The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-07
RECRUITING FOR GOD
TWO NEW SOLDIERS SWORN INTO
THE SALVATION ARMY LAST
MIGHT
VISITING OFFICERS ASSIST

Came From Minneapolis to Take
Part In the,F'SFearinG In" of the
New Recrut&s-COmmande Booth
Tucker to He fn St. Paul July "a.
With the folds Of the stars and stripes
and the blood sond firz' flag entwtned
over head, Frank Lewis Harper and Mrs.
harper were sworn in as soldiers of the
salvation eArmy5last evening at the bar
racks, at 266 East Seventh street.
IL was great occasion, because Mrs,
Brigadier Halpin, Mrs. Staff Capt. Kim.
pall' and Ensign Lindemanns were present
from Minneapolis, and took charge of
the service.
The hall is a dingy little tIly lighted
room up a. long. flight of stairs and the
ventilation is poor. All of these things
counted as nothing, however, with the
people VINO Hooked In and filled up all
the available seats long before the mem,
pers or the post, headed by Adjt. and
Mrs. Keith, returned from holding an
open air meeting at Seventh and Robert
! streets. Then there was a chorus of Hal.
leluJahs as about a score of the warriors.
equally divided as to sex, took seats on
the platform, grouping themselves eff
fectively
Everybody sang, when the Heavenly
! Gales are Blowing at the suggestion OF
! MRS. Brlgad1er Halpin, who presided.
m gong beneath the waves while you
slng' she said, and the earnestness she
displayed went far to influence some I'M
regenerate boys who gathered on the
stairs and sang "Oh, Ebenezer."
Ensign Ltndemann in a clear, sweet
voice. sang Let Him Lead You, and
then Mrs. Halpin explained that she had
.been sick for g. long time and was feeling
too i'll to preach
She can preach, though" interpolated
Mrs. Staff Capt Kimball.
1 long to go to heaven said AIRS
Halpln. Earth, has a very loose hold on
me, and if l knew my work was done
would gladly go. I'm a humble person
ana know that the " ork is plenty and the
laborers are few Then Mrs. Kimball
was introduced
She's wonderful woman" she said
! referring to the Mrs. Brigadier Mrs
K1mban was armed with a tambourine
and spoke with an English accent that
was refreshing. We'll not hang on to
the chariot, but we'll help push it along.
NOW, L don't know if any of you are
saved or not. You are all of age and able
to tell Speak UP for Jesus
The hrst to respond to the appeal was
Mother Jones, who said she had served
the Lord for forty years, and felt better
| for 1t. A man said he was f1fty-two years
old, and had only been saved for fifteen
months. Everybody sang Jesus Is My
Brother" out of the back of the War
Cry.
Some one else," said the Mrs Briga-
der
The small drummer of the corps re-
spended. Anything I ask He will do
| he said. ,< ~.
There was a whole storm of amens and
! Hallelujahs at this, and asyoung woman
/ In the audience arose and said that al
though she. was not "a member of the
army she would not deny her Lord. -.
=; We Are Washed in. Jesus Blood, " sang
the soldiers with I'VE Are the Happiest
Crowd on EARTH the refrain
A railroad man said that the general
impression had come to be that a railroad
| man could not abe saved. s He had proved
the contrary by seeing the light -four
| weeks ago. aees z
| Ensign Lindemdnn sang There's a. Bic
| Excursion on the Hallelujah Railway, "
| while the collection was being taken I'D
| After repeated -eXertions on the part Oh
the Mrs. Brigadier, 1t netted $3.50 The
enSigns song was sung to the tune ot
Mrs. Brigadier observed at it's conclusion
Perhaps you wouldn't believe that was
| written by a sedate, niddle-aged schoo
ma'am, but it was
The ensign sang again, Down in the
Licensed Saloon, to the tune of ''Where
Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?'' with g
girl In a blue shirt waist joining in the
refrain
There's hope for everybody" said Mrs
Kimball. There's no need of going tc
the licensed saloons This was the in.
PRODUCTION to a short exhortation, anC
then came the sWearing-in of the recruits
by Mrs. Brigadier Halpin. Two of the
red-shirted soldiers advanced the two
flags, the stars and stripes and the army
flag and held them over the heads of the
recruits, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis
Harper. Everybody rose and then, after
a few remarks on the solemnity of the
occasion, the Mrs. Brigadier read the
articles of war; very impressively The
new soldiers promised to renounce the
flesh, world and devil' in military
terms, and. then were warmly greeted by
their brothers and sisters in arms Both
told of the intensity with which they
adopted their new principles, and after
another song the meeting was converted
into prayer meeting in which everybody
took part, and which was prolonged until
nearly midnight
The announcement was made by Auju-
tant Keith that Commander Booth-TucI,
er will lecture at the Park Congregation
al church Monday night, July "a His
subject will be, Social Work and Farm
Colonization"