Daily Kennebec journal., 1886-11-20
Inc Leader of the Salvation Armv n
Augusta.
square Ovation-Banquet-Gr
Granite Hall Rally.

win. The principal delegation of officer.
and visitors came on the forenoon trains and
were seen on the streets throughout the day.
Col. Dowdle and Col. Vint of Landau rho
iatter private secretary, travelled with the
General. In addition there were present
Commissioner Frank Smith, New York Mai.
Whatmore, Boston; Adj. Hampton, Lewis
ton; Adjt. Morton. ONO: Division Officer
Ray, Pa; Staff Capt Walsh, the Saved
Minstrel Capt. Wilde and wife, Waterville;
Capt. Hunt, Lewiston; Capt. Penney, Ban
gor; Capt. Abbott, Saco; Capt. johnson,
Gardiner; Capt. Strout, Halowell; Capt.
AcCuicheon, CT. Falls, N. H.. Capt Pratt,
No. Berwick; Capt. Hamilton, Cat.kill, N.
H.; Capt. Halpin, Ashbury Park, n. j.
Capt. Hume and wife, city. In addition there
was ihrong of Lieutenants and Soldiers
| Previous to the arrival of the afternoon
train from the west there was a great gather
ing OF people at the depot, men women and
children, blood-and-fre soldiers. The station
was crowded, the sidewals were Overlooking,
many stood in the mud, the windows
were fillsd with faces. The officers and SOL
diers in their neatest and most brilliant attire
| formed circle in Market Square directly un-
der the shadow Of Granite Hall. Col. Dowdla
who was one of the early workers with Gen.
Booth, stood in the center. Ali was made
ready.
AT o'clock the tram steamed into the
station, the General steE ped from the train
upon the platform and with Mai Smith and
his private secretary entered a
barouche which was IN waiting. This was
| the signal for wild demonstration by the
assembled army, and, the circle opening, the
bsrouche was driven into the ring amid
an ovation. A dozen tambourines jingled
alott, banners waved in the breeze, the band
OF t~ elve pieces did its level best, the voices
OF the army were raised in song, hats were
throw. in the air,there was leapng and dane
ing, the Saved Minstrel performed his ususl
antics and there was a general hallelujah
time. When the tumult had subsided, the
General arose to his feet and proceeded to
address the crowd which bsckened the
| square, we nave already nOt.Ccu MS per
sonal appearance. He is a tall, large, veil
developed gentleman, with heavy iron gray
beard and penetrating black eye. He spoke
for perhaps ten mioutes, speaking after the
usual maoner Of III salvation Army.
The Army had come to deliver the land
from the power of the evil one; from his
bondage and make the people for God. Now
is the time to square up in this matter; there
will b. no time to square up when the arch
angel comes You may call us agitstors !;
you may not like our drums and music. but
God likes them. We have not come here to
make money but to make good people.
AT the conclusion of the Generals remarks
there was reoewed demonstration and the
General and Commission.r drove to Mr.. o.
! Wi!liamson's at whose house they were
guests. The army and remaining officers
where there was a grand banquet, five long
tables being spread and feast of baked beans,
pies, cakes, meats, ETC., with tea and coffee
prepared. The eatables were mostly contrib
uted by citizens.
In the evening came the Granite Hall
meeting There was jam of people from
the floor TO the galleries and many stood,
many being present from out of town. The
platform was packed with soldiers and Off
GERS The soldiers came in first amid the
jingle of the tambourne and singing. The
visitors and band followed with music. and
few minutes before eight o'clock Gen Booth
Ar in nd /,
platform while volley after volley was fred
After season of singing and PRAYER, Col
Dowdle being conductor, Gen. Booth ad.
dressed the great audience for an hour and
quarter, speaking with surprising power and
energy and holding unbroken attention.
He had been led to adopt the Salvation
Army plan of saving of the souls of men and
women by standing in one of the worst parts
of London and seeing the thousands upon
thousands playing into abyss of ruin and
destruc ion. Within mile of one point
there lived million people who had never
seen church. He saw two worlds the
world of the church and the worldly world, /
and between the two the masses of the uned- /
ucated, ignorant, debased ground around a, /
between the upper aud the neither mil-stones
was IN n heather cline. | said is there no
way of getting at them | went to work to
turn their eyes to Jesus, erected an old tent
in a disused Quaker cemetery and began.
STATISTICS" said the speaker, ''do not
show the work OF this Salvau N Army" In I
po~erful, graphic Wy, well illustrating his (
remarkable energy AS pupt speaker, Gen
Booth drew pictdres OF the drunkard, the .
gambler and the outCasts. before and after
j lining the Salvation Army. II is not one
alone that is benefited by the reformation.
but mothers, wives, children and friends. He .
pleaded especially for leniency, urging that
this army is but 81 years old-merely an in
FAINT and hardly able enough to walk 1t took
twelve years for /, 10 circle about and get its
bearings aud only niue years had been passed I
in definite world-work.
Nine years ago the army had 26 cops (self
supporting agencies that pay their own Of
fcers and publish their own orgaus.l Today.
it has over 100 corps. Nine Years ago. it /
had only SO salaried officers; today it has
over 1000. ]
Nine years ago ii was practically confined /
to portion OF England; today it is in nine
teen different countries, and now finding a
foothold in the twentieth-in the diamond /
fields of South Africa. Whole townships
are falling into line in India. The army has
steamer, and has sent out already