Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-28


hoops or padding. beating drums and tam
bourines, traversed the streets wailinR
rather than singing:
oh, yes, Halvation'a free,
O-O-oh. yes, salyation's free,
Sal-l-l-udtion's free for you and me.
Pra-a-a-ise Godi SalyatiOn's freel
OF course this was not their only song,
and most of their tunes were extremely
"jiggy." "Old Dan Tucker" was great
favOrite with them for awhile, and popu'
lar operatic air was used to the words:
Ny sins are washed away
BY the blood Of the Lamb;
Ny sins are washed away
BY the blood OF the Lamb
Washed away, washed away
Washed away by the blood Of the Lamb
Apparently these people were from the
lowest strata Of humanity, and while the
curious asked who they were the old fellow
from the haekwoods is alleged 10 have got
OF the old standard joke, 1T do beat all
what critters a man sees when be hasn't
got his gun with bim."
It was the Salvation Army. In 1866 viii
liam Booth, "A young and terribly earnest
Methodist preacher, began in the White
chapel region and adjacent districts OF east
London the work which has made him
famous The idea Of the present organiza-
tion long fioated In bis mind before he gave
II definite form. but at last success crown
ed bis plans, and the army developed into
SPreS5t saw 'Sh What fascination "a s6 i6erss re
is In name. uniform, colors and the military
idea generally aud determined "a utilize
these adlupcts ~ the best advantage
THIS army ID now Organlhed Ia i2 nations
IL has ~, TO commissioned officers aud mil.
lions of private soldiers aud auxiliarles
and holds At least 300, ,OOO meetings year.
ly. IL publishr. SO weekly Journals and rs
monthly magazines with an aggregate an
anal circulation 0f 43, se6.O0. Ii has prom
sFty 10 the value u i0OO, 900. aud its an.
nuAl income, mostly in donations of very
small sutns, Rmounta tQ nearly As much
more IT, srrN Ices of song and prayer are
rendered in every language Ia Europe, ca
oept possibly the Turkish, lap. Basque,
Gaelic aud some ~ the obscure districts u
the southeastern regions It, uniformed
bands arc seen iu Paris. homs Madrid.
Berlin and rt prtcrsbuFg. aud II One can
indRs irum the small amount of persecu
tion encountered thsre has sither beon a
marvellous advance la religioaa liberty 0F
the salvation Array has q marvellous Fac
uliy " Winning fnsnds aad dlasFmiHg prvi,
udlos
Ia al this these 10 nothing II dotly new
fsefy centuFy and almost every genera
lion tpf 2po years has pfodaraai Rss
And effatif Religious uoysnlsnt thai fBr .
usns seemed a. aseep al befoFs it MhAi
Il nps snd indesi anisslna is ths Tapidity
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upop go rhust aud philnsophle rlassss
u nas frtFisui Nlth 4 ehouls ~ drnslgs
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