St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-17
ALL CLASSES OF MINNEAPOLITANS
IN THE CRUSH AT PLYMOUTH
CHURCH.
QUAINT AND ELOQUENT TALK,
RANGING FROM PULPIT EXHORTA-
TION TO THE LANGUAGG OF
THE RACE TRACK.
ANSWER TO DARLINGTON BooTH.
One VIII Soon Be Forth Oming-The
Army Officers in Executive
Session.


Minneapolis yesterday, was welcomed last
| evening by an audience which filled the
Plymouth Congregational church to the doors.
The people had gathered from all classes of
society to see the man who comes as the rep
resentative of the general of the Salvation
Army, and many were turned away for want
of seating capacity The meeting contained
comparatively few Salvationists, and while
upon the whole less noisy than such meetings
usually are, it proved a successful gather
ing.
At o'clock the entire Salvation Army of
the city assembled at the Hennepin avenue
barracks and formed in marching order, four
| abreast. The column was headed by brass
band, and banners were interspersed at reg
ular intervals. The procession was not unlike
a march of soldiery, with the exception that
an occasional shout of Glory or Halle
lujah' would mar the discipline. There were
apparently 500 soldiers in line.
By the time the commander was escorted
to the church the building was filled, and
everything was ready to begin. AS Command
er Booth-Tucker ascended the platform, ac-
companied by Maj. and Mrs. Stillwell, he
was greeted by a deafening shout, empha-
sized by beating of drums and tambourines
and clapping hands. He returned the salute
by waving his handkerchief, and Immediately
white was streaming all over the house. He
thanked the audience for their hearty well
come, and stated that he was only sorry that
his wife, 'the CONSUL was unable to be
present, she being on a similar expedition
upon the Pacific coast A song to the tune
OF Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are
Marching" with a chorus in which Halle
lu1ah" was the principal thought was the
opeing gun Of the evening after which the
commander led in prayer.
The commander has a peculiar method of
praying. He talks first to the Lord, then to
the people. He talks about his own ex-
periences. In his prayer he thanked God for
happy religion, religion that can sing and
pray and enjoy itself. He continued: 'I
suppose 1t would create a sensation in Min
neapolis if the president of the United States
were to enter this church tonight. But a
greater than the president is here. The King
of the skies is amongst US. He is here.
He is here. Bless God. Ours is blessed
service-all who think so say Amen Say
it again. Say it again. The prayer con-
tinued for the Salvation Army, and the COM
mander stated his belief that the poorest
Salvationist would be richer in sky paper
sky dollars-than the most respected Chris
tian who was not willing to fully consecrate
himself to the service Of the Master. The
prayer was concluded by Mrs. Stilwell, whose
earnestness succeeded in eliciting "Amens''
from all the Salvation people present.
Lieut.. Martin, Of feminine persuasion, was
called upon for solo, and sang about climb
ing the golden stairs to glory The music
had been composed by Commander Booth
Tucker and the words by his wife. The au-
dience Joined in the chorus.
1.-The Conquests of the Cross" was the sub
Ject Of the address by the commander. He
took his text from Proverbs 1929, and de-
Hyered his speech from the verse as he pro-
ceeded. He said:
Whatever we undertake, we like to be
conquerors. The wife wants to be a con-
queror in her home, the husband in his
business. The student wants to win victories
at the college. Quoting the text, There be
three things that go WE'LL In India, where
was stationed in the service of the queen,
We frequently had occasion to ride in mail
wagons, and frequently we found horses that
refused to go when the driver was ready to
start. Instead of going forward, they would
back up, almost dumping the occupants of
the wagon over into the ditch. When per-
suasion enough was supplied the horses
might suddenly start up, and go without stop
ping till the end Of the journey was reached.
That is very much like some Christians. 1t
is hard to get them started, but when they
once do make move, they go well unto the
end. There be three things that go well,
yea, four, which are comely in going. A
lion, which is the strongest among beasts
and turneth not away for any, We want to
be like the lion. There are so many spiritual
cripples. The sore spot of Christianity is
cowardice. Not that we fear to face an enc
my with deadly weapons, nor to rush into the
seething Mississippi to rescue a drowning
friend, nor into a burning house to assist an
occupant in escaping. But we are towards
in reference to matters of religion. We are
afraid Of ridcue.
1.-THE devil is fighting us with a bundle Of
feathers for a sword. He shakes the bundle
of feathers, which typifies ridicule, and we are
all willing to run away. Let us have Chris
tians in the Salvation Army with great cour-
age. The second thing that goes well is
the race horse. 1 want to be headed straight
for the kingdom and I want all my friends
to bet 10 to 1 that I'll get in there with a
rush. Let us be swift for God and eternity.
This country is remarkable for swiftness.
We get about on electric cars, everything we
do is rapid We have rapid newspapers.
Why the newspapers are so rapid that they
give us the news before it happens. If you
want to be a conqueror under the cross you
must be quick.
' An he goat ALSO. The he goat OF channels
does not live in the lower valley, although the
grass Is rich there, for the reason that the
leopard lives down there, and the chamois
is food for the leopard. The chamois gets
upon the rocks above where he is safe, and is
swift in climbing out of dangers reach. The
devil is after sinners, and you want to fee to
the high ground, fasten yourself to a rock
Cross the precipice of CONSERVATION and get
upon the rock of holiness
And king against whom there is no ris-
Ing up This is the picture of the Christian
who has consecrated his heart to the service
OF the Master without reserve. Each of us
may be conqueror with the cross of Jesus
Let US find the cross, and prove it by its
healing power. Let us begin tonight to be
conqueror for the Lord. I want to conquer
myself completely, then to be conuueror Of
men,
The service concluded with an invitation to
all to come forward and join the army and
give life and service to the cause of the Mas
ter.
For today meetings will be held with the
soldiers and officers at 1890 and Q O'Clock
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