New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-17
THE SKIPPER sCEPTICAL.
DOUBTS WHETHER HIS SALVATION CREW
WILL KEEP RELIGION.
YESTERDAY THERE WE'RE SERVICES ON THE
sSowDES. AND THE BAND PLAYED
AND KoRN. THE GER
MAN. PREACHED

MAN. PREACHED
The Salvation Navy that came into this port
Saturday lay at anchor of Liberty Island all DAY
yesterday. To be sure, the navy has only one
vessel at present, but there was time when the
Salvation Army had only one post Great was the
OF the old salts that love to sit on the
Battery seawal OF n fine day and spin Impossible
warns when they heard OF the remarkable CONVEX
sion OF the crew nf the British bark Snowden
The conversion. as counted In The Tribune yes
terday morning, has yet affected only the MEM
bers OF the crew, but the crew have great hopes
for their officers. and they say that II Is still
long way to England.
The Salvation Navy held services yesterday after
noon aboard their ship. and number OF the curious,
who had heard that about the only time prayer
was heard aboard the ordinary sailing vessel was
when she was about 10 sink rowed out 10 attend
and incidentally TO hear the band
Captain Roland welcomed the visitors with hearty
hospitality The captain is a short. heavily puiit
Brltsher, who looks the embodiment OF sood
nature His hair and short mustache are gray
and his face is weather beaten from exposure 70
a hundred gales and the sun OF every zone lie IS
not n Christian himself, but he says ne mas no
objection to prayers aboard his ship. Il dunnos
II does the men any good,' he said yesterday We
been with this crew goin' seventeen months
now and I've never had any trouble with en- put
there's no reason why should. treat en- IKE
men, whether they're black or whlte' anu ne'ei
LET nv officers call man out OF his name. when
we touched at Honolulu the Yankee Shippers there
were a bit jealous OF the good discipline OF my
boys and the fine appearance they MADE, Out they
could have the same II they'd treat their boys as
l do mine. ~ ,ooa shou,dered black
bearded Young German appeared and whispered
to the captain who produced two nyn bsSn and
nounced that the service was ABOUT 10 pes"'' anu
led the way to the deck.
NOTHING SINFUL ABOUT TOBACCO.
"Tbs bovs have stuck it out pretty well since
that ono fan from grace at Honolulu" said the
captain In answer TO a question. Inc only ui,,'e
that seems to bother 'em is tobacco an accoru,"
70 my way O. thinkn' there's nothin sihiui III inc
use of tobacco But Korn there, the boy that asheu
for the hymn books. he's the stroke oar III d., '
business. and he allows they've got 10 cut .opacco
out of their rations, an all but TWO OF 'iitee u
'em have" 60, or,,,,od tho crew of
fourteen men and they mustered OPPOSITE Tue nng
hatch and Sat on spare w sPa'W iams The latest
convert the carpenter. a iisnH a,ne mai his
narned wnrs nTophetc when they named him. He
was converted when the bark lelt iol f ,he crew
no &c now one of the enthusiastic OF the ~
Korn NV Wore Salvation Army coat and cap. his
trousers came to the tops OF his shoes Wnlcn
Korn lost no time in opening the meeting am an
nouncing that the services wou9 bose rough repre-.
sentat1ves Of half dozen nationaties sang slowly
and in good time
All people that on earth do dwell
Him serve with mirth, His praise foreteh
Come We before Him and rejoice
They sang pretty well, too, and the captain Wtis,
pered THAT boy Korn taught IT all TO en- hundred
f ne nes Saf al gale The Congregation followed this
up with what Friend We Have In Jesus" korn 5
Reayyd a MSS EVENING in Army meeting
He PRAYED for the ship and af for ine other
OF persons Then the crew sang Nearer Ny Coo S
Thee after which Korn read the b pa tbat as 81 his
text He spoke perfectly good Engsh. save save, iTr es
slight German accent ana NE nigh. have been a
regularly ordained minister Of beaprV
THE DARKEY LOOKS on 1T AS JOhE'
The crew listened to him with the closest atten-
ton except the big West Indian negro who played
the drum in the band. He seemed to regard the
whole affair as exceedingly divertng spectacle
and showed his enormous snow-whte teeth In IN
Gates Ajar and the band struck up anotner hymi
he W wi" Of reat and
Korn played a either. and others or me civ CIV
and aP sn accordo they played
that Is new to these parts. but Is better thah
S' Kor n explained afterward that he usually had
the band play while the rest Of the crew sang but
the service would seem more solemn to strangers
without the band Korn himself is man OF edH-
educated at Berlin in Latin, Greek French ana
His thu GERMAN is ARMS lie wen
to sea when a boy of sixteen, and got religion, as
BeieVers in pG Newcastle New South Wales little
more than year ago. Since then he has con
ready said he has hopes of the officers.
Captain Roland Is still somewhat doubtful as to
the STAYING powers of the crew. They stuck to IT
nrettv well u he said. after sailed from New
castle, until we put into Honolulu and then they
stayer and no mistake-and Jake" Thompson, who
plays the triangle But Korn and Jake brought
EN- around all right again. and they're still full
o. religion as YOU But, If they went off the
handle at Honolulu after only sixty odd days o rec
,,da hat
leave after 1873 days O. abstinence from evil Is what
I'm waitn' to see"