Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-11-07

ready for occupation. 1t stands on
. green spot called the Priory,
not far from Highbury, and second is
being erected at Wandsworth. The SER
vices at Islington will commence on the
4th of November and terminate on the
18th,
THE EvANGELISTS
Will then go to Wandsworth, for it is the
intention to alternate between the north
and south side of the Thames. As soon as
the battle opens at Wandsworth, the hall
at Islington will be taken down and run up
at Stepney, in one of the lowest quarters
of London. Then, in turn, the Wands-
worth hall will be removed to Clapham,
the places next in order to be WIS.,
tied being Stratford and New Cross.
Admission to the services will be
by tickets, which will be distributed to
those living in the immediate locality.
While these efforts are being made to reach
the masses by means of imported talent
there is home organization that, In its
way, is doing this work, viz, the much
talked. Of, much. abused but ever progressive
Salvation Army. Its immense halls are
thronged at every service, and new ones
are brought into requisition every week.
Opposed, prosecuted, slandered, as no sect
has been since the days of Wesley, it still
pushes on. The press is against it, the
Church is against it, and, as General Booth
remarked to the Judge in one OF the Courts
''THE DEVIL Is AGAINST IT EVERYWHERE,
But its strange banner of blood and fire
still flaps triumphantly in the breeze, and
is constantly gaining recruits. People OF
nice sensibilities raise their hands in pious
horror at its carvings on, but it carries on
all the same, and all the more. The press
cannot thunder it down, nor the pulpit
preach it down, and old Nick himself
seems baffled. Riots, lawsuits, scandals
among it's members, all seem powerless to
retard its onward march. You would think
the wretched apology for music which its
horrid bands dispense would drive the bulk
of its adherents into lunatic asylums, but
it doesn't. They stand it like heroes and
cry for more of the same sort. Some pre-.
dicted it would die long ago of over-many
collections, but though about half the time
of the services is devoted to money raising,
the multitudes still go, and the more their
pockets are assailed the more they seem to
enjoy themselves. Much of the indomita-
BILE perseverance of this
BoIsTERoUs BODY OF RELIGIoNIsTs
Is owing to the magnetic personality and
consummate skill of its Commander. Cen
eral Booth was born to lead. His nose, a
regular Wellingtonian, indicates this, and
his success proves it. His whole appear
ance is in his favor. Tall, bony, with
long reaching arms and bushy, iron-gray
whiskers, he makes an impressive figure
on the platform, and his manner and
method in speaking highten the effect.
Barring slight nasal twsng, he has good
voice. He never raves, but talks calmly,
in an insinuating, confidential tone, blend.
ing humor with pious exhortation in a most
attractive way, and enlivening his re-
marks with anecdotes and telling hits.
His worst enemy could not listen
to him without being entertained, and
his friends applaud every sharp point to the
echo. Mrs. Booth, who exercises little
less influence than her husband, is
demure and intellectual-looking woman,
with pale face, dark hair and eyes, and an
expression of countenance that indicates
thorough devotion. She is really refined
lady, and the marvel of all is that she can
put up with
so MUCH NOISE AND NONSENSE,
The younger Booths, of whom there are
several of each sex, always to the front,
are veritable chips of the old blocks-the
g rls resembling their mother and the boys
looking for all the world like the General.
The elder Booth is constantly on the go
from place to place, and his visits to pre-
vincial towns are local red-letter days.
He has just favored Wolverhampton with
his presence, and what happened there is
fair sample of what takes place almost
everywhere he goes. He was met by
large procession at the depot and escorted
through the principal streets to Exchange
Hall. The thoroughfares were lined with
people, mostly of the working classes.
There was
LOUD CHEERING THROUGHOUT THE MARCH,
And the General stood up in his carriage
most of the way, waving his hat to the
assembled multitudes. At the hall the
position and prospects of the army came
under review. " Fifteen months ago."
said the General, I'VE had $50 corps,
500 officers and 200 musicians. Now
we have 600 corps, l,400 officers
and 5000 musicians With reference
to the future of the army he
said that if the increase of the past six
years maintained the same proportion for
thirty years to come it would have l, 200,.
900 officers, or an officer for about every
400 people throughout the world. There
would also be $50, 900, 600 soldiers, so that
at that rate, he said, out of every twelve
or fourteen persons one would be Saliva.
tion Army soldier. Ii.