-
fore the game and to north-bound
traffic after the game.
Colonel Schwartzkopf, comman-
der of the state police, has arranged
to have thirty state police stationed
along. the road to handle the traffic.
The opening of this road will make
it unnecessary for cars to use the
present detour which is in bad con-
dition.
Notwithstanding the temporary
opening of the Metuchen- Highland
Park state road, many cars, desir-
ing to keep out of the heavy traffic
over that road, will make the trip
through this city to New Brunswick,
going by way of South Amboy and
South River.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-15
ROYAL ARCANUM PLANS
TO BOOST MEMBERSHIP

In the plan i~naugurated by Mid
dlesex Council No. HOO, Royal Ar
canum last night at its meeting in
Odd Fellows hall to increase the
membership of the council out at
the semi-monthly sessions the first
name drawn in the contests failed
to be al the meeting to answer to
his name and receive the prize set
upon for each night. The first name
taken from the box was that of
Thomas Hughes and he not being
present did not get the prize. There
were a number of members out when
plans were made for going down to
Keyport, Friday night, November "a,
for the next meeting of the Progress
sive Six, which is to be in session
with Coronal Council of that place.
A big delegation of members are
planning to go down at that time.
Word has come up that Coronal
Council is arranging an elaborate
program for that night. Grand Re-
gent w. J. Kendrick, of Newark will
be present and it is expected that
several members of his staff will ac-
company him. Those from here are
going down by automobile leaving
from the lodge 10 about 1880
o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-15

House of Representatives-Re-
publicans. 226; Democrats, zoo; So
~cialist, 1; Farmer-Labor, 1; indie
pendent. 1.
But in the Senate the Republicans
cannot depend on Borah, Brook
hart, Frazier. Howell, Johnson,
Badd, La Toilette. Norbeck and
Norris, respectively of Idaho. Iowa,
North Dakota, Nebraska, C%alifor-
MIA, North Dakota again, Wisconsin.
South Dakota and again Nebraska.
Frazier, in fact, should not be class
ed strictly as a Republican at all but
as a member of the Non-Partisan
League. There is also Shipstead.
Farmer-Labor Minnesota.
Ten Hold Control
That means a group of 10, quite
capable of sticking together, who
hold the casting votes in the United
States Senate.
In the House the lineup is not
quite so clean-cut. Suffice it to
say, however. that a majority of
only II is entirely insufficient -
counting out the Republicans whom
the administration can't be sure of
to he relied on. in fact it is
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-15
THEATRES

Today and Tomorrow at Crescent
Today ends the run of one of the
greatest vaudeville performances
! ever seen in a theatre in this city.
I Tho program at the Crescent is one
/; that all may enjoy, the vaudeville
acts being very high class and meet
ing with favor with all audiences.
h The photoplay is one of the latest
|: Nally Reid productions and SHOWS
/, This talented actor at his best.
The vaudeville acts are: Six Luna
! tic Chinks, if they don't make you
laugh nothing will; Reed & Blake,
4 pair of clever comedians; Rose
Rosalia, late feature of the Green
iwieh Village Follies; Edith Keller q
Boys, singing and dancing and Mack
b Margie, versatile novelty act.
(. Tomorrow the Crescent offers an
entire new show. Included in the
five act vaudeville program is the
feature photoplay, THE Yosemite
Trail featuring Dustin Farnum and
the sixth episode of Queen of the
cumberland" featuring Ruth Row
land. This chapter play is one of the
greatest in the history Of motion
pictures and one that everyone
should see. There will also be a
Harold Lloyd comedy and a late
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-15
Ditmas Opens Tomorrow

After being closed up for a period
OF two weeks, the Ditmas theatre
"opens tomorrow completely renovat-
ed. During the close, which was &C.
:casioned by the fact that consider
able repairs were needed, e floors
were laid and the lobby and other
parts of the theatre r~edecorated and
.uafnted. Heat has been turned on
in the building for the past several
days so that it will be thoroughly
warm and the dampness which may
have entered the walls of the build
ing during its close, dried out.
In reopening this popular theatre
to the public of this city and vicinity,
the management does so with a great
deal of pleasure as il has become
known as one of the most popular
-photopIay theatres in the state and
keen regret was expressed when it
was closed down in order that the
needed repairs could be made.
Tomorrow when the Ditmas opens
1t will present an entirely new fea-
ture, one that is new to every thea
ire in the city, this is a symphony
orchestra of six pieces under expert
leadership. Several days have been
spent in perfecting this organization
.and the management Of the Dltmas
declares that the music at this popu-
lar theatre will be above COMPARE
son.
Only the biggest Of the p~hotopiay
features will be shown at the Dit
mas in the future. The opening
photoplay being Charles Ray in
1.-THE Tailor Made Man" There will
also be other attractions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-15
DAILY LIKELY To
NAME DAVID
Is made Chief of County De-
tectiveS But Does Not Get
the Play

NEW BRUNSWICK, Nov. Is. -
The detective staff of the Middle
sex county prosecutors office will
from now on function under a head.
F'erd A. David, county detective has
been appointed chief of the prose-
cutor's office. While the appoint
ment is not official. it is believed
that Judge DAILY will confirm the
designation, and also settle a long
disagreement between the judge and
the prosecutor as far as an APP
pointee for that office goes.
Detective David, for the 16 years
acted in the capacity of patrolman
and sergeant in Newark, then es-
tablished a private detective bureau
and is credited with hunting down
many crimes. During the war he
was an investigator for Army In
telligence Bureau, and at the ter
mination of the war was appointed
to the office of MIR. Stricken. The
prosecutors office has now three
detestives in addition TO Mr., David
John Ferguson of New Brunswick,
william Fitzpatrick, of Perth Am
boy and Charles Collins of Sayre-
vile. The latter is working on
special cases for the prosecutors of
flee and his appointment to the
range of detective, shortly, is also
expected.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-15

| George w. Norris has had two
terms as senator already. Previous
~, as a member of the House of
Representatives, he led the fight
which unseated Uncle Joe" Can
ron as speaker, Cannon's oppo-
nents' claim being that he was too
conservative.
DIR. Edwin F. Ladd is a teacher
and chemist. He has served a
term in the Senate and was federal
food administrator of North Dako-
ia during the war.
Robert M. La Toilette has served
as governor of Wisconsin, in Con-
gress and in the Senate. He has a
reputation as the author of legisla-
ton of the advanced" type.
William e. Borah has been in the
Senate for two terms. He was
notable as one of the. chief oppo-
nents of President Wilson's League
of Nations plan. Borah is a Boise,
Ida, lawyer.
Like Borah, Hiram Johnson
fought the Wilson League of Ma
lions plan vigorously. He was n
of the prosecutors of the celebrated
San Francisco 'boodling cases" in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-15
ROSS GETS
MANY MEMBERS
City is Again Likely to Go
Over Top in Roll Call
Drive

With the nationwide Roll Call
drive of the American Red Cross
only three days in advance, the To-
cal chapter has received very favor
able reports from the various COM
mittees saying, that everyone seems
willing to give their support to the
Greatest Mother in the World"
and are pledging their allegiance
once more to the greatest army of
mercy in the history of humanity.
According to the local Roll Call
Chairman, Mrs. Charles Seguine,
this city, as in former years, will go
far lover the top"
The plants have been visited and
the canvass has been started.
Everywhere the committees have
reported ~favorably. The first plant
to receive a 100 per cent placard
was the R. e H. Company while the
first family to be enrolled 10 100
per cent, was that CT Mrs. i. NJ.
Rossi, of 1S5 Rector street.
These 100 per cent placards are
designed purposely and will be
placed in the window of the plant
or the house where the whole family
or every employe in the plant has
been enrolled.
A letter received by the local
chapter yesterday states that al
ready some cities have gone cover
the top" n of which is Detroit,
Mich. The people are therefore
urged to enroll and make their re-
turns early. sc that this city will
be one of the first to have their
quota.
Permission has been granted the
chapter to have booths placed in
the various theatres, banks and
other nuhlip buildinpS so that moth
ing stands in the way of the pro-
gress of the drive as far as meeting
everyone is concerned.
From now until. Thanksgiving
Day call on your neighbors and
friends, and they. too. will be proud
to answer Ready" and give their
support to this organization that
halts. never sleeps, never
takes a vacation. 1t is your organ
ization, always ready for service,
and the call of humanity.