St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-15

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nights one pauses with q Phari5aical
delight in somebody's else discomfort,
while, shouting out in rapidly IloaFsen-
ing voices the words eff some marching
song. there passes a. score OF so. of, Sal
yationists in uniform, trudging along
after their leader with the drum,
rafting their tambourtnes and making
all the noise they possibly can. They
seem not to mind the cold or rain, or
the insulting jeers of the bystanders.
and are as deaf to- ridicuIe as they,are
to the agonizing discords OF. their songs.
Up and down thestreets they gos MACH
ing and COMMUNICATING, and when at
last they troop back to their barracks,
a crowd Of idle. curious loafers follow
The Salvation Army ina church is a
very different thing, and the audience
that gathered at the Central Presby-
terrain church last evening. was quite
the sort of audience you would expect
to see at Presbyterian mid-Week pEay :.
er meeting, had it not been SO large.gOn
the front seats were the soldiers ofltlie
Salvation Army in uniform, the SeaSlet
jerseys of the men and the waists of
the women giving atone OF vivid color.
Hallelujah iasseS, some Of them sur
prisingly pretty, passed song books.
The flags of the army leaned in the cor
ner. and on the rostrum were Col. Nc
Kie, Brigadier Fielding, Staff Capt.
Plant, Staff Capt. Pebbles, Staff Capt.
Trunbull. and Capt. Neal. !. Capt;
Neal internationally squeezed Chorus
out of an accordion, and Capt.
Trumbull expended all the force
of an unusually muscular pair of lungs
on cornet. An army song, to the good
old tune of Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the
Boys Are Marching" opened the ball.
Brigader Fielding, with frequent eX-
hortationS to sing out" and much
waving of arms, led. There was hand
clapping and waving of handkerchiefs,
and here and there in the audience
voice that had never sung a Salvation
song before took mp the stirring strain.
There were prayerS-prayefS deliy-
cred i'll deafenlng tone of vOlce-and
there was singing OF songs, the chorus
repeated again and again with shout.
The officers on the rOstrum eXhorted in
turn.and then Capt. Plant Shelled off his
coat, and, picking a lively accom-
paniment on a banjo, sang all
entertaining song with the refrain,
singer, whose voice is falsetto, with
cocKney accent, said the grammar of
the song was rather bad, but the tune
was good, and Invited everybody to join
in the chorus. The song related his re-
ligiOuS experiences, and declared that
the devil had told him religion was all
rot, but that he had finally overcome
the evil one. and the song closed with
the comforting refrain, The DEVILS
gone away" Col. Mckie read a portion
of the sixth chapter OF Matthew. Then
the officers went at 1t again, and with
great earnestneSS. albeit in somewhat
faulty English, eXhOrted the cOngrega-
ton to repent and be saved. Capt.
Pebbles asked everybody who was
happy to hold up his hand, and as
but few palms were shown, he told
a story OF a man who Wept real
tears at his wlfe'S funeral, but remar-
ried inside of TWO months. The captain
said it was only a habit the man had of
showing his happiness, and he supposed
many OF the audience showed their hap
piue5S by keeping their hands down.
The collection WAS taken with diff
Guilty, as nobody seemed anxious to-
start the list with the s. asked for. Capt.
Pebble told of q man who recently be-
quedthed 5000 to the army. Said he:
1.-The Lord has got to kill some people
to get money out of them. but we don't
want any killing here tonight" Doubt.
less fear OF Impending death opened
the purses of the audience, for
when the bags were passed money
in plenty rolled into them
Col MeKie's address, really able SER
mon on the Lords Prayer, ended the
meeting. Col, Mckie labors under Diff
feulties, for every now and then his
tongue guess back OH him and pro-
nounces W where / should be. How
ever, the sermon was stirring and
reused the soldiers to a such pitch of en-
thusiasm that they sang the closing song
with a, hoop. 4.,Y4 .,..7
All the officers in the, state are to DE
present. at The meeting tonight i'll the
barracks at Niuth and, jackson streets.
and a stirring time is expected. There is
to be a special demonstration, in the
streets tonight. led by fifty ,hallelujah
lassies dressed i'll red from top to toe.