The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-05-15
POWDER IN THE ARMY.
a. = So
The Local Salvation Army Visited By
Department Officials.


Capt. Alice Herbst and Lieut..
Mary Duncan. the Red Wood officials
of the Salvation Army were re-
Inforced BIZ a couple Of the d inne-
sofa department officials Of that or
der last THURSDAY be occasion
was q halleIujah one An immense
crowd greeted the band, and itleft
no doubt in the mind Of the higher
officials that the captain and lieuten-
ant were possessed Of the right
kind Of material and nerve to carry
on the work Of the Army il Red
wood Falls.
The two superior officials were
Major Milsaps, the prayer meeting
leader and Army & jiner coaxer
and Ajjdt. Faulkner, cornetist. gui-
tarist, etc, and n addition
the possessor Of a voice for sin g
that is particularly rich and mellow.
In addition to the hallelujah time
they had mapped out for the Red
wood Falls admirers, these officials
took occasion to present the local
army with the Army and u. 81 flags.
and the captain and lieutenant looked
very pretty indeed as they were
wrapped IN the folds Of those em-
|blems. Still further four new re-
Hcruits were received, and as the
last one made his profession Of sim
.cerity and intention there was a
hearty burst Of song and welcome
from the officials.
After the street exercises the lit
tie band marched to the e.. a. R.
hall About every chair il the hall
was taken when proceedings we're
commenced Adjt. Faulkner an
nounced the song Are Y GU Washed
in the Blood Of the Lamb, and at
tempted to accompany with q corr
net. The audience Wouldn t sing.
heartily. The adjutant stopped the
instrumen tal music and stltfened up.
the vocal. At the end he declared
that it was very poor singing Then
he backed one side of the center
aisle against the other, and asked
the west side to sing the chorus
Following This came the effort of
the east side. The latter did the.
best and he gave the west another
chance, aud finally the whole crowd
joined il asking { Are You Washed,
are you Washed in. the Blood of the.
Lamb r. The adjutant got what be
was asking, read a new paragraph.
of the same song, ordered singing,
accompanied itsWith a cornet, stop
ping every now and then to clap
his hands and join in on the chorus.
More ginger, still, was put on the
third paragraph, by which time the.
audience commenced to get inter
ested.
When prayers were offered there.
were all kinds of echoes and re-
echoes, and so enthused were the
officers, that to the strains Of a gui-8
tar, they started up M Jesus,
How I Love Thee, with the audi
ence heartily IN it, and the chorus
strong enough to raise the roof
from the building. From that song
without any signal they drifted to.
Home, Sweet Home; " There is
No One Like Jesus, There is no
Place Like Home, { s All the Way
to Calvary He Went for Me and Now
He Sets Me Free, S Though :
Had 50 Many, Many Sins, rs Took
Them All Away When He Pardoned
Me, s
M
Major Milsaps followed with
prayer, and there were all kinds Of
appropriate interie ctions from the
men and women present. The Ma
jor then announced the commence
ment Of the bill Of fare, opening
with the present. tion 81 flags to the
local army He remarked that Sal
vatlonists were no play soldiers:
Their sacrifices On street corners in
wind. cold and warmth Showed this,
and il turning over the q. s. flag
to the lieutenant he remarked that
Calvin Titus, who first placed the
Us. standard on the walls OF Pek-
il, was Salvation Army man. Ex
planning the symbols Of the Army
flag as represe ntIng blood, purity
and fire, he presented IN the name