Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-02-21


this ends the manufacture. A sepa-
rate apartment is devoted to the pack
ing and sending off the stamps to diff
ferent post-oflices 1t will be seen by
this account that any absurd rumor
concerning the poisonous or unclean
properties of postage stamps is utterly
without foundation.-U. S. Null.
A Plea for the Salvation army.
The Salvation Army has been in
this city about six months, during
which time | have worked with them,
in different ways on the street, and at
their hall. am at present MEM
Der OF the NJ. E. Church, and have en-
deavored for the last twenty years or
more, to follow in the foot-ste OF
Jesus Christ, doing all in my power to
make the world better. As about half
of my life has been spent in this way,
| speak from personal experience
when | say the happiest years are
these last, spent in serving God
Now find the Salvation Army to
be company Of persons who believe
that Jesus Christ gave his life TO save
the whole world; if men are not saved
from their sins, in this world, they are
not saved at all, but must spend eter-
nifty in He'll; that Jesus Christ COM
manded his disciples to go and preach
the gospel to all men, &c. Expert
ence has shown that all men do not
go to church, so do not get the gospel
in the regular orthodox way. The
army comes in, to meet this difficulty,
by taking their drum, going out on
the street, telling the low-down sin
ners there is hope for them. They
sing and pray and testify, as we do in
our class meetings. And God is own
ing and blessing their work in our
city, and number OF young men have
been induced to leave the saloon and
other evil places and come and enlist
as soldiers to fight for God. They come
upon the platform and tell in plain
words what God, through the Army,
has done for them. A young man on
the platform Tuesday night said: 81
had not been in church for seven
years; was attracted by the drum,
went to their meeting and am now
saved and happy" Prejudice is hard
to overcome, and the world for some
cause, is prejudiced against religion
that is personal, and requires us to
meet difficulties and deny ourselves,
for the good OF Others. People do not
like to be told, plainly, ali you keep
on serving the Devil, he will pay you
when you die with eternal misery"
but Gods word tells us it is so. The
Salvation Army so firmly believe in
the doctrines of endless happiness or
misery, and that all who accept OF
Jesus Christ as their Saviour are
saved and happy, in time and eternity,
and those who reject Christ are lost
for ever, that they are willing, and do
give up homes, and friends, put ON
the uniform that tells the world what
their business, and often subjects
them to ridicule and persecution; go
ON the streets anywhere, march, sing,
pray or exhort, simply that all may
have their wonderful Saviour. But"
says the doubter, their methods are
so strange, and they make such dis
play of their religion-so much noise,
l don't like noise" Well, Salvationists
are taking business way of advertis-
ing their religion, (and you know it
pays to advertise) believing they have
found Il remedy for all the ills of life.
| noticed some men on the streets a
few months ago with horses and car
riage driving up Main street, while
Punch and Judy" was screeching out
a way to drown any Salvation horn,
and what for? To draw crowd to buy
their medicine. l have not heard Il
complaint from any about that. The
Salvation Army want to draw crowd
in order that they may induce them
to be happy in every sense of that
word. Now as a citizen and taxpayer
of Olympia, l ask the people of all de-
nominations to give the Salvation
Army your sympathy. They are to
be power i'll the great war against
wrong, and it may be that some of our
boys or girls will be induced to leave
the saloon or worse, and go to the army
meeting in stead. Which would YOU
prefer? l have lived in this city a
large part OF time since 1861; have a
family, and glory in our town. Any
thing that will make it safer for our
boys and girls l want to see prosper.
Talking with business man the other
, day, he remarked. "The Salvation
Army are doing good work" Again
/ say, as citizen, believing it will
benefit us in every way, We should as
sist to make it one of our permanent
institution for good, by helping in its
support.
The city authorities are very kind
for which they have thanks OF "The
Army" G. A. HENRY.
A NOTICEABLE thing about adver-
tising OF late years is the gradual in.
crease in the truthfulness of it. Peo
pie are learning that it Doesn't pay to
lie in an advertisement any better
than it does anywhere else. The
theory that ga suckers born every
L L.