New-York tribune., 1884-02-02
A SALVATION army WEDDING.
From Tns ran sfcn Gazsn,. Jon.I7.

mony almost without precedent In The annals OF mat
famous building when Mr.. Commissioners Railten was
married Sergeant ~ Deborah Lydia Parkyn both, OF
caurse the Salvation Army. Admission was by ticket
only, and the competition for tickets was very eager
The wedding service began at but IL Is only ght TO
state before beginning the dscrpOnlof the cecmony,
that he eqal marriage took place before the registrar nc
o'clock this morning. that the bride and bridegroom
began The regular Salvation Wedding however vas
carried out with characteristic regard for effect Long
before o'clock the spacious platform was occupied ny
the varous corps who took up their places he men on
the right the women on the lert. As is usual on eso
occasIons the interval before the beginning Of the
service eniyeue1 by the tsingDg OF ~nacs 0 song,
these imprmnptu hd not the benefit of tie Iu
band aud the great drum which plays - prominent
a pant IN the demonstrations of tho Army Ahont a
quarter past o'clock. General Booth and mo>i of his
bay wing taken up their positions In mont oi the plat
form amid great denonsirai of enthusiast a. Noiiey,
firing" clanOr OF cymbnls. flourish OF the drlih aud
waving Of fes aud handkcrcefs. the bride aud bride
tDahe hight and the bride 10 the left ole General who
with his usual high spirits directed the tnnltIous en-
thusiasn OF his audience As soon as the shouting and
calculations. pons or otherwise subsidized hllie tho
choir on the stngc aided by the whole force Of nst-
mentalss. strlck mp favOfltets0ng Ihe moment the
OF the last chorus died away the soldiers fell
sion PRAYERS ero offered up blessing OF Heaven
npon the wedding upon the serylce, upon a,i az preset
Tho General prayed, each pra5er being tancopiied as
teir knCes Major FdnlHnds stracC up q with harp
accompaniment, beginning. Ike the DllioNs oi the
hS npgreaafion Then Grnrra Booth prayed at con
siderable length. and with explosion OF aincns the
prelimnaries were dsnltched tho Gcnrral read WIN
various marginal observations. IN bs ee-aW.-s esy
style. verses from the Bible aud then delivered ana
address not the less enerAec btoinsc OF me vi
his voice the salvation Army theory 0f mage.
Articles Oi Marriage 10 Whrh rue ihlc anu pl''
must give their consent before hrhg prlt lti"-eN WIN
fun sayaiU service, were read over Ia the bG"hg Of
all present. they set forth with precision Tie SALIVA
ton theory OF marriage, we report them ~ iuu: .
1. We SOlCmly declare ih9t wc dc NOT fc,h thls
marriage simply 60 please "irh'tVc-. but iiat W. 'ete
1t will enable as tp better serve a'' please o" ' "0rA
in the interests OF the Salvation Amy.
in any way ON devotion to Cod Ia The Army.
-. We each s,,eIuy PROMISE that We VIII mover Try
IN has ker power do or to give Ia help the Arn'
II We also promise 70 all on influence with cach
other 10 promote constant and chiiIe scii s1rtce
s. We promise always 10 regard aad ari;r o. or
home ia every way rs salvation Army sOidirft tor
ofccrs quarters ana to tram every ono ~ IL to aiiful
g. We nr9,nise When together or apart alNay 10 DO
utmost as Soldiers of the s9l alton army ana never
doing our best TO prevent o. overcome snch lDy VI
~ Should either OF MS cease To be AZ efficient soldier,
owing to sickness. death, Or ANY other cause, We cngse
that The IrBlauiug shall cohiuuo 10 tic heai p hs
or her ability 20 fuln all these pfunis's.'
After the Last article had bren read, MI: itibert
Booth sang a solo of his own composition, Tile Hoyd
Marriage supper ot The Lamp, WIN .O'%lhS ,i"ius-
General Booth, then, turning t. C"nmssl1H' i"al'Os
and his bride, ordered them IN the usual oin la HCnh
forward In dnfu accoitmte ~i'i NC IlIa .hu Itst-
laOus Mr. Cplmi ,sioner Raon ntOod up one licc IN
paco i'm adyauce on the left The color sergeant inng
the blood aud nrs banner OF blue aud scarlet ana 'od
The bridegroom dressed IN the familiar bright 'ses
Salvation Army" The bride, upon Wh0m thou sln's OF
curious cy cs ~cra axod waslanly dssrd IN The dfdi-
narv Army uniform Tic only Indication that she vas
Tho central figure In Tie cla6or,'o eorcmoDii "as
white silk kcrC1cl around her neck.
fi mue :nonts having been made, The General tanned
10 The bridegroom and the bride aud put the nonrtOus
question. VIII you have ec vars ing me usiii i 2ra
IN both cas,s 10 make the answer lcnde The che1
pledges contained IN the artirics>St Iorti alD,S. lne
marriage VOW solemn enough even without tni9 ~
dJnal poSc Was taken " IN SOLEMN ohl ISsla ',s ~
The bridegroom. and then j., tac bride The l,ov; u
synos the brother Of the bride Conslesailon2 Minis
ter then s,oo forward to give hey away; aGp declared
IN response to tie General that after having h,ard WHAT
sort o married ne the pUrlusrd 10 live dcl citing
themselves To The salvation o ihe World nc g'Es me
BRIDES right hand, repeated after the Gcnefa INC
familiar words calling upon AL present to wines that
lac took Miss Palyn 10 bc his Law mi welded Viie ana
his continual cjInado ia this similar pledge was
repeated 10y tbe pride. Hands were ioosed again ana
General handed II over ~ him, declaring;
haid you ibs ring to put upon yoar wi,es me-, as
a syn that the salvation Army Iuha upon lHs "a '~f
Ti,n lidasSm thon pnt the :siug the fourth finger
Of tho brics len hand. saying after the GeneiS' n
put this ring upon yo onr a as 1cees %e have this
day given to live and Gght for God and 'io s'N"uou
Th cr, then Joined the hands Of the two stween
his own saving IN the nanic Of God aud ihe SalFauon
Army declare yGn to se nn Da .non wr ,Sd S. tSs
Auoyf Amen" Tho banners waved wildly overhead,
tho three vo'sl . ii M nr,sent fnc hwan hesEning.
Under Army Gag was thon struck zip andsung ~itn
great glso. Whon the singing was over speaking
began The General spoke. Of course aud artarNard,
as tho cblef attraction OF the service the newly ymade
wife hodFe-rtu tt' NftN 1tN lslll hu-
dresses were OF intensely practical and earnest char
acter, unlike the ordinary fluctuations OF marriage
breakfast Il II possible To- cOn0eNe AT ha-past IL
OcunrTed the latot novelty la the Army. The services
proceeding when suddenly IA ohelienee 10 gen-
eIa order which prescrbcs that NJ half an hour after
noOn all soldiers of the Army sa make the nign Of an
g., sign Of Salvation 60 the accompaniment where
possibo of drum and buga call Punctually ~ liail
past l2 therefore, there rang out through Exeter ia
The sh call of the bglc accompanied by the roll OF tbe
drum All soldiers present made tho Sign OF the s. ao-
cording the deaf dab alphabet and the service
wnn Interrupted for a period or silent prayer Ia Few
minutes tho service reeumed The ineviteDe cot
a. been An poor health addressed the ne-ting When
our reporter left the meeting In full swing ami ~
VIVA 10 ti about half past l. 1hen thec was
10 he es,ii. for dinner, for even saitsnoh
sts ust dine baf past The Great Holiness coh-
Then after interval tho service WAS ts bo con
tnuod at halt Q. to conclude after ~ n1sm s he