The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-06
HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS.
Captain Glaring, of the salvation Army
Going Away From Richmond.

Yesterday morning Captain Jesse
Glarng read his farewell address 10 the
cadets of the Salvation Army IN this
city.
A TIMES reporter dropped in at3o' clock
in the afternoon 10 obtain edincallOh.
The barracks is a large room, upstairs on
the northeast corner of Main and sew
enth streets This room is neatly white
washed. At one efd is q platform
running across the room, with a bench
I'm the middle, and chairs on either side.
ON the wall were hung the m0ttos
" Accept Christ and Live, Reject
Christ aud Perish"
Behind the platform is the motto,
Jesus is our Leader, and over II is are
quest 10 people desiring 10 leave to do
SO while the people are singing and
not while they Are preaching. On the
platform al 3 o clock sat Captain Garing
and several high privates, one OF the lat
ter being a lady. The captain was prac-
ticing on coruet. There were present
about nifty people, OF good appearance
and well dressed The department wa,
orderly AID the reverence display ed
would compare with that OF any church
in Richmond
The services opened with silent prayer,
then followed singing and prayer The
Captain thanked the Lord for the sun
shining SO beautifully, and implored that
the sun of Righteousness would similar
IN shine I'm the hearts OF all sinners
More hymns were sung, accompanied bY
a tambOurine.
The captain made a short talk, IN
which he congratulated the Richmond
Army on the increase OF its members.
He was glad TO see so many men and
women banding themselves together TO
fight for the Lord Ii required brave
aud courageous defense OF religion 10 go
out in the streets and urge people to be-
come Christians, bat you can always rest
assured that the Lord Will help you.
one of the soldiers said he mad joined
the army of the kingdom OF Heaven.
He knew he had done So and was fight
ing for it because he knew he had be-
longed 10 the Devils army anu WAS
lighting for the Devil then.
A lady returned thanks. She knew
that she had been lost, and was now
saved She had sinned could not iind
dances enough to attend now she was q
child of God When she first came 10
the barracks she saw that sign, Reject
Christ aud Perish, and II made deep
impression
Another lady said, praise the Lord,
TO which the Captain replied Amen.
The lady then said she wanted every
body TO know that they either had TO
follow Christ or Satan.
An elderly gentleman said be had had
many troubles and fluctuations, but al.
wsvs possessed peace because he Went
to the Lord with all his cares.
Captain Glaring said he had been in
Richmond ten weeks. lie said the Sal
walton Army had divisions and corps in
thirty five countries and colonies in the
world, and ils literature is printed IN /
languages There If but one /
Salvation Army This is the one /
There have been imitators, but /
none ever succeeded like the /
lie stated that from Feb |
ruary II TO April 2s, ten weeks, /
the receipts were $9o.S4, and /
expenditures the same amount OF the
expenditures his salary was 1915. lie
eats very little, believing that more peO-
pie die from over eating than from not
eating enough. lie had on pair OF
pants which be bought in New York,
and had not paid for them yet. He
asked for three dollars, with which TO
,ay of debt for moving the furniture,
md after two collections, got the money.
The Captain said that he had never
sked the Richmond people for money {
bat he did not get all that he asked