The morning call., 1892-08-29
MISSION VERSUS BARRACKS.
Why the Pastor and the Major
Disagreed.
The Salvation Army Leader Warned to Be
Careful of His sDeech-valus of a
T.. Preacbers Character.

A few weeks ago tall. dark young man
with solemn, angular features, appeared on
the streets with Major Frank Robinson. ex-
hortlng drunkards to get up out of the
gutter and come down To Robinson's mission
on lower Broadway.
That was the Rev. Henry James Van
Aukland, formerly a Methodist circuit
rider of Mendocino County.
He and the major soon had an open rup-
ture, the major accusing him of trying to
transfer the mission meetings to Liberty
| Hall without consulting him.
Mr.. Van AukIand sought ont a CALL re-
porter yesterday and made the following
statement:
Robinson has tried to charge me with an
attempt to remove his mission, and it is ab-
solutely false. Pm a regularly ordained
minister, and | don't want any charges to
be made against me. My character is worth
several thousand dollars Robinson has got
to be careful. III.
81 began to help Robinson, and said,
Look here, Robinson, I'm business man.
by not own your Rescue Home, and save
S23 month Tent?' ~.
= | went TO work to raise money to pay for
IT.. But Robinson called ME a scoundrel, and
asked me to give up my subscription-book.
\ es, sir; he called ma scoundrel, and [
let him have the book =.
The mission in Liberty Hail is my own
and Mrs. Dr. ChfldS. who has assisted
Rooins0n's mission in Jail work, is the hack
bone OF IT.: 1t originated with her and she
has abandoned Robinson for the new work
WHEN | came here two weeks ago she
asked Robinson 10 allow me to preach a
short sermon in his mission. lie objected
right away. saying thatif the world could
be converted by preaching it would have
been done long ago. Mrs. Childs was very
Indignant. Two weeks ago he did consent
to let me preach while lie went to The Jail
with his members TO hold services. There
were only six people left and Mrs. Childs
told Robinson was an Insult TO me, as he
knew there would only be a few there
III hat Sunday afternoon Mrs. Childs
wanted me 10 preach again, but / objected,
saying that WAS the time set for testimony
meeting Mrs. Chiids and / had an inter-
view aud we agreed that it would be better
10 get Liberty Hall for separate work. We
proposed to hold union services with Rob
insQD, but he refused, and he met ME on the
street the other morning and said, Brother
Van Aukland, he that Is not with US is
against us, and I"r1quest you not to inter-
fere with my meetings. - :. - -.
Il only wanted to preach an occasional
sermon in his mission. y ou ask Mrs
ChildS.. Why, Major Robinson criticized
| DIR. Mclean and DR. r=Dille--mentoned them
personally, mind @you-and said they had
| promised :3im some money, but 1T was
mighty slow in coming. =. III they would
work more and preach. less he said they
would do more practical good, That made
Mrs Chi9dSYery angry. --.,:.<. ''--..-.:
:, And what doyou think he said one night
he was preaching ON the street.? He said
TO those around him: would rather 90 to
jail aud talk to c0nyicts than to you dudes.
can save drtmkard, but j can't save a
dude, and Mrs. .Childs: got very angry and
said: Look here; Pm getting tired of that
kind Of preaching
why, Robinson said that Dr. Ollie and
other preachers Couldn't to do his work.
They couldn't save druDkards. He seems
to have. a grudge against churches Mrs.
Childs told me that she never liked that kind
Of talk. -: = " :.
Now Ithoughtthat If: there was mis-
sion in the big Liberty Hall we would get
respectable audiences. We wouldn't have
any drunkards. : We would have pros per-
Gus mission and people worth talking to-
and so did Mrs. Childs. I've been. ordained
seven years in the Methodist church and
I've uiltchurches myself Mrs. ChiIds is
a Baptist. Ihave- letters of recommends
ton from conferences and bishops. / have
letter from j., Dewey & Co. Offering me
$500 year. L worked for them four years,
I'm educated and / think Robinson is jeal-
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