Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-02
SONGS OF THE WAR
Martial Music Of Booths Devil
Fighting Host.
IN The GREAT SALVATION ARMY
Armed WaA Slang and Explosive Poetry
They Are No Do0bs killing Many Of
Gofs Foes-Excellsnt Musae.

One Of she least noticeable phases 81
city lie 70 a city bred person. i band
Of men and women marching 70 the
rolling beat OF the drum, and singing,
u tbs rude tinkliag Of shaking tam
boarfne, songs whose swinging. ringing
melodies forcc the passer-by into ryth-
mic motion
The words, when carried from the
uneven, muffed roar Of BASES and ten
ors % staecato enrneiation by some
ehrin soprano are generally found 10 be
something ike these:
We've soraetaing better far han q.
ne Prince u Glory dwells within
Wss.lk bef0so him without sin
Sir. rs 5 tns Salvation Army.
Or A. may be that in some familiar
chorus the voices viii sweep ON TO
getksr-
Bsessslriy hept kept ~ ne blond.
B..sse.sy kept bT ne blood Of Ia Lamb;
Happy s0d free. Jesus win ne:
Diessediy sserct. oi-ssefy se2.. yes. an
IL Is not unusual. when in the midst
OF such confident and peacefully sung
sentiment a. this, for the Salvattcnists
% abruptly Change their tune To
welcome the secular guardians Of or
der who may DO bearing down upon
them
As soldier proudly said: The cops
get this welcome" and 20 the tune of
.sHerrs 20 good old whisky" he sang;
See ne erazeu hosts Of he'll
Art ard power craplcytrgi
Nsre th1a human tongue can ,ea.
B.so4-b0sght souls cesrroytnS
TF.r~l from Egfn's xtastiy road
yiot.rrs rroAa oenesth their Load
Forward O. - cons % Cod.
Ase dare or de for Jesrst
There Is, perhape. nothing more
characteristic OF a religion than its
songs A nine thousand dollar soprano
sings ave Mariasr 90 fashionable con-
gregaticns who shudder az the popular
tunes and street vernacular of the Sal
walton Army songs; but il the soprano
were % sing her ave Maria" in .
think she wanted pennies for STUFF
which hadn't any ''chune" tois
Bat when score of Salvationists
march through the alley singing slang
fly about spiritual affairs TO the band
music Of Marguerite or Knock Him
Dowr, McClosky," the louncers know
pennies aren't expected. and straggle
along To the barracks To find out wha,
the noise "a al about. The songs of the
people have reached the people. and the
master Of music himself could not
make music do more Many of these
street marching songs have beer
writes by the converts who have come
from tire streets and have worked out
Il l.
..snlvation-"
Here Is enc written by a Londone-,
who wns known ss the Mayor of the
Sand6clds," title conferred upon the
worst character and the hardest drinker
IN the neiyhbo-hood- The Mayor" en-
5oyed the distinction Of being elected Il
ride upon a plank three successive
years before his conrersion. His favorite
song when singing on . spree wa.
-~Therrs No One Like Mother Car
Cher Ne Today" and 20 IL he Sc
these wordx
I've trsv.ssd ne rvs.en po.n Of rse IN my cay.
Bur. y>scs. He re. ne upon the orost way,
lie psrceusd ny sfr-s. my soii He set free.
Ar6 tbs broadway 20 t>sth - now vacant 70
ne
And here Is one which il. in the esti
nation OF the class for whom it is writ
ten. deservcdly popular. II returns ..
the first PRINCIPLES of religion when tn
d-vn wore red silk tights and carried q
pitchfcrk and could sustain polit.
conversation:
Nov tee ee-fi wants M back again 70 VIA.
As-- been.
Dzs tel Nm lave fsrnd bseser friend. aa(
In not quite 80 green
Win t-r ff1, Jesus saved ne, be answers
what stl1r-'
Tnsa tssI An % his service have had Sui.
enough.
AnAI tel aim I've deserved him. ard nat 500
MAKES aim f-o-n.
And tell hin hat he Blood now eieAnses me
ard ia. sec knociSs him down
So aont Y0a see. when you're properly coz
Trr1e1 A-i POUR bcart IL quite clean.
You eah snap yocr fngors at Beeizcouo, 10
Know who mean
The sony which has gone round tn
world frsm the African Welt 70 tn
Indian bungalow. was written by Com
1nander Herbert Booth 20 Capt Pear
sons words.
They call Il the army war song. Be
cause 10 was used more than any othe
one a. the Torqusy and Esstbourn
riots in England. The melody Is a
once pisintive and martial:
H<6ea rbe T~unper Sounds
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