New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-20
SALVATION WAR CONGRESS-
pI1ELuJAH IAssEs IN THEIR GLORY

uAIIELUJAH IASSES IN IhHhH 'l
,uu,r MAJOR SMITH CALLS A "BLoop-AND-f 'iD'
uuRRIcANE, HOLY GHOST MEEflNT'
c,sroeor hammers bordered with BLACK anu
-, Golden suns embroidered in the centre Wa.eu
over about 500 officers ana soolsrS u 'a enc nusie
Army Yesterday aftern as. keeping h'eP ~ =, tho
- = Ir,sa hand and the jingling tampouliheS ,' -
.uaIleuiah Iasses" they moved through 'n - 70
snowstorm from the barracks In Mes' I yvar CON.
+be Academy OF Music where the nun t,as % the
- 80 20 no held Major Smith, the Vn0i VI W.
90, In rho United States. was In conlih"uu
sadd nv a mounted stat of half uo]eii ,no.-
~, tho detachment bad entered the Aeao'lnS u
a singular sight presented On 'ho s'' - The
oeicers mostly women. rising tier apoVo uoi 49,
nrivates sat in the orchestra About loo peopo nso
i,,,ng 10 the Army were scattered about Ine 49,,
aU''el-o 70. ,,ncnf object on the stage was MAJOR
s,,h Tan vviry nervous. with a face hke s'e
Mophistopheles he moved about WAVING ~ An
and Lacking "a II he were uttering an iho"' -
sorts NJ faces were there, some husheu wiz" O'
~ health hut moro pale and care"orh' Du' o,,tS
ontonance there was the impress OF certain noi'u
counVoHo .at soon on the faces of those labOring
under great excitement or on W isrsevs
The uniforms Of DARK oSo saIyaton to the
Lord" The women were neatly dresser dresser; anu Y hand
black POKE p In the hands OF most of them were
fambourines with many bells MAJOR Se n M foot
anu The Major called the names OF those kneeng
hSe him and then in Wild ineohcrent WORDS tueS
aeGna n T6eV We're Of ali ages from little girl who
could have been more asn w SILVER The band
which had headed tho procession IN f ,n The Mace
composed of members of the Army thu Members OF the
nsuay occupied by the orchestra inc ots "a the
band half lay, half nelt among tnelr a1tenn in his
wild prayer was being s lay tho
lass dram with half-shut eyes, looking hAo ""i ~
D9y e&g Un r ondod Major Smith spranC to his feet
and shouted "Haelgah" mmeaa iIo With
n wild swaylng bodies, waving OF arms ana % Of
tsrnbournes The band struck up me oI ,b '"h leads
sWarching Along" and the Salvatl0nists, Win uS's
thrown back and eyes rolling IN ITeI5 fGeS Voices
Marching along. arc marching along
The Salvation Army is marching ai'ns-
np,ns the song through and repeating the chorus again
and again until they stopped II seehI ~ nd then an
aSircss by some member of the Army the exercises
consisted There was the most Of the Enthusiasm
m mann Would leap wildly his chair with shout Of
waving his hands. Sometimes while Tue spoSh IN "a
praying was going on the women anS pslHg Of their
fambournes. IL not like negro heetlns oI W h
atheriSSs bu more lhe the fetish worship which those
Same negrs in their native African forests would nave
performed before hideOus idol anna INC oea"e VI
iorn-toms and groans OF human saerlhces' ooa %
Captain Robbins New York. was hnnom u H, cht
speak tall, pale woman with eyes uhhalual; p.s
advanced to the front the stage She came win SWAY
ing body and waving arms amid SHOUTS Oh @ tho
f fybSpess mst have advanced clash OF cymbas
10 utter ecstatic OracleS OF
when she had finished the band struck up am flI n
King and to that tune the salvaonsts sang am the
en- With haby in her arms in her frenzy she would
swing the child from side to side keeping tle " sb
muse one of the last speakers was introduced NJ Ash
Barrel Jenny the Salvation prima donna and the hs'
convert of the Army in America; - , 60
which the salvaonsts put their own words one tune
After tier R the GP Ped Fire Fa Once when or
Smith his knees praying ne snaueny iaso n,
head and while all remained sun anu mo'onie'S sans
Ia q rich baritone voice:
Sins of years washed away
Blacklist stains become as snowi
Darkest night Is turned to day,
WhensyOu to the river CO.
In concluding the meeting Major smth SAID:
going to have regular bloodand-fire haeuah hurri-
cane Holy Ghost meeting The saty& hnTa sv i GS
a great mammoth feast and banquet
In the evening they gathered again in the Academy of
no Sc the hSnse being twothirs fall This is the fifth
annual War Congress that the Army has He anu ro
anS from Ohio The proceedings were rather
than those of the afternoon the saSaon , pelnx
t Morn SSs WITH apn Reyser Of Psnnsy
y9 and his bss %erf IN Sshn
County for playing their ambourines in the streets
dney 'o OF 'R Which Was Prison Bars" There
were praying and singing as tnere maj ma Them
IN iae smith %ond turn around and shout Fire
yoliey" Then there would be wild shout, Inc linking
M sge Smith was tre pSer if possible than in the
aftarnoon more active ana seSneu W na'o
,nor ons i'm him than After one speech the Dand
MAYED the drinking song, to which coiiege walls
have for SO many years echoed, OF -" Drnk her
down" and franticay the Army sang, wen storm the
forts of OF darkness, bring them down." 80,
George WASHINGTON, negro, came on the stage WIN
his accordeon He tried to play the instrument Dut
something the matter with IT and u WOMB h S
work wherea one of the SalvatoDiss cried out nat ne
devil had got into IL. Finally Major Smith called
! for a collection to furnish the sinews or war money
in coin and bills came pouring in Oh him until he must
have received several hundred dollars AS eaeh CON-
trihution was handed up he shouted Fire Volley
and the Army shouted Then English lad OF nineteen
or twenty captain in the Army gave an account OF
his conversion, shouting until he was hosrse,
making wild gyrations all over the stage
and clutching now ard then at his hea ats
N was singular fact about the SalVationlsts
that they ali seemed TO "read, marked and III
Wardly digested" DIR. Holiness advice;
.When you stick conversations burrs .
Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful ers.
And in their speeches. whenever they were at loss for
word or an idea they simply shouted "HaLeluJah OF
sPraise the Lord aud went on. - - -.
m was nearly IL o'clock when the War Congress broke
up The march to the Academy in the evening was par
tieularly weird, the members OF the army bearing
torches and singing their wild songs and beating ther
fambournes as they marched along. The woman Win
the baby who occupied place on the platform IN the
afternoon was the evening" the BABY sleeping
oufetIv through all the singing ana the shouting,