The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-12

accessories. Kind friends had sent 10 the
humble house remembrances of flowers in
wTeaths, bouquets and pillows, and these
living symbols OF the departed life were
grouped about the casket.
The coffin was stripped OF its flowers,
draped in the gaudy colOrs of the Salvation
Army flag, and instead of roses aud lilies a
horn and the bonnet the dead woman had
worn were placed upon the lid. Then six
stalwart soldiers of the army, with their
red shirts. blue coats and caps with the red
bands, picked up the coffin and lifted ii 20
their shoulders.
The procession was formed as follows
First the soldiers carrying the American
and Salvation Army flags, but without a
shred Of crane or symbol of mourning
Then came the band and as they marched
along they played the hallelujah tunes so
familiar 20 the pedestrians who traverse the
streets where the meetings are nightly held.
Ranged alongside of the soldiers who carried
the coffin were six women warriors of the
army who acted as pallbearers, but they
wore no outward symbol of mourning.
Then followed the husband and little SON OF
the dead woman, both in Salvation Army
uniform, and behind them marched hun
dred OF the converts
The arss~was not direct from the home
10 me Salvation Army headquarters but
the coffin was carried in a roundabout way
through the streets until 1000 people, idlers
who cared nothing for The dead and were
attracted only by the cddity Of the cortege,
tagged along after the procession.
Arriving at the headquarters the coffin
was placed on trestles in the front of the
hall and the flowers were banked on chairs
near by. Then began the funeral services
After several songs aud prayers Major j..
j. keppel made short address and then
Captain Van Loan, the husband OF the
woman who lay dead in the casket before
him, preached the funeral sermon. Dry
eyed he Xhoried sinners TO come forward
and repent while his little son, logged out
IN a red shirt, sat upon a bench above him
and sobbed as if his little heart would break.
Few were the words said about the woman
who had given her life to the cause the Sal
walton Army eSpouses, but much eXhorta-
ton TO sinners to come and kneel beside the
coffin and receive pardon and blessing.
1t was a strange scene and one that the
average man and woman found hard to
witness. The little boy would look toward
the coffin In which the body of his mother
lay and burst into tears. while the father
was urging sinners to come forward. After
the funeral sermon, If ii could be so called
a general invitation to "those who wished
to be saved to come forward was eX-
tended, and at the close of tile revival ser.
vices the assembled multitude was allowed
to walk by the coffin and take a last look of
the dead.
Then came the march TO the grave. On
a wagon draped In flags the coffin was
placed. Bare, except for the gay drapery
Of flags, the horn and bonnet the caskel
rested in the wintry sunshine. The flags,
the band and the soldiers accompanied the
coffin to the grave at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
and the body OF Mrs. Captain Van Loan was
hidden from the glare of red flags and the
biare OF horns by the kindly earth.