The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-20


prayed in their lives beltr, to, pray
noW," knclt down in the centre Of tic
sage, the .fcnaIc'lieutcnants knseling,
put III various and curious positions,
AZ 9 semicircle. .bchiid him. Each: one.
or the women then prayed in titir,,
during which time the General. who
rclhaihcd Oh bendet. .:knccs, his body.
swaYing, to ,and;: fro, first one arm
working and then the other, continual
iE elaculated, "AmoilP' and 'IIalIclu-
Jah!" The balance Of the religious
portion Of the, services was almost q
repetition Of tho beginning chorus:-' -
Free from the 30 dage, FREQ from The fear
Crowned with salvation heaven evon here:
SSnon.ing h2i!rlptln IL we mach along,
On come ana Join ru: happy throng.
TO the air Of "Rosalie, the Prairie
FLOWER" being family "hummcd lit
tic" by the audience.
lilo women lieutenants read over
verses Of hymns and exhorted in turns.
"Ut tho language usod was common-
place, the SMILES far fetched, and as q
matter OF fact the appeals made were
far less calculated to be effective than
can be heard ut any love feast or expc-
rlchcc meeting on any evening in q
score OF churches in this Ct. IL was
unfortunate also that their pronuncia-
tlon Of certain, words and the almost
universal dropping Of the aspiratc,
which, III their eXhortations, brought
smiles to the faces more often than
tears to the eyes Of tic audience,
Whllo giving q brief cxplanatior of
thcirpurposcs General Raiiton said it
was possible that it might be thrown
up to them "tEat people whose bust
ness it was to. 20 out in into the high
ways and byways and compel people
to come III to the Lords Supper, ought
not to charge twenty-five cents admis-
sion, but the tlGtli' was that arriving
in New York we had no where to 90 at
first and no hall in whichto hold meet
ings. Mr.. Hill was under the same de-
fusion probably, that we wanted to
makc'a good thing out Of it, and offer
Ell to give us mOnev for what shall I
call n-performing But l told him
that if hc would let me have his hall
without any reference whatever to his
takings, or What might take place after
we went out oft, would be happy to
conduct services. 1t is amislakc, too,
70 thlnk this is army of invasion
from England. There arc already two
corps OF the Army Of Salvation in Phil
adeiphla, and we are here not TO fight
with the weapons which 1 find are too
commonly carried in this country, but
with the sword of the Spirit which
cuts to the heart."'
'AKRr" EXPLAINS.
carry" was bound to have the last
word, however, and Just before tho
close he advanced and made the fol-
lowing explanation $
''LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-Mr. Rail-
ton ere 'as spoken about the box trick
performed 'ere.' Well, when g first
came to mol offered to engage the
company and rccompense them, but e
didn't want me to make any charge.
When l asked 'im 'ow e expected to
make a liviH i'll this country, e as
much as told me it was mono of my
business, and that's hall right, for it
wasn't, but told 'im [ must charge,
FOR there's class of people don't
want to associate with, whether it's in
song or prayer or at aprizc fight. I'm
proud OF the class Of people zero to-
night. and can tell Mr.. Railton if'e
goes around tho country prayin' Or
Pcrtormln', or whatever e, calls it, and
don't make All = Charge e wont ave
,io"ioASo euo1fSO9F oEuctaS C 'aU
zero Tonight cloud applansc.) Hits
Desn @ oHr:epstGiif ofE Sunday evening
tie sehtffA6i,tal 'hiiSlia little smokin'.
Them as has paid their quarter and
chooses TO stay AMI Sec what kind OF
show we've got will be 'cartily well !
come every one" (lmmensc APPLAUSE } {
General Railton disclaimcd any in
tcntion ofretlcction on Mr.. HIPS treat
ment of him. On the contrary he said
nc was much obliged to him, and so !
the meeting harmoniously ended.
The Police Commissioners having
refused the Salvation Army permission
to hold amcctipg in Union square, the
question arises are they not likely to
get into trouble by obstructing the
streets with crowds who may gather
to listen to thor eXhortations?