The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15
ELIJAH prophet
OF FIRE" COMING
FAMED SALVATION ARMY WORK.
ER WILL TELL FARGO AUDI
ENcE SOMETHING or HIS LIFE
WORK. ONE or THE BEST
KNOWN MEN IN THE ARMY.

but the Elijah OF the Salvation Army.
He IL Elijah Cadman, the real starter
Of the great religious organization,
which is known all over this and other
countries.
He will be here Saturday and Sum
day. On Saturday night he will lee
ture at the Salvation Army barracks
on the story OF his life. On Sunday
morning at 1890 o'clock he will again
speak at the barracks and will then
address the mems meeting at the Y.
M g. A., at o'clock in the afternoon.
Sunday night he will again speak at
the Salvation Army hall at o'clock.
Elijah Cadman is one OF the COM
missioners on the staff OF General VIII
liam Booth. the commanding officer
Of the Salvation Army. A more In
teresting man than this second Elijah
would be hard to locate. He Is a man
who terms himself sixty -six years
young" and in that time he has passed
through ordeals which would tend to
destroy the lives of many men, and
few could have continued work for
salvation of souls in the face of such
prosecutions as did he in the early
days Of his evangelistic work.
In an interview in an eastern paper
he tells of the history of his life as
follows
i will give you a little outline of
my childhood days to begin with.
was born of poor parents and was
made fatherless at the age of fifteen
months, which caused my mother to
struggle along with her family OF lit
tie children as best she could. At the
age of five and one half years set
out to earn my own living and be-
came climbing boy to a chimney
sweep-an occupation then known as
the child white slavery of England. 1t
was my duty to climb f1ues and this
meant great suffering and privation.
Many times was nearly suffocated
and many times had to be cut out
Of brick work. and on these occasions
/ was rescued more dead than alive.
My master was a drunkard and he
taught me to drink, to fight, to swear
and to smoke. 1t was a life of hard
ship, and / had no schooling and no
idea of any future whatever, nor did
/ even know that possessed soul
ION one occasion went to a Metho-
dist meeting to upset the preacher, but
/ got upset and became convicted of
sin, which lasted some weeks. Three
months after this occurrence drifted
into a Methodist prayer meeting and
there I recited the story of my life,
/ told all about my self and also about
what had happened three months be-
fore in the Market Place. Those good
people explained to me how Christ
died to save sinners and though / did
not understand what they meant
pledged myself to die for Him who
died for me.
AT that time / was conducting a
boxing saloon--a place where we
taught the young fellows the art of
self defense, and / soon became con-
Nicted that this was wrong. So one
day | went into the place with fire
in my eye. / smashed the many pic
lures of champions and ex-champions
which were hanging upon the walls of
the place. and in about fifteen minutes
II locked the door, gave the landlord
the key and what rent was due and
said goodbye.
Saw Christ.
THE very next Sunday saw Christ.
He appeared to me in my bedroom and
almost instantly my burden rolled
away and / jumped into a new life
and that morning began to talk to
people that knew and told them how
I had seen Christ and from that time
have preached about Christ where
ever have been and know that many
have been converted
II held meetings day and night until
God pointed out the fact that a won
derful work was in store for me. My
native town was Coventry, which
place / left at the age of seventeen
years. and from there went to Rug
by where / was converted at the age
of twenty lone years.
Eat the age of thirty three years /
went to London for weeks vacation.
seeing the great city of sin and ini-
guilty. During my wanderings / came
to a place on the Whitechapel road
where meeting of the Christian mis-
sion founded by William Booth was
being held. I joined the crowd and
it was not long before I was asked to
speak. After this was introduced to
Rev. William Booth. and almost in
simultaneously we fell I'm love with each
other returned to my home in Rug
by, and while there q few letters pas
sed between Mr.. Booth and myself
and / finally considered 1t as a call
from God that / depart for London.
/ was convinced that / ought to help
Mr. Booth in the great work In Lon
don I decided on this course, too.
This was in 1876.
Became the First Captain.
After doing mission work in Lon
don for a time / was selected to open
the work at port town called Whit
by. This was just at the time when
everybody was interested in the Rus
siam Turkey war. Well had been in
so many rows and riots--yes wars,
If you care to cali them that-that I
set out to do something that would
make history. / had a 10 Of posters
printed and in the stiffness of the night
I went about the town and posted them
In conspicuous places. The next morn
ing they were seen by the people.
These posters read something like
this: war ia Whitby. Two thousand
men and women wanted TO join the
Hallelujah Army under Captain Cad
man. Everybody wanted Apply
nights at the town hall This is how
became the first captain Of the SAL
walton Army. / wanted 60 do some
thing different and knowing that the
people were in a state OF excitement
over war took this way of doing 1t.
When the people saw those posters
they exclaimed: We are In for 1t now;
and 1t must be tough when they want
the women folks too.s And then they
began to ask questions Whose Cap
tain CadmanT What about the warp
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