The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-15

WAS III attendance, many OF the OilcefS
were on horseback; one woman was dressed
as the goddess OF liberty, and another
Columbia. The waving torches, the
red shirts and blue trousers of the men, the
trans parencies, with such notices as "Come to
Jesus" 'Be Saved Tonight the women dressed
in red white and blue the flags of all nations
all these made up one of the most picturesque
Salvation Army parades ever seen in Seattle.
AT the Armory in the evening an enormous
crowd had gathered, aud the big platform
packed with the soldiers. In front sat the Off
GERS in all the spendor of the red, blue and yell
low of their full dress uniforms. All were
seated when Staff Captain Halpin commander
of the division, led in Colonel McKie. AS they
assembled the steps every soldier jumped to his
feet. One shouted "HaIlelujah" and hun
dred Threats answered the cry. The colonel
bowed and sat down. A woman shook her tam
BOURNE and began singing in clear voice:
''Ive found a friend in Jesus,
He's everything to me-
and as she went on tambourines were rafting,
Captain Halpin was playing the accordion, and
the whole corpse was singing to a lively tune
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
The Lily of the Valley,
In Him alone / see,
All need to cleanse and make me fully whole:
In sorrow He's my comfort,
In trouble He's my stay,
He tells me every care on Him to roll
And several hundred more in the audience
came in with vigor on rather rollicking
chorus
He's the Lily of the Valley.
The Bright and Morning Star;
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.
This song was scarcely ended when Captain
Halpin read the verse OF another hymn
Now can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I'll say goodbye TO every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes
Il II,
in on the old familiar refrain, "We'll stand the
storm, it won't be long"
This song wound up with "wave Offering"
when every ''Salvationist" and convert waved
his handkerchief, and the air was flied with a
futtering of red, white and blue. Some one on
the platform offered brief but earnest prayer
punctuated with frequent "Amens" from the
corps, and then Captain Hapin, stepping for
ward. urged everybody to buy Wdr Cry from
Father smith. "You can't spend cents more
wisely" remarked the captain. Father Smith
is never without Var Cry; and they say he
once fell into the water when he walked out on
a log to sell copy to man in boat"
Everyone laughed and Father Smith, tall,
white-bearded man waved his hand in acknowl-
edgment of the attention.
At this point staff Captain Plant, the con-
verified Snowman and musical mystery, who, as
aide, has been with Colonel Mckie, made his
first appearance in a sort OF topical song with an
accordion accompaniment:
There's a happy. happy land,
Where the saints Ill glory stand;
I tell you that it's grand,
over Jordan.
The devil won't he there
1t is fine do declare,
Over Jordan
The corps echoed the refrain, "Over Jordan"
several times, and Captain Plant wen. on with
the second verse,
Now there's the Pharisees-
He broke off and remarked in parenthesis:
"Perhaps you don't know what Pharisees are
Well they re people with one eye, and that eve
is for themselves"
In the laugh that followed and the ripple of
"Amens!" Captain Plant resumed:
Now there's the Pharisees,
They're numerous as bees,
And them youll never please
This side of jordan.
Were the claH and they re the wheat,
llaughterl
But they'll never get seat
over Jordan.
There are critics, / suppose,
And they Ii turn up the nose
AT our Army as it goes
Tits side Of Jordan.
But OF critics we'll be free
In In that happy jubilee.
Thank GOD Wen all agree
over Jordan.
This served as an introduction to Colonel Nc
Kie, for whom the corps "ired volIey" of
sharp yells. The colonel is young man of
about sc. OF middle height and rather slightly
built. He has heavy black hair dark mus
tache and dark eyes. His speech was extremely
interesting. for ia a very lively fashion he told
OF his travels around the world. A few Stats
ties which he gave showed the remarkable
strength OF the salvation Army. II has branches
in thirty three countries and provinces
and its presChers speak thrty-three
languages; there are 1000 officers, 1000 CORPS
and l.5J0oOO members. Twenty-Six editions of
the HGr cry are issued, and 100000 copies
sold annually; OF the monthly, al the H-0rld
1,0go.No copies are sold annually The army
has property worth 100000 aud the yearly
\ income is about that amount.
\ Colonel Mckie and Captain Plant left Eng.
land September 36, 1890. They spent four and
loae-haji months in south Africa, travelled 5000
/ miles there, and al the meetings 1900 persons
proiessed conversion.
"And now Captain Plant will give you SAL
vatUu song in Dutch said the colonel. The
"mQsical mystery RECALLED the audience with
"AN the Way to Calvary He Went for Ne in
the Dutch dialect of south Africa. and the war
riors on the platform sang the chorus IN
English.
The colonel took up again the narrative of his
adventures III Kimberly aud Transvaal. telling
OF the establishment OF the natives AZ the tam
bouIines and the accordions. The story was In
teTTupted by q hymn done into the native
tongue. X sounded Ike:
Wax see my eye ia ku lee.
You are drifting, You drifting 70 your doom
Cotuael Nckie Went on 10 describe a Kafir
hut with its jewellers. human and animal a. q
"Nosa's AK sort of business" and the Musical
Mystery dropped into Zulu,
LGZ, zon kee Zou IN zon-
Walk with me, walk with ne,
All the way from earth to heaven,
Blessed savior, wax with me.
Colonel Nckle touched lightly on the IooOo
miles trayersed in Australia and also tho trim 10
New Zealand, where one out of every thirty Of
the 10000 inhabitants go TO the army meetings
This part OF the entertainment closed with q
Maori song:
Ny kee,a how ria, keetar ranga nj,
a me all how ria
The meeting ended IN 8 much more serious
vein. Captain Plant and Colonel NeKis gave