The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-25
TIE SALVATION ARMY.

Of tAe gospel to those classes who
seldom il ever see the inside OF a
The "army" holds services
in the theatres, dance and music
halls, warehouses, on the docks and
in the open air. Anywhere that it
can gather q few sinners who will
consent to be prayed for, and to
listen to pious exhortations, there
will the army be found. The organi'
cation seems to be military only in
the titles of lis members.
There are captains, lieu
tenants. commissioners, etc.
Their apparel is also somewhat
military in fashion, being uniform
of dark blue cloth, edged with bright
yellow, or red binding. Around their
hats are broad bands of scarlet ribbon,
inscribed with the words, "The Saliva
ton Army" in gilt letters. 1! lie aaid
that in England there are 122 corps,
under the command OF 195 officers.
They use AS theatres, music halls
and other buildings, hold at the rate
OF $4,000 open air meetings year,
10000 indoor services, preach to
10000 persons indoor every Sunday
evening, and to 100000 in the
streets every week. There are 257 per-
sons wholly employed in religious work
and 8, 256 others ready to labor in the
cauae whenever called upon. The
success OF the army is something re-
markable, and having been the
means OF reclaiming many, and &C
comprising much good in England,
the army is now extending its work
10 other countries.
Two weeks ago tee advance
guard" consisting of seven women Ia
captain and six lieutenants) and one
man Ia commissioner arrived at New
York, and held the first service in
Castle Garden, where they attracted g
good deal of attention. They after
wards applied TO the municipal
authorities for permission to hold
services on the streets, but the re-
quest was not granted. It was feared
that their eccentricity of dress, and
taeir peculiarities of PROSECUTING,
would attract disorderly crowds and
create disturbance. On Sunday even
ing, the 18th, the first public service
was held, the event being announced
by advertisements in the papers reOd-
ing as follows;
THE SALVATION ARMY WILL
L attract the Kingdom of the Devil at
Harry Hills Variety Theatre on Sun
day, March IA, 1880, commencing at
$50 P a., sharp. GzS-After which the
panorama of "Uncle Toms Cabin"
Admission, % cents.
Evidently "attack" was intended,
instead OF attract" but as the
meeting proved, no serious mittake
bad been made, for, according to the
New York papers, enough of the
DEVILS Kingdom was attracted"
10 fill the famous den of
vice and immortality. Hung
upon the walls were numerous
illuminated notices, but they were
not such as one usually sees in places
where morality and piety are taught.
He who loves not woman, wine and
long, remains a fool his whole life
ong," was conspicuous, az were also
Jules Mumm & Co.'s Reims Cham
oagne," NEW Sweet Cider" etc.
The services, consisting of elk or
eight prayers, the singing of hymns,
and brief address by the commits
iiOner, are represented as having
been exceedingly tame, and without
7isible effect upon the hearts of the
sinners who listened with a respectful
legree of patience until the "army"
lad gotten through. The appeals to
zone forward and join the salvation
3and, met with no success.
The leader finally turned to that
wicked old reprobate Harry Hill, and
aid: "Ah. Mr.. Hill, We must have
,ou. You're the sort OF man We
want in the army of the Lord" Hill
evidently thought not, as there is
more money in the DEVILS kingdom.
It is predicted that the Salvation
Army will achieve nothing but failure
IN America, however successful they
rave been in England. The people
If this country DO not take
kindly to movements OF this charao-
er. There is plenty OF need and
plenty of material here for a wo.k of
the kind. but the methods employed
are Objectionable. The kind OF reli-
ZION that a man finds in q bar room
5 seldom good; and the piety that
ne assumes when under the influence
+ sudden enthusiasm is not apt to be
ene6cial or lasting. The gospel
hoald be more accessible to the fallen
Iasses than it is, and there ought to
g more attractive features about
lurch-going than now exist; but
lere is something abhorrent and re-
llsive sven to wicked sinners in
'lding religions services in a bagnio,
such a den of infamy as the Heus-
n street establishment of Harry
i'll.
The advance guard of the "SAlva-
N Army" say the intention of the 1
ganization is to establish laborers
all parts of the United States and :
make an aggressive warfare upon
3 devil. They are wished the full r
t success, but We fear they will fail, f
less they change their methods and i
odes. P
Mrs. EX-SENATOR CHRIsTIANcY,