New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-29
THE ARMY IN THE PARK.
PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF SALVATION On
STATEN ISLAND.
AN INCREASED ATTENDANCE. WITH GRowIN'
ENTHUSIASM -" FIRING ANOTHER

the biggest crowd Is expected on Sunday when 'oo''
Evans will BE- In command In the absence Oh '"n
mander Booth, who Is In Engla'd, Colonel Evahs' i''
chief OF staff is the official head Of the Army, so lar
as the United States Is concerned. The morning
meeting was conducted by Adjutant Wood. OF AspurS
Park. This devoted woman has charge OF the wosahS
training garrison at that place. position oil 10 h'uc
responsibility. In her address she dwelt In gio"h'
terms upon the power and essential signihcdhoe oi
love- Addresses were also made by Captain Bryoh'
her assistant In ASbury Park work: Captain "roS
claude who Is I'm charge Of the training garrison NJ
Forth Amboy Captain Purldss. OF White Plains ana
Others The singing OF Captain Collier added nuch 10
the enjoyment OF the OCCASION .
PERHAPS II WIS because we In "Prohlboh
PARK that | was led to inquire OF Captain Dehhsol
after the meeting If the Army put forth any speci'i
excr,ions in the field OF temperance ION cahho'
talk with the captain five minutes without Deco"lhS
convinced that she Is entirely consecrated 10 Inc WORN
M tho Armv-the saving OF souls. Spiritually Hnded'
Intelligent sympathetic good natured, she can scarVen
fail 20 be a power for good ,
"No," she promptly replied to my question: u'
Army does no special work in the temperance heiu'
"Why not ?"
aft * no, orr way.n she explained "our sole aim
Is to bring people to Christ. If we can 40 'la 'N"
p,rance so far as the converted men ana women are
concerned will take care OF Itself. The greater IN
cludcs the lesser You may argue that II we car III
dncc drunkard to reform we start nm OH inc roau "
salvation. / do not look at II In mat way say
TO the fallen who come to the h"iuSe vi VIM
I have charge that they mustn't think they VIII ~
omcnahle to n policy looking to their reformation UNI
less reformation Is to be understood as meam "c
,cc.nt,nc. of Christ as their saviour. No system OF
formoton appcals to me which fails to signify Just
that - 49,, ,.oo
rh,s and much more to the same effect this prac-
tic,I aggressive soldier OF the Cross sad |" mo
while such was her earncstncss and the depth oil her
han Oils
spoke. -. o.
Here, another little incident OF different SORT
which seems worth rcntirg; There sat III iroh' ~
me in the auditorium young fellow ana MS VIC
The woman held baby, perhaps Year ' -,
arms Presently she called upon by the VI
rector Of the meeting make some REMARKS ~ "'
pretty to see her carefully hand the paOy 10 n
husband ~ she rosc calm and ,"lfpoSseSsed' enc
talked for about fifteen minutes, and was Simply "e
evangelist, the faithful, selfdenylhS SQUIRT
AS She turned to sit down she caught Sis.' VI ~
husband who prOrenading WIN tAe o'oS
coaxing IT keep quiet ut the rear OF inc nan "e
looked at him, or rather at the DaDy' WIN 'S''
t rod,ont exprrssion was nothing If not maternal.
Sh. forgot that she was "A soldier, ana reincihDeieu
only that she was mother 1t was an eheasms
picture so, a.,
Nor, fnc afternoon and early evening, while the
meetings were not in progress, doAeh vi "o'0
vounc pcope were diligently engaged In Selling news
- smiling and courteous and withal so persistent
,b,, their customers were many and those who said
them nay few. II Is The war 'rS anu ING
War Cry" only which they had TO handle. NoI 'l"'
they ars To be- understood as Directing 10 o1lioi
tournnl, religious or secular. but that The war
Cry'' +, The Official organ " the oalvanoh ARMY
the chronclcr OF Its achievements the champion
and reflection OF It's methods. 1t Is unique pup
ucaton. Il recalls no other newspaper Win WHICH
| am familiar IL would not be out oil Uie "a!
TO call It a religious hustler In type weekly Vi
sixteen page, 1t l. published In nearly every CIVIL
lied country, 80 that IL i ptaCu'"l' ""0 ~
Its field Is the world.
At this afternoons meeting the theme lot con-
sderation was the training garrison 1t was iol-
lowed by "A Jubilee service The following Is the pro-
eramme for tomorrow, saturday, 18TH ii H. me-
Holiness What 1t Is and What It /, Not Captain
March : 3 p. m. saved DrunkardS,' captain io'Ae'
30 D. H. Free and Easy AdJutant DuhIib'
TIN. second day OF the encampment ~ whole was
characterized ly atmospheric waves Of blood ana
fire " an increased attendance, and an ever increasing
.ptbu.Ia,m The people who dwell In that part Oi
Richmond County seemed all friendly Ia the Nisors'
and the only ign OF opposition l." the Proce'unis'
va, That which came from the bold ana rechieSS
behavior of "A big black cat; ana even theh II WHO
hard TO saw whether it was directed against the dead
lv trolley SYSTEM" the excited crowds, whose soie
business, in life Is to fire another vol'y Tor jesus
When the car bearing the writer was telling up the
steep grade which b"gins near the entrance 10 Tue
park the eat planted h-rif lclsurcly on the tra'h'
\, tue ear dicw near, 1t looked with ucohcefh ut
u mo,ormun. gathered III tail around It's body
,,,ht.r than ever and wiEhrd the other eye
The car wa, crowded, and by This lime everybody was
standing up excited. Each passenger leaned forward
.,xp.ctlng every moment the cat killed II
never stirred 1t The most provoking cat mat
had ever showed itself in that part OF staten Island
10. car Wa, within Il few feet Of the cat when II
,ot M and walked away. HE members oi the Army
said Iiallrlulah," ana H. the other passengers
turrrd To loon back the cat Aawned TWO or ulfee
tIur, and began 10 wash its face.
Inside the .hS lINiVn C''lA 'nihS "A' bi1Hht ahu
'n,, m, r"ncctIon wa, taken up the nlcnDcrs OF
the lruy VINO Wcr" scattered Throughout thc duui1Ho
II .. in,. 7Mri-n Nightingale" the previous day
knew well how maAr an app'al Iof IunG-, MAYOR
.nattcriom, hlling similar once ye>trrda,. Went
her better Is" alma "h'usn, she Sdll' 10
do Your very Drst to aiN" u a Sod lalSc Offering
am not American You know Mmch was really
,lp,riuou> piece OF tnlOrmallpn FOR Miss Chatrroh
-poh" WIN charming fnsm,h .''rn,, , inc i, -
tl athl' ne young WOMAN, ana says mat slo "Is Il
straight -laccI Episropalian when she heard MIS.
Booth, VINO went to Heaven aU"twaid' and then
she joined the Army. y GA nave no ldcd, continued
the Major, how We're pOnmccd and pounded,
and dclid,d, and pct with ZONES. and prosecuted,
and knocked down and in,ultcd when the salvation
Army logan it, work thhtrrn years ago When
They coud not attack H. they made war on our
baggage The very ,i-ht trunk with our
passengers. When no iccl At pr-' to say To mysri,
Why these pcop" are u,a',d J"'i ar the ApoSurss
" llalrluIah.' Bl,s, the Lord Tor ever and ever.
Amen
laughter at other meetings. 1t Is hy,eiical sort
of laughter. momrnlary ripple. which Is invariably
>ineing of chorus winch is done with bayonet'
nNcd," that is, the hands iai'cd on hsh.