Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-21
The Salvation Army.
Opening Crusade In This Ctty-YesteT
days Services

Opening Crusade In This Ctty-Yester-1
days Services
The Salvation Army is here. The detach-
ment consisting of Captain Palmer, Lieu
tenant Buvill, Captain Lottie Coylier, Pri-
vate Mrs Schmidt and William Grassby,
young man who came here to work, and see
ing the number of saloons sent word to the
headquarters of the army and brought the
detachment here. Captain Irons, of the
western division, with headquarters in Ore
their headquarters in the old Union Hall on
Union street, where the meetings will be
held. They have kitchen and /
rooms provided with necessaries there, |
and will remain there during their
stay in this city. Considerable inter /
est has been taken in their coming and yes
terday afternoon upwards of two thousand |
people were assembled on the old Green to |
witness the first open air meeting of the |
corps Shortly after 2 o'clock the detseh- |
ment made its appearance and proceeded to
the steps of the old State House and knelt in
silent prayer. They sang ''We Shall Win,''
and then kneeling each led in short prayer.
Then ''We are Bound for the Land'' was sung
Captain Lottie Coylier made stirring exhor.
tation to all TO come to the Lord today,
while they had an opportunity. Inter
spersed with exhortations from the mem
bers they sang 81 Know that my
Sins are Forgiven, Gin the Light
of God" and ST came to Jesus"
the lady members beating the chorus on
tambourines. They then proceeded to their
hall where some 800 people heard their in
door service. Their prayers and exhorta-
tions are of the rousing description and
quickly stir up the souls of all devout people.
10 the tune of 'EBeulah Land" was sung
81 never shall forget the day,
When Jesus washed my sins away;
And was free and happy made
Chorus.
Happy Day When Jesus washed my sin away:
He taught me how to watch and pray,
And live rejoicing every day.
Then they sang F'Come all sin sick souls.
Prayer by the captain followed by singing to
the tune of paddle Your Own Canoe"
Jesus my king high over all,
In hell or earth or sky,
Angels angels and men before the fall,
And devils fear and ny.
Cho.-we have no other argument
We want no other plea,
It is enough that Jesus died,
And that he died for me.
Captain Irons read two chapters from the
book of Acts and commented on the pas
sages Another of their hymns runs:
My comrades shout aloud,
Your glorious joys to-day,
Tell all the wandering, goddess crowd,
just why you love to pray.
Cho.-we're wandering to glory,
Pressing onward to glory,
We're marching to glory,
All strong in the strength of God.
Before the collection, Captain Palmer made
statement as to the aid received in the
work. Each man is allowed Sc week and
each woman SIS from headquarters. All the
expenses of hall, lights and living over the
sum allowed is received from the collections.
During the collection they sang:
And we will row the old chariot along,
with holy lives, with holy songs,
By the grace of God with all our might
Well roll it along
In asking those who had the colors of the
Lord to get up and show them, he said that
one party told him it required cheek to stand
up and say it. The captain said it was only
pride and that the man was a coward and no
towards were wanted in the army. His re-
marks called the song MY Pride is Washed
| in the Blood of the Lamb" stShout Aloud
Salvation" to the tune of Marching
Through Georgia" D. R. Hopkins and
another gentleman spoke of what the Lord
had done for them in an interesting manner.
The meeting closed by singing Just as
ana"
At 6:30 they held another meeting on the
Green which was largely attended. They
sang and prayed and then went to their hall
for the evening meeting. During the even
| ing Captain Palmer, referring to newspaper
report about. using what some considered
vulgar expressions, thought it little previ
| GUS. The tunes might be commonplace,
| but the sentiment of the words was the
| desired thing. 81 Have Found in sus''sung
/ to the tune of the 'sLittle Log Cabin
| in the Lane" Another hymn is HI am a
GoIx Ill T ffafNN
| The army now has three thousand converts
| and stations in many places. 1t was insti-
| tuted in Stockholm, Sweden, one year ago last
Christmas. They have publication called
| the ''War Cry" which is printed and circu-
| lated among the stations in London, France,
India, United States and at the Cape of Good
Hope. The audiences have been very at
| tentive with the exception of an occasional
| outburst from the small boy.
Posted in prominent places about the
hall are the following rules
First all persons must be willing to sit in
! the part of the building shown them by the
orderlies.
Second, no person shall be allowed to enter
or leave the building while the scriptures are
being read.
Third, the services shall be conducted with
frequent singing, and persons wishing to
leave will do so at such times.
Fourth, persons talking aloud or otherwise
disturbing the meeting, and persisting in do
ing SO after being demonstrated with, shall be
given into the custody of the police and pun
ished as the law directs.
Fifth, splitting on the floor is strictly for
hidden and all friends of decency are invited
to assist us in carrying out this rule.
Sixth, when the speaking is ended the
public shall be asked to withdraw during the
singing of a song or remain till the close of
the salvation meeting no one being allow
ed to enter or leave till the close of the prayer
meeting.
The rules are given over the signature of
Major Moore at headquarters in New York.
The meetings will be continued each even
ing during the week until further orders
from headquarters, the meetings at the bar
ricks being preceded by a short meeting for
prayer on the State House steps at six
O'Clock.