The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-11
Farewell TO Head Of Salvation
Army In Mankato
From Fridays Daily.

hoiS h'Ss hchehouo cSi'hes
than that wnicn took place in tn,
Salvation Army hall last evening a.
farewell to Captain and Mrs. F
b. Buyer and Adjutant Lizzie Gun
ningham, who have been assigned to
the army work at Fargo, could
scarcely be imagined. The senti
ments uttered by every speaker
were greeted with cries Of Halle
lujah,", God bless you," and otheI
EXPLANATIONS of approval from var
ious members of the army corps or
the platform and visiting army Off.
GERS throughout the evening.
Every seat in the hall was occu,
pied before the corps marched in
from it's street service. Captain
Buyer called a large group of chill
dren forward to seat themselves on
the front part of the platform, thus
making room for more people TO
come forward. but even then, there
was far from being the room requir-
ed for the people who sought to at
tend. though the hall Is very
large one.
Captain Buyer Live Wire.
Captain Buyer himself was decid-
eddy a live wire" II may safely
be assumed that he did not miss one
word that was spoken in public
throughout the whole of the three
hour service. which lasted from
eight to eleven o'clock. He was
ever ready to interject his comments
of approval, when any speaker made
a statement that pleased him, and
this was at almost every moment
The affair of last evening was
also welcome to the new manager
Of the local corps. Adjutant Eliza
Simmonds. who together with her
daughter. Mrs. Leonard wilkins, and
the latter's husband, Candidate VIII
kins arrived yesterday from their
former field of labor in Milwaukee.
George f. Palmer. who conducted
the meeting. told how. when Cap
tain Buyer first came to the city,
two years ago, he came to Mr..
Palmer aad requested permission to
pitch a tent on a lot adjoining the
First National bank building. Mr.
Palmer gave the permission, though
he feared that the affair would not
be a success. and he has always
disliked being connected with things
that were not successful. But the
corps grew quickly and 1t was not
long before application was made
for a ROOM in the old First Ma
tional Bank building to hold the
services.
Rev T r. Paden of the First
Presbyterian church read a scripture
selection from the Acts Of the
Apostles. remarking, incidentally, that
the acts of the apostles were still
being carried on today.
Rev. Warner Johnson, pastor Of
the Belgrade Avenue Methodist
church, led in prayer, asking divine
blessing on the work of the Saliva
tiOn Army. particularly in the city
of Mankato and the village of North
Mankato.
Testimony OF Rev. Hobbs.
Rev. r. W. Hobbs Of the Baptist
church was glad to state that he
was among the first to welcome
Captain and Mrs. Buyer on their
arrival in the city two years ago,
and he prayed for a blessing on
the endeavors of Captain and Mrs.
Buyer and Adjutant Cunningham.
Rev w. r. Keesey OF the Cente-
nary Methodist church stated that
the Salvation Army stood out against
everything that was antagonistic TO
the Kingdom of God, and he spoke
Of the fight that Captain Buyer
and his friends had had with the
saloon interests. He expressed his
regrets that there were arrayed on
the side of the saloons certain citi-
zens who might properly be expect
ed 10 stand on the side Of what
was good and righteous. That's
right; hit them again." cried Captain
Buyer
Belong to The Army.
staff Captain William Riddle, who
is in charge of industrial work at
St. Paul, remarked that while the
people of Mankato were without
doubt sorry that Captain and Mrs.
Buyer and Adjutant Cunningham
were about TO leave, II should be
remembered that they belonged to
the Salvation Army, whose officers
always kept coming and going and
would keep on doing so until they
got to heaven, and then they would
come and go no more.
Short addresses, telling how they
were turned from lives of drink and
sin by the Salvation Army, were
given by Sergeant Major Fred DALI
man: Junior Sergeant Major Fred
Willsey, who is i'm charge of the
Sunday school work, and William
Jessup All paid tribute to the great
influence that Captain Buyer had had
on their lives.
Miss Hazel Reed, who has charge
of the young peoples work, gave a
brief statement of her experiences
in the army.
Adjutant Lizzie Cunningham told
OF her impressions of Mankato
on first coming here, and said
one thing that made her believe
there was plenty of work to do here