Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-26
Sunday.SehOOI Lessons
." The Salvation Army.

The Australia, which arrived from
London, Wednesday, landed q steer
age passengers at Castle Garden,
among them seven women and one
man, constituting the advance guard
of THE Salvation Army" an organiza-
tion of lay exhorters founded in En-
gland fourteen years ago by William
Booth, a Dissenting clergyman, and
now numbering over 100,000 persons.
They created quite sensation in the
Garden, and subsequently in the streets,
as they passed to the lodging-house
that had been provided for them. They
were all attired in a uniform of dark
blue. cloth, edged with bright yellow
binding, and around their hats were
broad bands of scarlet ribbon, inscribed
with the words, 1.-THE Salvation Army"
in large gilt letters. One of the wom-
en-, who holds the rank of Captain, the
other six being Lieutenants, carried a
flag Of blue and red stuff, with large
yellow sun in the center, and bearing
the title of the Association. The male
member of the band, whose name is
George Railton, is known as a Commits
siOner, and will have charge of the fu-
ture organization in the United States
He said that the "army' owed its
foundation to a visit made by Mr.
Booth to London in 1865. He was
struck with the vast namber of persons
there who never attend divine Service,
and resolved to devote himself to REM
edying the evil. Gathering around him
band of earnest Christians, he COM
menced a series of Open-air meetings,
and thus formed the nucleus of what
was at first known as the Christian
Mission. In 1873 the title of "The Sal
vatiOn ArThyn was adopted as being less
calculated to repel the persons whom
it was designed to gather, and who
do not like to be spoken of as
needing mission effort. In Septem-
Der last, according to a circular
furnished by Mr.. Railton, there
were in England 122 corps, under the
command Of 1876 officers, using
for services weekly 148 theaters, music
halls, warehouses and other buildings,
holding at the annual rate of $4,000
open-sir services and 10000 indoor
services, and preaching to $4,000 per-
sons indoor every Sunday evening and
to 1900, 900 in the streets every week.
Through its instrumentality 257 persons
have become wholly employed in relig-
ious work, and 1896 others stand
ready to speak or labor in the cause
whenever called upon. The army"
is said to be approved by twenty-three
Mayors and magistrates, seventeen Su-
perintendents OF Police and one hundred
and twenty-nine clergymen. Its funds
are raised mainly by collections taken ut
the. services. Last year they raised in
this way &12,000, while the general
fund only amounted 10 e4,540. Mr..
Railton says that he and his colleagues
will depend upon what they can collect
Their passage was paid to this country
by the home association, and this they
are expected to refund. They win en-
deaVor to secure hall, so as to begin
indoor services on Sunday. Mr.. Railton
said that he had written ahead to Mr.
james Gordon Bennett 20 get ont some
posters for him, and he was then about
to call upon that gentleman in regard
to them. He was much put out when
informed that Mr.. Bennett was In India.
They also preach in the streets to who
ever win listen to them. The band
gave service of song in the Garden
yesterday. II was noticeable that some
of their hymns were set to American
tunes, such rs " Way Down on the
Suwanee River and 'sOld Kentucky
HOme.n They are all fresh, strong
looking young persons Of about 80 years
Of age. Agentleman who was formerly
member Of the army in England, and