The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-11-03
will cost more than 100000. Those in
authority will give no estimate of the num-
ber Of their fnJIaxvnrc rrh;u tha,r sov

&
would be impossible; they can only t
the number of officers they have. Genel
Booth stated recently that should the latt
increase during the next "a years in {.
same ratio in which they had in the la
two years they would then have staff
over 100000. Their many halls in tn
city are crowded at every public servic
and on Sunday nights hundreds have
be turned away. The exercises are of ii
most free and easy kind. Short speech,
are made, the band plays and the sister
sing solos. The latter part of the perfol
nance is done in regular music-hall styl,
When the chorus is reached the SOLOS
gesticulates significantly and audienc
catches on, accompanying the singin
with rhythmic stamping of feet. Th
members of the army appear in uniform
They are mostly of the working class
though here and there one sees thos
whose delicate features and refined man
ners mark them as belonging to the highe
orders. Among those present as listener
you will see many roughs, and some VIII,
again, are obviously respectable and well
to-do in the world. The latter form tn,
special objects Of assault when the collec
ton is taken, which always occurs, by the
way, when the interest is at full tide. Lei
brother move the audience by a par
ticalarly pathetic appeal to sinners, or a
sister wakens enthusiasm by the telling
lines Of some favorite hymn, and at that
point yon can look for the money boxes
to be passed around, as confidently as for
roses in June; and not always does one
passing suffice. It is
THE MISFORTUNE OF THE ARMY
that it has few of the wealthy connected
with it and has no way of raising the need
ful funds except by public appeals made
mostly on the Sabbath day. This fact puts
weapon into the hands of its enemie s
and tries the patience, sometimes, of its
best friends. Gen. Booth is the greatest
beggar in christendom. To his great
Exeter Hall meetings he always charges
admission, and then never fails to take up
collection to defray expenses, and fre-
quently supplements this with subscrip-
tion to help on the cause. Not long ago
he invited outside friends of the army to
breakfast with him in that historic place,
which they did to the number of 200 or
300. The first thing after breakfast was
collection to pay for it, and then an elo-
quent appeal was made for money to re-
duce the debt ofthe army. And the pro-
verb holds, sLike leader like people," for !
the generals subordinates grasp as eager
ly after the filthy lucre as himself In a |
provincial town recently it was announced
that on certain evening the leader Of the
local corps would preach Marwood's
funeral sermon. The community wonder
ed what connection there could have been
between the worthy captain and the de-
fnnct hangman, but, of course, there was
4 great crowd. About all that was said of
Marwood was that he was a member of
he Primitive Methodist church, and those
present were congratulated upon having
escaped the danger of "a five minutes Of
icial interview with him. From the
est, according to the local papers, the
ensation proved to be mere scheme for
,etting lot Of people together for finan-
ial purposes. If the army il ever wreck
d it will undoubtedly be on this rock of :.
money getting. Not, however, because
hey get too much, but because they fail .
get enough, for debts are accum ulating
nd the general has just announced that ?
they are in greater financial straits than a
yer.' .
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN
the Army, the War Cry, is hawked v
oout, Sunday and weekday alike, at all G.
eir services, and it has tremendous ii
lie. A glance over any single copy of !;
is paper will give fair idea at once of 4
eir eccentric methods and of the way .
ey are getting on. You will he struck 4
st, in reading the sheet, with the pecu- j,
II nomenclature of the Salvationists. II
ley are "blood and fire seldiers.'' Their Il
aver meetings are 'knee drills,'' and "a
ose held early in the mornings are "hal- :,
ujah breakfasts" The women of the Or
mpany are hallelujah heiresses to glo- ot
)" otherwise called sSalvation Mag o,
ts." Their professions are "glory til
arches." Earnest exhortations are fred er
shot," A service for relating expert ne n1e
&c is a salvation sharp-shooting meet M
:, and the enthusiasm with such gath wi
ngs close is denominated sHallelujah ies
nd-up." The personal names given to pa
lverts are equally striking. 1Hallelu- -
jacks are in great abundance. Other
le celebrities are "Happy Charlie, the
lverted gardner, = Happy Jim, HAL
ljah Cheap jack one called "Six Feet -
Salvation" and another bearing the g. g.
,gestive title of ''The City Road Devil Es
iger." Then there is the "Halleluiah -.
ber, " and the "Hallelujah Postman,' :
the "Hallelujah Schoolmaster, while -,
ong the female Salvationists are clap -
Charlotte, Happy Eliza,'' and very -,
ctive worker called stWelsh Kitty :
THE TESTIMONY "a,
20 by converts furnish additional food a.
thought. One tells us that he found 81
king to be his besetting sin and could can
no peace till he had "dug hole in the ian
len and buried his nine pipes.'' An az
II used to get so drunk that he once ano