Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-05-26
GOSPEL IN THE STREET.
Ahe Salvation Army,s First Parade
liz Chicago.

L tlne nos5s OF Satan will quickly disappea
9oIo!e MIN, at least i'll Chicago. In ;
&c III poster, which hung on the wal
VI tle barracks on Chicago avenue. h,
announced that the opening of the l00tE
corps would be celebrated with "map
hnlcent holiness meeting; with mann.
moth banquet and with a soul-inspirino
jubilee. +" The "holiness meetinp3 was
rather tame affair, as the roughs who
make the conventions of the Army inter.
estlng and exciting were excluded. The
mammoth banquet" the second part of
/ !He Gays programme, was also carried on
! IN peace, as the tax of % cents levied at
/ the door on all who desired to partake of
II Kept the disturbing element at such a
Instance that, although they could see the
spread, they could not put violent or gen.
Tie hand upon it. The guests were prin-
clpally middle-aged women and girIs
VINO were either not old enough or too
feIlglous to arrange their bangs in the
style OF the period. The banquet con-
sisted OF cold meats, ice cream, pie, cake.
oread and coffee. The consequences to
the ohlcers and soldiers who have been
living Tor years on hard tack and "salt
morse, who made frequent successful
RAIDS on the luscious pie, will probably be
aggravated cases OF dyspepsia
Under the influence OF pie and coffee
the gallant commander and his staff re-
solved on street parade. AS the influ-
ence OF the pie began to wane the ardor
Ior pubic demonstration abated A
council OF war was held, and it was de-
clded TO traverse the streets at all haz-
ards. As it was deemed advisable to
have the clubs this time on the side of
the Lord, two officers visited the police
station and asked for an escort. They
were given the assurance by Captain
Buckley that they would be protected.
Relying on the promise of protection
from the constituted authorities, Captain
Walsh gave a shrill blast on his cornet
and the soldiers rushed from their quar-
tiers to the street. The women were the
more numerous and the most enthusi-
astic. They threw their arms wildly
about and made the welkin ling with
their shouts of "Glory to God Hallelu-
jah!' The commander, with rare dis
cretiOn, gave "Kilgubbin" wide berth.
If Market street wanted salvation it
would have to 60 to the barracks for it
the army would not go to Kilgubbin.
The high-toned Dearborn avenue was
ulIC III oC W NC lOT ny the |
army. Chicago has had many parades, !
but probably not one as unique or pic
turesque as the one of last evening. The |
possession was led by Captain Evans in |
his military uniform. He gesticulated |
wildly, and kept continually opening and |
closing his mouth as if he were singing. |
No one could hear what he was saying. |
could not be heard on account |
of the band, even if those on the side |
walk had refrained from their shrill |
screams, cat-calls and shouts of Gratis"
in the rear of Captain Gay, |
pulling at his concertina with might and |
main, marched Captain Walsh, with |
cracked banjo, and Captain Whatmore
with his ear-splitting cornet. Never be- /
fore did Dearborn avenue re-echo such |
discordant strains. The musicians" set |
harmony at defiance. While Whatmore |
was eXhausting his wind through his cor
net in the effort to send forth an occa-
sional note'of ''The Star Spangled Ban
ner" Walsh was playing ''Them Golden |
Slippers" and Gay, on his concertina,
was endeavoring to play something like
eve Won't Go Home fill Morning" AS |
the procession started Evans sang out,
and it was taken up by his followers:
Come join our army, to battle we go,
Jesus will help US to conquer the foe;
Defending the right and opposing the |
wrong,
The Salvation Army is marching along.
When the army and its camp-followers
turned into Dearborn avenue there was
among the residents. |
Their first impression was that the An
archists had "broke loose" and were
fo, tho ,Nito 1ic+C o,,,o,,,r 4lor,
Their impression was confirmed, as
Evans, turning to his army and walking !
backward, shouted at the top of his |
voice:
Storm the forts of darkness,
Bring them down, bring them down!
Storm the forts of darkness,
Bring them down, bring them down.
Pull down the devils kingdom,
Where'er he holds dominion;
Go storm the forts of darkness,
Bring them down!
Their fears, however, were removed
when Evans concluded and Whatmore
sang out:
Who's that knocking at the door,
Who's that knocking at the door?
On. sad, sad state, to be just too late,
To be left in darkness just outside the gate,
Then it's no use knocking at the door any
more,
It's no use knocking at the door.
The army, which at no time numbered
more than 200, still singing, continued
south 'on Dearborn avenue to Ontario,
thence east to Clark and north to its bar
racks on Chicago avenue. The quarters
were quickly filled, although an admission
fee of 10 cents was charged Captain
Whatmore and Captain Evans, who di-
vested themselves of their military cloaks.
appeared on the platform in red jerseys.
Minstrel Walsh was the first vocalist.
A verse of his ditty gives his biography,
or, as he called it, his experience:
I got mixed up in bar-room fights,
And drunken sometimes, too,
And carried bruises, for you know
What such a life will do.
Nv mothers prayers went up for me,
And tears did wet her cheeks:
Jesus heard her signs Of grief
And brought me to his feet.
A bow about fourteen years of age, who,
with a solemn face, declared he had just
cot salvation, concluded by singing:
lam a child of a King, am;
am a child of King,
It is. it is a glorious thing
To be a child Of a King.
am child of a King, am;
I am a child of King.
1t is. it is a glorioue thing
10 be a child of King.
A girl, who from the violent manner IN
which She shook her head, evidently
wanted to attract attention to her new
spring hat, said she had been saved, ana
advised those present to seek salvation
Immediately. After this the chorus sang;
We've got no velvet-cushioned pews'
Our soldiers don't require them.
Our hearers always keep awake,