Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-29
NO SIGNS OF MOURNING
SERVICES CARRIED OIT WITH
GREAT FERNOR AND I'M
PRESsINENI1sS.
THOUSANDS ATTENDED
Thirly-Four thousand People, Half Of
Them Sahaiionisls, Participated
IN the services.

LONDON, Aug 2s.--Funeral ser
vices Of the founder Of the Salvation
Army General william Booth. took
place at the olympia today. In ac-
cordanco with traditions Of the or
ganzntlon they wero without pomr
or symbols Of mourning, but were
carried out with moving feryor and
improssyeness.
Thirty four thousand persons par
ticipated In the funeral services
Nearly half Of them wore blue coats
and red Jerseys or bonnets with the
red ribbon, so familiar on the streets
Of the cities Of the world whore the
army is established
The body Of the late general, In n
plain pine coffin, rested high upon a
white catafalQuc In front OF the bis
platform across the end Of the hall
whore all the chief officers of the or
gnnizatlon were seated. and wher,
forty bands OF music were massed
The crimson flag of the army OF "firc
and blood" which the general un'
furled on Mount Calvary, was planted
above the coffin. bank OF flowers
composed Of the tributes sent by mem
bers Of royalty and many societies
We're behind Il. Flags Of various ma
tions in which tho commander-in'
chief had waged campaigns and the
standards OF the older divisions Of tho
Army were arrayed In front of tn,
platform
All Churches Represented.
These and more Salvation Army
flags in the galleries, each dipped with
white ribbons. and twenty portraits Of
the evangelist. surmounted with green
laurel wrcaths and with a broad
grange ribbon connecting them, were
the only decorative effects
The front rows OF chairs before the
coffin were filled with representa-
t!ves Of various bodies and also the
cquerry for the king, several mayors
In their robes and chains OF office.
4 delegation from the stock exchange,
ministers and clcrgymen OF all the
Protestant churches and Jewish rab-
his and many notable personages
were seated throughout the house.
But the rank and file Of the great
gathering was composed of the plain
people for whom the Army works and
Of whom It is composed
A Mammoth Prayer Meeting
The service Itself was not only a
memorial, but mammoth meeting OF
prayer and praise.
The most solemn moments Of the
long meeting were when the coffiE
was bourne along the center OF the
hull to the music Of the dead march
in Saul" A small escort represent
e1 many branches Of the Army's ac-
tivity. carrying the flags Of their re-
spectiye countries.
Immediately before the body brig
adler bore aloft tho crimson flag
v hich the general raised at Jerusa-
llm and under which he died at Had
ley Wood, ana following him march
ed officers from foreign countries
Then came the new general of the
Army, Bramwell Booth. with his wife.
10th wearing uniforms OF commis.
sioners, and members of the Booth
families.
The coffin was covered with a flag
and on it rested the generals bible
and cap. As 1t was bourne down tho
aisle the immense audience stood and
the Salvation soldiers were at salute.
Every seat on the floor and in the
galleries was taken when the service
tegan and several thousand persons
were banked around the outskirts OF
the hall. When the bands began with
the hymn THE Better World" the
ocean Of voices took up the strain and
sang three stanzas Of II. Then every
one bowed their heads in silent prayer.
The bands broke into dead march
at the conclusion Of the prayer and
the thousands rose and turned toward
the far entrance where appeared a
cluster OF white tipped flags.
Amid revcrent silence the whito
chafalque was wheeled along the aisle
TO a position in front Of the platform,
where its escort broke to the right and
left and mounted tho steps. Bram-
we'll Booth, Immediately after ne
reached his chair. fell to his knees
and buried his face In his hands, The
assembly then sang Dear Saviour. I
Can Ne'er Repay the Debt Of Love
| owe"
Commissioner Lawley, the late gem
erals right hand man, made brief
extemporaneous prayer and this was
by the hymn Pass Me Not.
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