| Show THE SA SALVATION LAVATION ARMY A of it its work and methods PROVO august 1887 editor deseret news As more of your readers have doubtless been in a position to hear of than to witness the capers of the so called salvation army the writer ventures to hope a few faw lines descriptive of their late maneuvers in this territory to ta will not be unappreciated from the reputation of the mor mer mons abroad it is natural to suppose that the mst most valiant and redoubtable 1 warriors of the organization would be sent here to arpak break up satans gatans Sa tans stronghold trong hold we wb s dall take it lor for granted therefore that we have beheld the flower of the thearty th earmy larmy for a considerable sid erable time a captain and a lieuten e aaa et made up the fighting array in this city and the excitement they raised was about equal in s sze ze to the army making it but they succeeded in burrowing their way into this larder and that deep enough to assure themselves of a GRAND BANQUET and accordingly the valiant host was called together from all parts of the territory it was widely advertised that a graid spectacle would be wit upon their arrival the whole army of utah uniformed and in battle array would march fareh triumphantly through the streets of provo under WOOF blood and fire A grand banquet aou d be given by the citizens in honor of the event to which the public were cordially invited and a monster ing would wind up the battle about gusset to use the language f the sal the skirmishing began by shrill notes from a interwoven with the sounds ofa of a bass and snare drum to form a march at short intervals the music would suddenly cease when the strain would be taken up with army songs wishing to see the beginning and the end thereof the writer hurried toward the scene and upon curnin turning n a corner three blocks distant saw what wat appeared to be a squad of about one hundred persons marching without any pretension to rank and file under TWO FLAGS one the stars and stripes the other a combination of various colors peculiar only for its sombre appearance upon closer inspection the army resolved itself into a dozen uniformed soldiers seven men and five women surrounded by about threescore specimens of the genus urchin of the barefoot fry one cornet a bass and a snare drum two tam borines an accordion accor deon and a concertina made up the musical in st the next thing engaging curiosity was the uniform which on the men consisted of ofa a red flannel shirt with the device SALVATION ARMY worked in old gold across the bosom their hats and pants ants were trimmed with the same color color the dress of the women was gloomy ul ill fitting and old eld and about as specific a description as the writer is able to give of female by asking a lady friend concerning their hea d gear he be is able to inform his readers that they wore mother hubbard pokes whatever that may maari meanor or lamented namen ted with a red band branded salvation army amy the army marched in double d 0 u ble file the tb e masculine part leading the van and bringing up the rear thy the feminine femi cine portion in the centre beating the tambo rines just as the writer reached them they ware were forming a circle where the two main streets cross this done the colonel or commanding officer of the utah division caught up A concertina and began making divers musical evolutions lut ions helped out by gesticulations of various members of his bis body salvation songs accompanied these vocal and corporeal gymnastics ever and anon a soldier would out of tile the circle and with hands bands uplifted proceed to address some on one in the clouds clot ids or rather the listeners over his shoulder were saved were saved hallelujah were on the road to glory and soon well get there praise the lord dear jesus save these pour sinners sinny rs wound lem em with thy spirit bring lem em into glory with us etc ad infinitum praying singing singing and praying one sentence ce however the writer noted partly because though tired fired upward it ft was aimed sidewise but more particularly ticul arly because it contained in a nut shell as it were the whole theory of the emotional class of religionists it is as follows 0 lord preserve us from doctrine but give us love POOR MISGUIDED DEVOTEES too late we fear will they learn that the only true coin of heavens mint is tb elove that keeps the commandments command meats of god which cannot be done but by knowing what they are and how they should be obeyed in short by becom with doctrine the division officer finished the meeting by announcing with many facetious remarks that after a hard bard days fight the tb soldiers of toe the army would repair to their barracks to partake of A a grand hallelujah banquet and if anyone would like to see the salvation army eat they might be gratified by buying a ticket for the supper and and banquet which would cost only wishing to see the thing out 11 the writer write PAID THE FEE and wits was admitted into a long narrow hall bal leading into a room of similar dimensions dimension which two years ago was the gambling den the dead fall ot of provo an ad institution which the liberal patronage of our black sheep and the untiring zeal of our whiter ones for its suppression have finally elevated to more palatial quarters two well filled tables sufficient to accommodate about seventy five people le stood lengthwise of the hall the pi ce ceiling ling was ornamented with festoons fes of tri colored bunting and the walls were decorated by flowers tile the writer wishing rather to feast his eyes than his bis appetite took a seat at one end of the room where he chuld better see than be seen the tables were soon surrounded for so strong is human an curiosity that it even triumphs ovey over disgust and aside from half a dozen captured ones prisoners so called CURIOSITY was plainly depicted on every countenance the leader now mounted a chair and after a pompous speech and an army son song offered a noless no less ceremonious prayer in which he did deplore tile the fact that they were not going to lo sit down to te a feast of manna the army their converts und and frien friends dik sectarians sect arians and apostate mormons cormons Mor mons occupied one table and the curiosity group mostly young people with here aad and there an old gray head the other with the latter it was look and eat eat and look nor can they be condemned conde maed by tile the rules of etiquette for like spectators in a circus this was what they by express espre 88 stipulation paid for present by a soldier who had the ap bearance pe arance of having been a hard stick approached the writer and presenting a war ury cry asked what paper he was representing represent irig on OB being told the NEWS he expressed himself as high highly ly pleased with the FAIRNESS OF OB THAT PAPER toward all classes of religionists but 11 said he scarcely an issue OJ of the tribune tribune bune appears without a tirade of abuse against the salvation army how large an army have you now throughout the world this question opened his battery of statistics which began to pour forth with a volubility that bespoke practice and repetition the land forces now equal about two million souls with over five thousand five hundred officers besides this we have A NAVY of about fifty vessels no later than a few months ago we sent in one of our own ships fifty officers to india the largest number of missionaries ever yet sent by any religious organization at onetime one time to heathen lands la in africa the army is paid large sums sometimes amounting to for the good they do in subordinating the savages of that dark continent in the city of london it is conceded that the influence of the army in utting putting down crime is equal to an additional force ot of a thousand police the queen recognizes this and has often written to the wife of general booth thanking the army for its work during daring the riots riota in ireland when police regulations w wre bere so strict that the congregating of more than two persons made them liable to arrest the army was permitted to go on with its glorious work of salvation without being molested HOW LONG has the army been in existence twenty two years on the eth of jul july 1865 the rev wm win booth a noted noted methodist evangelist of london de deploring loring the fact that he be had not been able able to reach the class of people most needing salvation conceived the idea of attracting their attention by bt martial music and to him belongs the honor of first beating a to the tune ofa of a salvation hymn so wonderful was his success that lie he was soon able to organize an army several hundred strong from this beginning begia nine salvation has spread to every clime and glory be to god it wont sto stop till every town and ham hamlet letin in tile the world takes uv UD the shout of glory hallelujah le lujah P how many papers apers are supported by the a array 17 only 0 one n t the t le vr 0 war cry or b but dt this is printed n t eh 1 lin i eight different languages and has a circulation of half a million copies it te is impossible said the man of hallelujah WARFARE evidently wishing to squeeze in a few ideas that any one joining the salvation army cw cn be anything but sincere if we have reason to doubt their sincerity we always make them prove it to the people I 1 remember a hard look ing case that the lord saved in oakland cal people thought he be was just putting utting it on so we ordered him to kneel t neel down in the middle of the street and pray before a thousand people and he be did so now if anything will test a mans sincerity more than that I 1 would like to know enat it is amt have you been doing in utah since coming here three months ago we have kept twelve officers constantly IN OGDEN and succeeded in saving fifty soul glory be to god A lew few have professed religion in salt lake city and the killed and wounded at provo prevo the way we speak of our converts number about a dozen theres every prospect of a glorious work in utah what class of people usually join the army in utah they come to us as from all classes nut but thus far chiefly from the methodists and backsliders back sliders of the mormon church apostates you call them I 1 believe we do not wish to draw men away from their church our object is to make aiom live up to their professions fes and to rescue a class that no one else can reach our chief work is in saloons and houses bouses of ill repute we have broken tip no less than thirteen of the latter class and have established homes in various places for the unfortunate women whose lives have been wrecked io in those vile abodes of sin ia the uniforms uniform of all the officer present tonight to night have been bade in such places whit what means have you yon at your command to carry on your warfare with the devil as you choose to call it none but what we gain by collection if we should clear anything above expenses by our banque tonight it would be sent to the GENERAL FUND for establishing new army posts what is your intention with regard to your future labors in utah we never give up a post after es tab lishing it and we intend to establish one in every town and hamlet of the territory Howar how are eyou you treated by tremor the mormon people they have been very kind and hospitable to us wherever we have called and there seems to be a disposition among most of them to let everyone believe just as me chooses unmolested it was now half past nine and as most were through feasting the army put itself in motion notion 31 for the methodist church the army took seats on the stand in a se semicircle semi ni circle facing the audience har hardly di 1 y was the congregation seated when the leader a man fresh from london caught up a concertina and began a rollicking air dancing about the stage stag now on this foot now on that at a givan signal all the musicians started their gongs and the dullest imagination could not help but see in them a kind of minstrel troupe all took occasion between the scenes to boast how they had bad been rescued from this evil place and that and all their actions verified their claim as to w where here they aad come from when the climax was reached as the leader thought the air grew suddenly financial after an harangue on the blessedness of parting with their small change the leader sent two hallelujah lasses so he called them among the audience to charm the quarters dimes and nickles feeling the danou ment had bad been reached the writer took a welcome departure herease here are A FEW EXTRACTS from the division officers report as published in the war cry A As a division this is the TOun youngest gest and only just three months old but hallelujah all elujah god is with the child and it is growing in favor both with the lord and also with men god is now raising up in the very centre of utah a people who like samuel of old will not fall fail to tell the house of ellof its sins the word of the lord has oot not been very precious in this territory for other books have taken the place of the bible and there have been too many open visions 19 but hallelujah the chud child samuel is growing very rapidly and soon in every town and street street tin word of the lord will be heard hd none of A his words shall is fall to I 1 asp ground this to Is called the e coentro 0 13 latter day saints sainte but I 1 like e elis 11 a KOM goal most of priests ha have t aside from the narrow p path th 0 there is of plenty profession and nd form of godliness but the dower thereof is denied han hannah nah p prayed e long for samuel and arty we saim salvationists io fe a for many ys y have looked forward to ut the time when f we could the streets of zion and ging bine I 1 lovo love jesus jesua hallelujah this is now an accomplished fact aad after three months of daily warfare we look into the childs mouth and lad ind go BO less than three strong teeth grinding away at the devil contell continually y with every prospect of two or wei thre more shortly hallelujah w THIC tha FOLLOWING is so pathetic that we cannot agri forbear placing it where those to whom 5 ft h addressed may see it and be d deb moved we suggest however tw the brat be turned over botke to the tender mercies of the bomena Women ll 0 club tian home P S the child that cries gaulke milk in utah this salvation ti 01 child is yours you love it or a W you were saved through its P lutei M mentality and now it cries for iao ance help it all you can cah and aa aa yu your gifts of gold frankin centi myrrh to WILL J DO salt lake city v P 0 box 11 f now for an estimate of the 8 tion army it is the k THE VERY FROTH of every other religion of its kiich is the top round of emotion alIK when minstrelsy with all its apts can be beatified beautified beati fied into worship what is there that capa be into religion lie lic morals not positively disco discount uit ance it the effort of all ism is to make people swallow rell at all hazards allowing them to diat up and season it to suit them self but in all other religions there aiji b i limit of propriety and decency ul W men must come within this M liaa drawn salvation line before can be given him there was bat batu step more viz to dress every kick dill fleander flo flou ader ander in hallelujah colors and cuttit religion this step ape salv Salvat ioni have taken catholicism hasain affinity for the superstitious calv for the prim and austere and ancL rif MeW M ism for the tearful but the ar armyle especially adapted for marob to vagabonds of every description far as they make the class attract them better they are to be reco recola as the agencies of the albig classifying the children of men for future state but let it be indent that while all these man made cater to the passions aind temotio mankind the true gospel fillba will bif affinity oaly for men oi pers ona pi ty sterling integrity 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