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PUBZiIimn> BX TBI OOlOaSSIONBB HBADQtrABVBBB BAZiVATIOM TBMPMI, jrs PREFACE. The reason we scvajL forth this little volume of Salvcution Kews is that our friends-- foes, if we have any— may get a glimpse of what the Lord is doing in our Dominion through the Salvation Army. We have no great ambition to pro- duce a literary work, and if we had per- haps we might fail* But we are desir- ous to show forth to the world what the Lord is doing in our midst, that others m^y he helped io go and do something for God, that our own people may do more than ever, and that those who can- not work as we do may he led to supply us with the necess€ury means to carry on this mighty movement for saving men- It is sent forth, followed hy mighty prayer that it rnay he used to the puuhing forviard of His work. THOS.R COOMB,% Salvation lemple, Toronto. n^ a - ) ^^^ PREFACt i: ■/.'.■ ///' / 'If:/' 1 •■■- ,.i'" '/'.:t.Vo;\*f/-.^ '* ■; ■ i'^'^U^ m-Orr:/': „.' .,«. * m^mf ^fm /^■^^ A*'^-:* *i>^ . y" ■ ■ ■I ^*> s^$T-fe < o !z; tz; I— I PQ w 'isS" >i,- "THF OUTBJ^EAK OF TjHE W/VR/ CHAPTER I. HAT a crowd ! The Baloons are emptying out their mass of reeking drunkards — nay they rusk out as best they can. The saloon-keepers do not like it, still it makes no difference, out they come; they must see the Army; its all the religion they get, as they never go to church ; here is a church come out to them. Of course look and listen they must, besides have they not heard of Tom, Bill, Harry, etc., etc., old chumc who have got converted, and to hear them speak, why they would even come to the bar- racks, so here's a chance, and even if disappointed in hearing them, somebody is sure to speak whom they know something of, and so out they come, leaving their glasses behind them. How they listen ! " Never heard the like before," says one. " That's true," says another, as some converted drunkard steps out and THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAB. tells what a bad boy he used to be, and they all nod assent as a fine fellow steps out, and at the commence- ment of his speech says, " You all know me and what I used to be." Outside that ring, on that wet night, stands a poor besotted drunkard, scarcely had he been sober for seventeen years — once a respectable tradesman, Sunday school teacher, a total abstainer, in fact an upright man. One day he fell, friends tempted him, hell's fiend was at hand and he yielded. Oh, terrible step ! No miore family prayer, no more Sunday school teaching. Step by step, down he went, until he became an habitual drunkard. His wife died. No soor.er was she laid aside than house and home was sold, saloon keepers got the money, and he was left a homeless, helpless drunkard, sleeping in out- houses and in fields for three months together. The night he stood outside that ring he had completed seventeen years of this Ufe. The shots fired may have missed many, but they took effect in poor Jim's heart. Only fifteen minutes before, because he had no more money, the bartender had thrust him out of the door of the saloon, although he pleaded to be trusted just one more drink; and here a band of people, some of them his old chums were telling of salvation without money and without price. He listened, he drank in the truth, the testimonies went home, his heart melted, the tears began to flow, he thought of the days gone by, the happy home, the scholars, his poor wife now in the glory land, and as the Captain gave out the invitation to the barracks, Jim said, " I'll go." ** Fall in " was the command. Away they go singing, " We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy," with the chorus, "Oh I say, will you go to the Eden f THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR. n above?" Oh! how happy they were, it only made Jim feel his own misery the more. Wnat mattered it to them about the rain and the mud ? Saved they were and to save others was their mission. What matter about rain and mud to poor Jim? God's arrows were in his soul. What must he do? How to be saved was the ques- tion uppermost in his heart ; and these were the boys he felt who could answer it if anybody could. Soon the barracks is reached, the soldiers pass in, two sergeants remain outside to help in any timid ones. They spy poor Jim and give him as comfortable a seat as possible. What a sight ! Bags and tatters ? Yes, in abundance, his face almost purple, his nose perfectly red, trembling in every limb of his body which fairly stank as most well primed drunkards do. But Salva- tionists are used to it ; they know full well that some of God Almighty's most precious jewels are all hid away in sin's filth. They do not mind the stench, they do not mind stooping down, their eyes pierce through it all to the man inside. He was once pure, there was not always this stench. He used to move in the best of society, sin had brought him to this. He used not to swear, nay he used to pray. He did not always visit vile houses and mix with the filthy and loathsome inmates, he used to attend the house of prayer. He is covered now with the slime of sin. Now let us get at his soul. Let him fairly think about eternity ,''of his wife in the glory land. Get him to look at his sins so that he can somewhat realize his position. Never mind the filthy body, it's his soul we are after. Eectify that and then his body will come all right. That night every testimony seemed aimed at him. The Captain's eye rested upon him as he HB THE OUTBREAK OP THE WAB. Bpoke. The Spirit went on with His work and the big tears began rolling down his face like rain. He tried to get out but 'twas no use. The arrows went in deeper still until soon he was groaning at the penitent form crying for luercy and asking for help to conquer the whiskey and sin in every shape and form, that seemed almost to bear him to the mouth of hell. For thirty minutes he, groaned and then as though an electric light were at the back of his eyes, his very countenance shone and he was rejoicing m the knowledge of sins forgiven. ■-'■::'-h This is one case out of thousands, and yet people who never think of saving souls say, *' Stop in your barracks." Aye, and sad to say, some who take upon them the name of the Lord Jesus do the very same thing and try to discourage us in this special work. Thank God, we are not easily discouraged. This kind of work, if you allow me the expression, is bred in us. Whose heart has not been moved as they have read, how, all alone in Whitechapel Load, in the very centre of a batch of saloons which for vileness of their frequenters could not be surpassed, as well as those who ran the business, how the General twenty-one years ago with one aim and object, deter- mined Domehow or other to make men listen to Salva- tion themes and think about, their eternal welfare whether they "would or not. ^ He might, of course, have adopted some other kind of measure. He might have distributed some leaflets telling the pecijle of meetings to be held, but of what use would that have been? Beyond a doubt, not one in twenty of the first audience, and of many thousands of such audiences since, could have read such a bill if put in their hands. THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAB. m and even if they could, had not this scheme been tried again and again with little or no effect ? He saw this, and with a purpose firm, with his soul filled with love to God and man, he stood there (see Frontis- piece) to be scoffed at, jeered and spit upon by the godless crowds; and yet on this very spot in this fashion he stood proclaiming salvation to the dying, doomed, half-damned mass around him. As he himself says, speaking of this work.* ** Here was an open door for which I had longed for years. ... I feared my ability to deal with this class of people However, as was my usage, no squeamish difficulties were allowed to interfere with duty On the Mile End Waste the first open-air meeting was held, from whence we processioned to our tent. From the first, the meetings were fairly good. We had souls at almost every service and before the fortnight had passed, I felt quite at home, and more than this, I felt my heart being strongly and strangely drawn out on behalf of the million people living within a mile from the tent, ninety out of every hundred of whom they told me never heard the sound of a preacher's voice. Here is a sphere, was whispered in my inward ear by an inward voice, why go further a-field for audiences? And so the ordinary church congrega- tions lost their charm for me in comparison with the vulgar east-enders, and I was continually haunted with a desire to offer myself to Jesus Christ as an apostle for the heathen of East London. The idea, or heavenly vision, or whatever you may call it, overcame me, I yielded to it, and what has happened since? I think not only a justification but an evidence that my offer was accepted. The difficulties ^^Mi»^M^W— I ^MMIBM. ■■! .. I ... II. I I ll■■,■^, I ■— .i^,^.. I ^M^— I— ■— I— — — —^ * See Twenty-one Years Salvation Army* 8 THE OUTBREAK OP THE WAR. that beset me at the outset were many. * To begin with, on the third or fourth Sunday morning we found the tent (or barracks), lying on the ground rent in pieces. It had been a stormy night, and among other things that the rough wind had finished was our Tabernacle, and what made things worse was, it was too rotten to be mended or even put together again. That Sunday we had to fall back upon our Cathedral, viz., the open-air." Surely it is not difficult for you to trace in this com- mencement the hand of God. Who but a God- inspired man, filled with the same spirit as his Master would ever thing of commencing salvation work in this fashion ? and who but a man continually in- spired and led on by that spirit, would in spite of every opposing force have so tenaciously held on during these twenty-one years, until thousands, nay, tens of thousands imbued with the same spirit have gone forth on the same lines until now the Army, by the power of God, has well nigh circled the earth ? It would take the pen of an angel to describe what the suffering has been through it all, and that angel while writing might even dip his pen in the blood that has been spilt by our faithful band while they have been going forth on this God-directed mission. As for myself, I am at a loss to describe it. Yet they boldly go forth bravmg every difficulty, com- batting every insult and with love speaking to those who do their utmost to annoy. Many a time when some of these salvation apostles have been interrupted, spit upon and beaten, the persecutors hav*) been mot with a loving ** God bless you, we shall pray for you," and often have those words pierced the soul of the persecutor who has ever after been a warm friend I THE OUTBBBAK OF THE WAR. 9 and eventually becoming converted, has been one of the best and happiest soldiers, and m turn has stood his share of the persecution that comes to the lot of *all true Salvationists. You may ask, " How can they stand to be ill used and persecuted in this way ?" Every true soldier counts the cost before he starts for the battle. He knows full well what he may expect, he is quite confident if he lifts up a bold standard against sin, the devil will attack him, but with confidence in his God, on he goes, tramp, tramp through the streets, lanes, alleys and slums crying out the glad tidings of salvation night after night, braving the storms of abuse and criticism which is heaped upon him on every hand in order that he may help save those who are in the same terrible condition he was in not long ago. He has been rescued. He knows the value of it, and constrained by the love of his Lord, away he goes seeking others and does he find them ? Yes, yes, by the score, they hear his message, they know the change made in him, they believe what he says, inquire for themselves and very soon after the inquiry, find their way into the fold and are accepted of our Beloved. '^ - ;/^ " ' "''• -^w How can we help but rejoice for what God has accomplished? Has He not kept the General on these lines and led him out to do more desperate things still for His glory? And is He not conti- nually showing us that He approves of our work by saving hundreds of men and women of the very vilest class, and are they not with us to this day fighting in our ranks and helping us save others ? Yes, t^iank God, by hundreds ! And still after it all, there are those who would stop us in om- work, who woulu have ■■■; ?.?s. 10 THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAB. US curtailed, or as they say, be a little moderate, do things decently and in order, which often means fire your shots and hit nobody. \- - ^& There are some sportsmen who can afford to use* powder and shot and see nothing in return for it; but here is a poor man, his wife and children are hungry, he is hungry himself, his first busi- ness is to find out where the game is, and then, with all care, he takes his aim, brings down the game, and takes it home to satisfy hunger. "What- ever may be your position who find fault ; one thipg is sure concerning the Salvation Army, we are filled with an intense longing for souls, even as the poor man referred to longed for food, and nothing shoH of pulling them out of the fire will satisfy. First, we must go where the poor dying lost ones are, find them out, visit their haunts, and then with Gospel powder and shot, take our aim, bring them down at tne feet of Jesus, so %hat we can rejoice together over the dead being brought to life and the lost found. There need be no wonder at our street preachipg and parades, when you remember the Salvg,tion Army was born in the open air. Aye, and thousands of our leaders and soldiers first began in the open air to think about their soul's salvation. So you see, when we go, it is like visiting one's birth-place ; and "what man, if he is a good man and has done nothing to disgrace himself, does not like to visit the place of liis birth ? Much mor^ could be written on this theme but we leave the following chapters to tell spjne of the gtory, and describe some of the work accomplished on ti^ese line^. ' . i ^-^K- ■■'T.pr^ >.-■-■ ;.■»■ • CUr^ ADVANCE INTHEDCMINION,1886 CHAPTER n. Looking nnto Jeans, never need we vieldi Clad in God's own armour— Fait n our batU* shield ; Standard of Balvation is onr flag nnfurled* By its elevation we must win the world. ^RAND as was our advance of eigh- teen -eighty -five, our onward march for eighteen -eighty -six has been still more' glorious. — Truly God has been with us, the cloud of His presence has gone before, and the hand of His power has been over- shadowing us. As we look back upon these last twelve months that have rushed passed, every hour, it is true, fraught with care, anxieties and dangers, but each day big with results and filled with the love-tokens of our Leader's care; our hearts have b^en overwhelmed with the sense of the Omnipotence of our Jehovah ; and lost in amazement we can only say, " What hath God wrought." ^ It is a matter of impossibility to crowd into a single chapteTi or indeed into a TolumOi such as the presenti 12 OUR ADVANC3B. anything like a graphic account of all the advances made, the victories won and the territory occupied dur- ing the past year ; and even if we had the space at our disposal, the pressure of events that daily crowd the war, render it impossible for us to spare the requisite time for such a recital. But we would claim the indul- gence of our readers whilst we lay before them a resume of the advances made month by month, although such narration must needs be cramped and crude enough for the mighty events of which it treats. Our fiscal year begins with the damps and chills of October, but it breaks in upon us with our watchword ** Advance ! " It was not many hours old before the troops of the Ottawa division were making a raid on KicHMOND, Quebec. It was a real October day, and though the rain poured down in torrents and the mud was ankle- deep, it did not deter our troops from the open-air, and bad weather as well as curiosity helped to drive the crowds inside the place of meeting. ** Oh ! I'm so glad it rained," said a sister, the rain had forced her into the hall, and the Spirit had drawn her to the Saviour's feet, and showers of Divine compa- ssion and saving grace had broken up the fallow- ground of her heart. Several others found Jesus a sheltering rock that rainy Sunday, and so the fire was started. It was a hard struggle though for a time, the prejudice, bigotry and cruel violence of the French community caused many aching hearts and often sore bodies to our officers ; but in spite of all God blessed, and the work was established and continues to pro- gress. A few* days later, in the Hamilton division, an advance was made on Dunville, and here a mighty barrier of prejudice had to be scaled, and our lassea ABBESTED THE FIBST SUNDAY. 18 who bore the brunt of the coldness and suspicion and distrust, crippled as they were with heavy expenses and exorbitant rents, passed many dark days of privation and gloom. But the **life that tells" quietly but irresistably worked upon the hearts of the people, and to-day a fairly good corps is fighting and win- ning souls for God. Dabtmouth, N.S. and Stanstead, Quebec, were the next places captured, and on the same day began the ever memorable battle of Bbockvillb. This was a life or death-struggle, the authorities seemed deter- mined not to tolerate the open-air work, although the people were fairly well disposed to the Army. Captain and Cadet were arrested the first Sunday, and fin6s and imprisonments were resorted to — reinforcements, however, were sent on, and otir people stuck doggedly to their principles, meetings were crowded, and many souls were gloriously saved, and the foundation of a grand work for God was laid down. The judges of the land quashed the convictions of the magis- trates and affirmed our right to procession, and the opposition succumbed to the inevitable, and the work of the Salvation Army in Brockville became an acknowledged and ungainsayable fact. '■ The closing days of the month witnessed attacks upon St. Mary's and Tebswateb, at both of which places we laboured under smgular- difficulties: Other organizations had for a time been in each place, and after a measure of material success having relin- quished the position, had left behind them a strong feeling of distrust and suspicion ; but time, patience, the clean life, and trust in God, carried us through, and flourishing stations are established. During November there was a lull in the advance 14 OUB ADYANOB. to plot> to plan and recoup energies ; but the bom- bardment cannonade was heard all round with the opening of December. The first Sunday of the month witnessed the inroad upon Woodstock, N.B., and Stellaston and Wbstville, Nova Scotia. Woodstock opened in army parlance " with a bang;" 40 conver- sionSi says the let report, and the work has flourished up to present writing, there has always been a health and vim about tLis station that has wrought marvels, many, many deep-dyed sinners have been brought to God and the whole community benefitted, and some of its social sores cleansed and removed. Westville too, proved a mighty victory— a hundred souls pro- fessing Salvation in the first two weeks, and a flourish- ing corps to-day testifies to the reality and substan- tiality of the work done.* Of Stellarton '* the grandest opening I have ever seen," says the first report, ** im- possible to describe the victory ; seventy out for Salva- tion," and the work has prospered ever since. This month too opened Beeton, in the Barrie division, where a good work is being carried on, and so 1886 closed amidst the din of battles and with the pros- pect of greater and increasing achievements. January, eighty-six was crowded with big and momentous events. The event of the month, of course, was the invasion of Newfoundland; but we must first look at a few of the earlier events. On the 17th was commenced the work in Hanover ; this little town, in the Palmerston division, is in the heart of a German settlement, and it is known by the sobqriquet of Little Germany ; although our officers were English speaking, the place opened its arms to them, and very soon Dutch converts were testifying in their own lan- guage to their fellow sinners of the place. From the AMONO THE BONERS. 16 start a heaUhy work was inaugurated and here has been formed our first Oerman corps ; it is altogether a ** blood and fire" concern and is full of the vigor that marks thorough, substantial, lasting, work. On the 24th, the Ottawa, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia divisions made a simultaneous advance at Max- coviLLB, St. George, and Spring Hill Mines respectiv- ely . These openings were all marked by the crowds who professed conversion, and have each developed into important and flourishing stations. The "Mines," however, demands more than a passing notice. This community, in the heart of the coal field of Nova Scotia, is made up almost entirely of miners, a class proverbial for their recklessness and the gross immo- rality and sinfulness of their lives, in fact it has been one of the ** dark spots " of our dominion. Drink, gambling and profligacy were the marked character- istics of the masses of its people. No sooner, how- ever, had the announcement that **the Army was coming" passed around, than the whole place was moved with excitement and curiosity. Contrary to reasonable expectations, we Were received with every demonstration of respect, and vast crowds of atten- tive, orderly people were present at our first meetings. God met with this people at the outset, ^sixty-four souls was the first week's report, and many and mar- vellous were the conversions. Homes have been puri- fied, despairing hearts deep down in sin have been brightened, souls have been saved and sanctified. Nay ! more ; deep down into the bowels of the earth has this Salvation work penetrated, and the coal mines once resounding with blasphemy and obscenity are to-day re-echoing with the praises of God, and in this place with its eurroundingA of danger m^ deatb» shut ipm 16 OUR ADVANCE. out from the light of day, where sin did much abound, hath grace and salvation much more abounded. Ottawa, P.Q., Division too had a second opening in North Coaticoke, where a good work is in progress. The last day of this month was the first of the New- foundland struggle. This proved an epoch in our his- tory. When D. 0. Yong arrived at St. John's with his lasses, he found the halls thai had been promised and rented, closed against him, and shut off from all resources, he took to the open-air. "jesus hated AS MUCH AS EVER, MOBBED xHROUGH THE STREETS, OUR HOUSE BESIEGED, GOD WITH US," reads the fir st telegram received at Headquarters, "God with us!" how true, how prophetic the words. It was a fearful fight, a howling mob, of infuriated semi-civilized, unfortunate women and men broke up the first open-air meeting. Women threatened and slapped on the face our lasses, heaping on them epithets of the foulest calumny. For a time it seemed as though all would stand caln^ly by. and see this devoted little band done to death by the sin-stricken crowd they had come to rescue. What had they come for ? look at the crowd that surround- ed them, "Is there not a cause?" is this 'mass of humanity to go on streaming into endleas perdition without an eye to pity or a hand to save ? God had ordered it otherwise, this little band He had sent, they had come to their own, and their own received them not. But what can they do ? God with us is the suf- ficient armour and the sequel shows the expediency of it. At last the honour, the pity of the Island is touched, the press took up the matter ; no people could stand by and see this devotion and self-sacrfece hounded to deaths and so the reaction set in. No need to rent a PERSECUTED OF HELL. 17 building, soon one was purchased and as soon as the ** blood and fire " flag was planted on its roof, and Calvary's Christ lifted up within, a wave of nalvation swept the place and sinners by hundreds flocked to His feet and found pardon and cleansing in His blood. If these Newfoundlanders are anything they are tho- rough, soon the very worst of the mob were marching in our ranks and lifting up Jesus to their old com- panions, and the devil-inspired persecutors of Christ, became in their turn the persecuted of Hell ! Within two months 200 soldiers were marching in our ranks, and though the fires of persecution have never been slacked, but ever and anon break out in all their fury, though to-day it is no uncommon thing for officers and soldiers, and weak women at that, to be way-laid and kicked and beaten, yet still the work goes on and increases, and we have not all around the world to-day more devoted, patient, enduring, godly soldiers than these hardy Islanders so long left languishing in the sloughs of sin. What good ? did some ask at the beginning, the result here has showr the good, as it ever does, and where the opposition i,3 strongest, fierc- est, and most unrelenting, there is the field of the greatest triumphs, it has been so, it is so, and it will ever be so until the War shall cease. This shall en- courage us : r »■ VS^vri "And whereso'er in earth's wide field, We lift for Him, tbe red-cross shield, : j'T'i ' / This is our song, our joy, onr pride, ■? , Our Champion went before, and died I " , ''X February has a record of victory in common with those other winter months, as the wind and storm out- side seem to brighten the glow and enhance the warmth within the curtained room; so the frosts and snows of 18 OUB ADYANOBt the winter surroundings seemed to add fire and bril- liancy to these new departures. The first Sunday of the month was marked by four advances. The first of these was Kbntville, Nova Scotia, where it appear- ed as though the whole community were set in a blaze. Crowded halls, attentive open-air meetings and throng- ed penitent forms were the order of the day. At first the people seemed a little afraid of our sincerity, or as one man expressed it, ** They did not know whether we were Christians or theatricals, decent people or black- legs," but all this soon disappeared, and as the power of God shone through the testimony and life of our devoted officers, scores fell at the feet of our conquering Christ. Kbntville is a flourishing station to-day, and the soul-saving business still goes on and gathers strength and stability. C ^ABLOTTETOWN, P.E .1., next claims attention, opened the dame day* Owing to the dangerous condition of the ice and floods, it was with difficulty that our offi- cers were able to reach the place on the day fixed for the bombardment It had been arranged for quite a demonstration af this opening by the Divisional Officer, his staff and some visiting officials, but owing to the above causes a Captain and Cadet were only able to make the journey^ These two were the Davids who had to face the Goliah ; but God stood by them, great crowds flocked to the meetings, and God mani- fested Himself in saving power to many souls. The Prince Edward Islanders manifested a very kindly feeling* towards us from the start, and the Army has become a settled fact and an ackiiowledged power for good within their borders, and the work goes on and prospers. The same day also witnessed the opening of oar KOTOBIOUSLT YIOIOUS. 10 work at Renfrew in the Ottawa District, and Feaver- 8HAM in the Barrie Territory. On the 20th, the attack was made on Summerside, P.E.I. ; here again the season prevented an attack in force, but God was there. The people had been anxiously looking for the advent of the Salvation Army with whom report had made them familiar, but were for a time inclined to keep aloof from us. Of course, curio- sity brought out great crowds to the opening meetings, and the Spirit of God took hold of "them, and thirty- five cases of Salvation in the first two . or three days was the first fruits of the mighty work to be done. The entire separation from the things of the world was for a time a great barrier, people seemed imbued with old time prejudices and did not see why religion denied the indulgence in what to them had been looked upon hitherto as harmless gratifications. Tobacco and the like, for a time, were the hardest enemies to fight, but bye and bye these sturdy Summersiders began to understand the clean life and clean habits, which are the outcome of a clean heart, and to-day these people who were not a people, have becdme the people of God. March, with its floods and mud and strong winds, is a month ill-adapted for opening up work ; but two places fell before the advancing host. Shediac, New- Brunswick, and Samboro, Nova Scotia, were opened under most promising circumstances, and a general awakening followed, bringing Salvation to many souls. April was a busy month ; Marshall Booth was in the Dominion, and many large gatherings occupied the time and required the attention of the directing officers ; but the advance tarried not, the ohariot stLl kept moving with ever increasing speed. .., 20 OUR ADVANOH. The 3rd opened Conestoga in the Woodstock dis- trict, not a very large place but what will eventually form the nucleus of a large village work. Opposition . here was bitter and persevering, the greater part of the people are employed in the brick fields and are at a low ebb of morality and notoriously vicious livers. ; Violent and protracted as the opposition proves itself to be the victory is in the future and many souls have already been gathered in. The same day we marched into Wingham in the ^ Palmerston Division, and here too we had to live down the unsavory reputation that another organiza- • tion which had held the field had leit behind ; but i prejudice soon melted down, and the original Salva- ; tion Army is now a permanent and welcome instru: J ment for good in the community. Paiseley too in )■ the same district was attacked and has been a lively working little si avion since its inception, and many souls have been born of God. D. 0. Yong, of Nova Scotia, at this time made an •advance on Annapolis, an important town and the •>■ oldest settlement in that province. Great curiosity was e^'inced here in regard to ourselves and our move- ments ; oar officers on arrival were met by great crowds of people who followed them about the streets and seemed to regard them almost as other than \ human. All this, of course, tended to the success of their mission, and great crowds packed the place of meeting. Of course, there was a standing off on the y part of professors and rough opposition eminating from the votaries of sin ; but God fought with us, the first week witnessed twenty conversions, and the work was established on a solid basis and has gone on and is still progressing to a mighty triumph. kn/K-' OOAST OF LABBADOBE 21 This month another advance was made in New- foundland ; contingents from St. John were sent to occupy two other towns, Brigus and Carbonear, and at both places the success was signal and encouraging. At Brigus the first Sunday, there were 222 people out for the 7 o'clock morning kr^ee drill and crowded meetings all day with more than twenty seekers for Salvation, and the first week's report shows fifty-six converts. The opening of Carbonear was equRiHy a success. Seven o'clock Sunday morning 500 people out to pray, and in that first semi-private meeting seven souls were saved. The crowds brought together were very great, and the first four days found fory-three notorious sinners yielding themselves to the claims of the Saviour's dying love. The work at these two stations has been most satisfactory, and through the summer fishing season our* soldiers carried the mes- sage of peace through Jesus' blood to the stormy coe^^sts of Labrador, and many souls were saved through their testimony. About the same time the London Divisional troops marched on Parkhill, a place v/hich had long pre- sented an opposing front, we had been unabled to Obtain any barrack accommodation ; but at last the way was opened for our renting a building and the work went on, and in a few months we^'ere able to secure a lot on which to build. God also spoke through our comrades and many souls were saved. Petitcodiao, New-Brunswick, was also claimed for the King and a good work instituted, which has continued to progress. , ' . . The month of May opened with great advances in the London division ; Kingsville, Leaminqion and OTJB ADVANCE. AiLSA Craig were simultaneously opened ; also South- ampton, on the shores of Lake Euron, and Odessa, near to the junction of the 8t. Lawrence with Ontario. All these stations have heen blessed in a wonderful manner and the work has grown and is gaining day by day. The inauguration of the Temple started a sixth corps in Toronto City, and great and marvellous have been the manifestations of God's power to save there. The 30th May finds Nova Seotian troops agam on the advance, this time upon Windsor. This is a very proper and respectable town, and a good many thought that there was but little scope for the Army's opera- tions. Tho result has shown it entirely different; indeed, from the day of opening to the present writing a blessed work has been done, drunkards have been reclaimed, the worst of sinners brought to God, and the coldest of professors warned to a sense of duty and fired with the Spirit of determination to do it as unto God. A writer, not of the Army, speaking of the Windsor affair, has recently said, " What are the soldiers composed of? Here is a drunkard freed from his bondage as one risen irom the dead, his wife and son, some young men who walk to the meeting three or four miles after a hard day's toil in the sun, a sailor or two men of various positions, and the edu- cator and respectable have also come, to use their own expression, * hungering for Jesus,' and side by side they sit on the platform with reformed drunkards and sinners of all complexions." This, be it borne in mind, is a place where the Army was supposedly not wanted, what must then have been its results in the hundreds of places where confessedly there was a direful need of its ministrations. FIFTY SOULS. 28 CJTH- SSA, with n a is od's The summer months in our Dominion are not, to say the least of it, the best adapted part of the year for our operations. The heat and light of the eve- nings are not calculated to help the gathering of large crowds into public buildings. Then again, the shortness of our summers renders it imperative for both soldiers and people to be more than occupied 'in the work of harvesting the crops and the other labours of this season, and of course this is doubly applicable to the country townships. But in spite of all, the advance goes on. June was a busy month — the first Sunday opens with the bombardment of Almonte and Oableton Plage in the Montreal, and Dobghesteb in the New Brunswick divisions. The following "week London advances on Amhebstbuboh, and Febgus. The last place had become a prey to our greatest obstacle, unfaithful work on the part of some who had adopted our measures, but being lovers of themselves rather thf»n souls, had fallen into disrepute and suspicion. Still the weapons of our warfare must prevail and God is being glorified in this place. The two last weeks of the month were marked by an advance of the Kingston lines. Newbubgh, a thriving town in Lennox county and Yabkeb, a village in its vicinity were simultaneously attacked as station and outpost and a good work established. The following Sunday WELLmoTON wds invaded, and though only a small community a work is being done and a corps built up. July was marked by some important advances in the Eastern divisions Pembboke (Ottawa), was invaded on the 4th and although a good deal of prejudice was evident a work was started and has continued to progress. Pabsbobo, Nova Scotiai was the next attack, and OUR ADVANCE. here the people received us with open arms. Our first meetings were times of signal success, the order was perfect and deep conviction settled on the people. No less than fifty souls found the Saviour in the first week and twenty more in the second, and so from week to week the work has gone on and God has wonder- fully manifested Himself in saving power. ^ A week afterwards two New Brunswick towns were awakened by the beating of the hallelujah drum. Bathurst was, by report, a highly religious moral, town, but it soon became apparent why God had sent us there. The doors of the hall were not opened many minutes for the first meeting before every corner was packed with every class and grade of the people. In- terest was aroused and conviction deep, but at first there was a great reluctance to yield to the strivings of the Spirit. At the second meeting however, souls were found weeping their way into forgiveness, and the christian people began to step into their proper posi- tion and take part in the work. Since then a steady work has been going on and good results are following. Our artillery was next brought to bear upon Camp- BELTO^VN, and here for a time the energy proved very stil- born, though undemonstrative, but the break came, and a genuine steady work of depth and power continues to go on. For a comparatively new station, this place holds a good position and gives promise of yet being a power and a light to the division. August was a month of comparative quietude as regards the advance upon new territory; but two important places in New Brunswick were attacked. On the 1st our lasses marched unto Nswcastlb. and "the devil's kingdom is being ruined here," reads their first despatch. In the first meeting, many SMASHED WINDOWS, BRUISED BODIES. 25 Our )rder opie. first sveek der- Christians pnblicly thanked God for answering prayer in sending the Army to the place. Soul-saving began at the start, many were saved during the first week, and in the second Sunday night's meeting about twenty souls came " with a rush " and sought pardon of their sins. The work has steadily prospered, and Newcastle will stand high amidst our trophies. ' The following week brings Chatham, N.B., under fire, and although coldness and indifference, our worst enemies, were prevalent enough, good crowds attended the meetings, and twenty soiils were saved in the first two weeks. Of course, Chatham is one of those good enough places where the followers of the lowly Jesus, and those who dare to be downright and peculiar in their endea/ours to win souls meet with a good many frowns and get a good many hard names; but our lasses are leaving the brunt of this, strong in the con- sciousness of God's smile and rewarded with the vision of souls seeking Salvation. Chatham is ours for God notwithstanding. Our year closes with a month of triumphs all round and crowded with events of importance. The General was amongst us, but all the work of preparing for his welcome did not interfere with the prosecution of the "Advance." Sunday, September 9fch, finds the Guelpli braves opening fire on Bkrlin. It had been a hard dogged fight to get in here at all, and if warnings and threats could have retarded us, we would not have been there to-day. In some respects this was the hardest and most obstinate nut of the year but it is cracked. The first Sunday was marked with rowdy- ism which has been rarely equalled in the Dominion. The devil will lose something here or he would never have made such a struggle ,* smashed windows and II 26 OUB ADYANOB. bruised bodies were the principal resuls of the first few days' fight. The authorities did Bot seem at all disposed to move in the matter, and with hardly an exception, the whole community seemed inclined to insist upon our retiring ; but, still we hung on to God and our position. One newspaper had the courage to demand justice for us, but the paper was bycotted and the editor mobbed ; yet, in spite of all, God worked, and the last reports from the town journals say that our enemies have had to give in ; order reigns m our meetings and many souls are being saved. Windsor, Ontario, is our next move, where we had been trying to effect a breach for some time without effect ; the people too had been deluded by a shadow; therefore, the substance was gladly welcomed, and the Salvation Army, one and indivisible, has a fine foot- ing there, and souls are being brought to God as a consequence. DuNBRo and Huntsvillb, Ontario, were opened in the second week of this month with success, and are sweeping on to victory ; and as our year closes on the eve of our fourth anniversary, Liverpool and Yar- mouth, in Nova Scotia, were attacked under the most promising circumstances, and already crowds are seeking and finding the Saviour. These two last. departure£ are a fitting close to a year of wonder- ful advances, and to those who still ask the question, " Does it stand ?" As regards our work, we can only, at the close of this third chronicle of our " Advance," point to the long string of Salvationists in our Domi- nion as with the mind's eye we see them from east and west and north and south march past in one grand rejoicing jubilant procession. > i An advance upon, anil a victory in sixty stations FBOM ONB TO TWO HUNDRED. 27 during the past year is the best answer to critics, and as with satisfaction we can look back upon the ad- vance of the year it is a matter for still greater thankful- ness that we can run our eyes along the forts from No. 1 in Toronto city to No. 206 away at Liverpool ; Nova Scotia with their 69 outposts, nestling at the side of their mother corps, and find not only that all are standing in their places, >^ut are doing their work, blessing the communities amongst . which God has built them up, and week by week winning souls for His glory. God has indeed blest us, and remember- ing this one toil and sacrifice, the misjudgement and misunderstanding of men around, the persecution and slander hatched in hell and sown broadcast from the hand of the Arch-fiend himself, all sink to nothing- ness, before the quietude and peace of our own consci- ence and the sunshine of the smile of our leader and God, Jehovah. Thus far He has brought us and the future is in the same loving omnipotent hand. -o-.-o-i-o- n Then soldiers hold your own — the land before yon, •Tis open — win your way— nor think of rest. So sounds our War-note ; and our path to glory, By •' Go :-spee4s 1" Ci-om each Child of Light is blest I '•' ' /■ •. <' •- 1 THE SUFFEI^ERS. CHAPTEE m. "Be thou faithful unto cJeath, and I will give to thee a crown of life." .' 'n-tJilA- ■r i t, Unfurl Salvation's standard, and follow through the strife, Our noble Army thus shall win the martyr's crown of life; Our ancestors dared die for truth, and braved the fire's glow, How can we let the Standard fall, and yield it to the foe. ' ^j-v*-;? ■ ^^-im.X'^"- ■■>,■• ,-i.ijf.::.M' ^EEAT as the past year has found our work advancing in public es- timation, and whilst God has given to us of the staunchest friends, and helped us to win our way to public esteem and confidence, although day by day the Canadian people were becoming more convinced, not only of our sincer- THB BUFFEBERS. ity and the purity of our motives, but also of the real- ity and necessity of our existent .^ as a power for good in the lard. Yet from the increase of our territory, the new faces we have come in contact with and the ground approached where we were not known, and above all, the desperate efforts of that Power of Evil which is our only enemy; the last year has been equally marked for the vigor of the opposition as for the brilliancy of the advance. Every engine that a crafty and wily foe could bring against us has been brought to the front, every design to impede that could be concocted in hell, and which the devil could persuade his dupes to put into execu- tion, has been relentlessly thrown in our path to deter us from duty, or persuade us to give up the struggle. But we thank God that another year's refining fires having passed through our ranks, find our people purified in life and desire and more than ever deter- mined to force the fighting to the glorious end. Our New Year was only eleven dajrs old when Capt. Wiggins and Cadet Bell were jailed at Brockville for singinr* upon the streets. As their voices rang out in tliG quiet Sabbath air warning the indifferent that crowded the streets of the town, to prepare for the eternal Sabbath and the streets of the Golden City, they were seized with the most unnecessary violence, and jostled and hurried to the common jail ; and the next day being brought before the magistrates, they were sentenced to 10 days imprisonment for the crime of warming the people of the ultra-cultured town of Brock- ville to escape that Hell which is the irrevocable doom of all siimers and those that forget God. The sen- tence* was completed, and as a matter of course, the offence committed upon the earliest possible opportu- 80 JAILED AT BROCKVILLB. an nity, and another arrest was resorted to]; but appeal to the judges ended the persecution, and our officers were conscious of having glorified God by an imprisonment which the highest courts pronounced illegal and unjust. Major Glover (then Staff Capt.) and Staff Capt. Griffiths (the Welsh Minstrel) were arrested at Walker- ton for holding an open-air meeting, but were released on promising to answer a charge which was never pre- ferred against them. Just about this time Lieut. Hodges was sent to jail at Chesley for ten days for hold- ing an open-air meeting, which sentence was gladly endured for the sake of God and precious souls. It was not only by violence and imprisonment to the bodies of our officers that the enemy sought to hinder our work, but attacks upon property were, from time to time, resorted to. A~ neat little barracks which had been built for us at Glencoe was on the day of the last arrest fired by incendiaries, and totally destroyed. This did not interfere with the work there, for nine or ten months the little band of heroes stuck to their post, and God has at length open a means by which a new barracks can be erected. On the first of January Capt. Collier, at Woodstock, Ontario, was the victim of a cowardljr attack of a ruffian, as she stood in the open-air, viz. — A sharp- pointed stick was thrown, which striking her in the face, almot cut the eye from its socket, and she narrowly escaped with her sight. It pleased God, however, to answer prayer, and she recovered. The poor deluded victim of evil escaped detection, and God so blessed the outrage to His own purposes, that a feeling of indignation swept over the place, always well disposed to uf<, and the circumstance made for us many friends and helpers. JAILORS AND PRISONERS. 31 an On the 27th of this same month Cadet Beaver, a young lad, was set upon by a crowd oi ruugus on ilio pubUc street of Prescott, and terribly beaten. There seems to have been no possible cause for this treat- ment, and it seemed that the devil having primed his tools with liquor, let them loose upon the lad, for no other reason than that he was a child of God. About this time certain pubUc functionaries in the verv select and important corporation ot\NEWc a.stle tliou;^ii ^ it in consonance with their public duty and advantage- ous to our common Christiany, to arrest Capt. Outram and several soldiers for shouting Hallelujah upon the streets. The magistrate, however, after ransack- ing all his authorities found, to his expressed disap- pointment, that he could not legally punish, and so had to discharge them. The consequence was that there were greater victories and louder shouts of praise than ever. March was a month of storms, Capt. Todd a devoted lass in charge of the corps at Paris, was warned several times to discontinue beating drums upon the streets. However, she chose rather to obey God than man, and seeing that military parades, travelling shows, medicine vendors and a host of others were permitted to do so without interference, she stuck to her post and her duty. Consequently she was com- mitted to the County Jail for ten days. Here the enemy defeated his own ends as is his usual fate. l!he whole district was aroused with indignation, and not only in Paris but in the city of Brantford where the jail is situated there were wonderful demonstrations on her release, and many souls were saved. Inside the prison walls this devoted lass carried the " good tidings," and her ten days' sojourn was blessed ahke to jailers and prisoners, and souls found the light and 82 THE SUFFERERS. r. blcssin.o; of Balvation whilst she was nino^iiTist them. Brampton, the county town of Peel was the next place in which the fire broke out. Capt. Galletly who was treated with great harshness by the authorities from his first appearance amongst them, was at length arrested and sent to jail for ten days with hard labour for marching in the streets. This sentence was carried out of health, was not only debarred from the visits of his young wife who too was in a delicate state, but the extra nourishment which the jail surgeon not only ordered but desired to furnish from his own table, was kept back by the express order of the Sheriff. This terror to evil doers and supposed praise to those that do well, also illegaly detained the Captain some six- teen hours over the usual time of discharge in order to prevent his comrades from receiving him with a wel- come on his release. This, however, was futil and a few minutes after twelve on the Sabbath morning the doora were opened and the Captain found his comrades waiting to receive him with every usual demonstration. Adjutant VanAllen was about this time the subject of a brutal attack at Hamilton, being there to conduct spe- cial meetings with his divisional ofiicer, he was struck senseless outside the door of the barracks by a blow on the head. His assailant was heavily fined by the magistrate, but this did not deter him from following the Adjutant on to the cars next day, and being guilty of the most offensivt. and brutish conduct. The authorities of Peterboro were the next to enter into the now popular diversion of persecutinp; Salva- ■ .-fa-i,.. .■ BBIZBD BT THB THBOAT. tionists, in fact there was an epidemic of this kind of thing for a season, which we can only liken to the " Methody-baiting " in which our ancestors indulged in days of yore. But what makes it very peculiar is that we find in some places, Brampton in particular, that Methodists, so caHed, were in the front ranks of the persecutors. Capt. Bertha Smith, Lieut. Leadly and eight soldiers were fined at Peterboro for singing on the streets, and branded as " vagrants," the fines were not paid but the "baiters" suddenly stopped their amusement and did not proceed to imprison- ment. Capt. Galletly, at Brampton, again finds^ himseK in ihe grasp of the constable, if not the law. As he was praying on his knees on the street in broad day- light on the evening of a summer Sabbath, the chief guardian of the peace, and protector of the peaceful citizens, seizes him by the throat, drags him from his knees across the road, and flinging him violently to the ground, proceeds to kick him as he lays there in intense pain and distress. This was done before a crowd of townspeople and in the presence of hia own soldiers, who, whilst loving and respecting their leader, and perfectly within their rights as citizeng, thank God, possessed sufficient of the Spirit of Chriet to bear the outrage meekly and to pray for the brute, although a member of a Christian church, who was guilty of this dastardly conduct. The Captain, not by any means a healthy or strong man, suffered very considerably from his encounter with this uniformed ruffian. Bro. Boosher, of the Lakefield corps, was the next to glorify God and witness a good confession in the prison cell. He was brought before the village magis- 84 .THB SXTFFEREItfl. i I f. I ; ' i i I I i ^ trate and sent to Jail for no less a period than two months for the unheard of enormity of beating a tambourine upon the street. Our comrade patiently and manfully fulfilled his term in Peterboro jail, the walls of his cells ringing with his praises to God, and the conversion of some of his fellow prisoners wit- nessing to the presence and blessing of God upon his imprisonment for Christ. The day of his release will long be remembered all through the district, and hun- dreds of people turned out to witness his release, and testify of their indignation at the prostitution of justice and the magisterial office in his punishment. Another brother who was also convicted, appealing against the decision, was completely exonerated by the courts who decla»#d the utterly illeggklity of the de- cision. ''*'-■' ''"^^^ '" •-■ ■---.- -^'-- •■■-^ ■• • The next testimony as to the reality and God-like character of our mission, for all they that live godly must endure persecution, was the firing and destruc- tion of our beautiful barracks on the night of the 10th August. This was something altogether new in Kingston, where we have a firm footing and are always well treated ; but there is very little doubt that our building was willfully fired, whether by citi- zens or strangers, we cannot tell. However, the people came nobly to our assistance, and a larger, better and more substantial building is rapidly going up. This made the third building that incendiary fires had destroyed, the building at Owen Sound having a] so, for the second time, been destroyed during the vear ; and here a splendid new barracks has been put ap and was given to God for the Salvation of souls during the recent visit of the General to that place. '^' Major Glover w^s visiting the corps at Brussells, A LOITERER. 85 and returning here after meeting, was severely beaten by an infuriated mob, who seemed to have been exas- perated to a state of frenzy from no apparent cause. Capt. Florence too was arrested and fined at Can- NiNGTON, and would have gone to jail had not some townspeople insisted on paying the fine. Again the blaze of opposing fire breaks out at Lindsay, and Captain Berther Smith is sent to jail for ten days with hard labour for " loitering on the streets," the real act was praying outside a tavern. Of course, the Captain was ready to go to prison and went, but it seemed as though the very refinement of cruelty and offensiveness had been brought to bear in the sentence, where she was classed with those of her sex who ** loiter " in our streets for loathsome and immoral purposes. A pleasing incident there is, however, in connection with this outrage. No sooner had the news of her being sent to jail reached her old station, Eiverside, Toronto, than several unsaved lads who had attended her meetings there got toge- ther, and raising the funds, sent one of their number to Lindsav jail to pay the fine and set the Captain free. This incident, trifling as it may seem, goes far to show the hold that our Army has taken upon the hearts of the class that might be supposed to be far- thest ay,'ay from us, and it assuredly has beeu demon- strated over and over again in individuals as well as in communities that those who are apparently our most bitter opponents, in their hearts have at least admiration and respect. : ^ :," The year winds up with more trouDle at Montreal. Major Margetts being there for some special meet- ings, it would seem as though the devil had arranged for special effort to |)reyent the work of God. On ^6 THfi 8t7FFBBfiBlL the Saturday evening, whilst our comrades were marching the street, a carter attempts to drive over the ranks and endanger the lives of some of the lasses. The seargeants seeing his intention, try to lead the horse away from the ranks to the side of the street, where it should be, and where there was ample room. The driver resents this, and with volleys of abuse, commences to assault those who were protecting themselves and their comrades from danger. The police patrol appears on the scene, and instead of protecting those who were availing themselves of their rights, sides with the aggressor and hauls several Salvationists to jail. Here the matter did not end, on the following morn- ing the Major, with the Captain and soldiers, proceed to hold an open-air meeting on one of the quays out- side a notorious rendez-vous of the vicious and depraved. A song is sung and all are on their knees pleading with God for the Salvation of the godless crowa around. The police suddenly appear, and rush- ing through the kneeling soldiers approach the Cap- tain who is in prayer, and as he kneels with clasped hands pleading with God, they fasten manacles about his wrists, and dragging him from his knees, hurry him away all unresisting to the prison. The Major and soldiers stick to their post and pro- ceed with the meeting ; in a few moments ihe police again appear and seizes the Major, hurrying him along with all possible indignity and violence, to prison, amidst the cries of shame ! from some of the most depraved of the citjr standing around, whilst the sailors of the ships laymg in the river are loud in their condemnation of the transaction. Onr comrades were kept for six hours in the cells, Bs were ive over e lasses, lead the B street, ie room, f abuse, otecting r. The jtead of of their several g morn- proceed lys out- lUB and ir knees godless id rush- he Cap- clasped )S about , hurry nd pro- B police ig him mce, to i of the lilst the loud in le cells, « i/'i. O PS w ]] vd ;■• .•>! in .1 -■*..' t :« ;f , * • > (- w »■ 8 vi- h li- U> ;iid of '■ • •i -u'- .^^. pit \ . •- .i.> !;/'*■» the i.nT'f if Hrt K *■ ,-''••?; r.^^aring. -i, n^ > (I :U? 1 !^y iht- Fha- tb; ^I-if-. v.'ioftt-; i-LUjai' ' ■ :- V. , I; 1 1'*-'- t ilr.- [Mirifving ,.:■■- ^ J - wm^eH, IsAV*;; t*«- ./jHfJshai'- ,aj iBm ^^^^j)*- "-' >? ^ :^'^." *.k>^ f^ViC^fiSis*-* Mid 10 ■-4 ^^4t*.f^laA»i oi iiiw aii.i order ^>^ ■ri^ it ha-s btotigl:it iipm). ^v-ir oiBcerB s^Avm it is a &mail MmW'tt?* m\d they -^^tMJu with the con8«-k*w»i bleeBing of '|-%)ft^ 'm^ pm-mC'iithns wiil ever cease w^ Ao rr mm^ hoiw, false jurhen they were admitted to bail, and arriving at the hall in time for the night meeting, were welcomed with delight, and a most powerful and profitable meeting is enjoyed, and God crowned the day with Salvation. After several remarks and other routine, in which precious God-devoted time was lost and expense and anxiety laid upon us, our people were acquitted of any offence, and those that had interfered with them declared to be the aggressors, and again were the Sal- vationists vindicated in the legality of their proceed- ings ; and the voice of the law comes to the aid of common sense, and declares that they have been des- pitefuUy and wrongfully used. These circumstances in their recital may seem tri- vial enough, but they are powerful arguments to put the acts of the Salvation Army on a parallel with the Acts of the Apostles. In every case it has been the same, whilst the common people have been hearing, gladly, the authorities, moved, no doubt by the Pha- raseism of the day, and also by those whose illegi- timate interests have been threatened by the purifying and cleansing and christianising of the masses, have raised a tumult, beaten and imprisoned those against whom they have been incited, and at the finish the higher authority has to acquit the accused and to condemn the so-called guardians of law and order for their breach of the public peace. As to the suffering it has brought upon our officers and soldiers, with them it is a small matter, and they have been strengthened with the conscious blessing of those who have suffered persecution for righteousness sake. That these persecutions will ever cease we do not suppose, or even hope, false judgment and harsh THE SUFFERERS. I, * \ t d$ 9P 1 ' ', 7\t the -world has always and i^teatment at the h^nf,^ °4 *i^ Zt God'8 chiWveu. It "vUl ahvays be the graml '"J"'"', from prison unto ::a so wUh the M-«\t\he dilcSe^l^'' « »°* ?^?r :leath, it will he so mth ^^^yo been done m the te'S^; A« ^e i ,^.e„f ,ons oious lessons and Wessmgs they ^j the year tha hopefully forward to *f Pf^!!^ ii„ht afflictions shall is^coming, knowing that *ese "g j^ ^ gerve ^IrHut for ffitn whose w^re»»';^.ht „£ glory. ' Ml the nights acd all the days v;,- With wxs »o^*"e .*u praise, GUding every cross wuB i* r ■- ', ."i" r>%, <» I ■o ?! t J INCIDEJMTS OF THE flGHT. CHAPTER IV. "Fighting, fighting on the narrow way The way may be rough, and the fight- ing foagh, But vie Bhati win the day." a lAID a minister to me one day on the cars : "Your people are always in the fight you know, and that's what makes them hardy, ' ' This was a very true and a very common-sense re- mark, our people are con- tinually in the fight and thank God that makes and keeps them hardy. It is hardly possible to ima- gine a life more crowded with incident, or more varied in its experiences than the life of a Salvationist, and what is the experience of the individual ofi&cer or sol- dier, is intensified in the daily varied scenes and shad- ows of the fighting existance of a division, a country, 40 INCIDENTS OP THE FIGHT. or the army at large. There is a great temptation in starting to write an account of the incidents connected with a fight or a battle ground, to lift the veil a little and show to the world something of that inner life which is the moving power and principle of the Sal- vation War. It would not be an uninstructive picture for the world to look upon, if it could be taken away from itself and put into our inner circle for a time, and could feel a Uttle of the warmth and glow of that electric current which binds and blends our beloved Army, into a great compacted whole. *' There is a charm/' said a medical man one day, " in the society of your officers, that I do not see elsewhere, and I can only attribute it to what I might call a oneness of principle." "What might the principle be, doctor ?" said his patient. " Well, it seems to me," he says, "the principle of being right, of keeping right, of keeping each other right, and of getting every one else right." I don't know if the good doctor had written a book, if he could have more clearly expressed our principle and our aim. Two lives that are lived for a common object must necessarily be drawn together, and it is a one grand, common object that has drawn from all nations and peoples and languages, and colours, individual souls and hearts and lives together, and that object is nothing less noble, nor less grand, than the object of the World's Salvation. It is this object then that moves the whole machinery, it is this object and nothing short of this oliject that prompts the self-sacrifice, the self-devo- tion, and the deeds of desperate heroism, which dav by day go to make up the incidents of the war. For various reasons we shall not attempt to chro- nicle all the deeds of moral heroism and christian SAVED DBUNEABBS. 41 chivalry that have gone to make up our history of the year that is past, the patience, the long suffering toil, the weariness and heartsickness, the tears for souls, the hread of carefulness, the water of affliction, the watchings, the fastings, the wrestlings for souls, are treasured up in the hearts of thousands who in this land have watched and been edified day by day with the spectacle, and if it were not so, are they not written in the chronicles of God? and treasured there they will not be forgotten in the day when the rewards and decorations are distributed to His troops. But great as the temptation may be, we must be content with glancing very briefly at some of the more remarkable incidents that have made the history of the past year's war. The first incident that occurs to our mind was that wonderful gathering of saved drunkards in Toronto City in November, 1885. It was, perhaps, never till then that the Army had been recognized as the mighty instrument it really is for the reclaiming of inebriates. The testimonies that were then given as to the effects of Salvation and the reality of the power of the grace of God not only to keep drunkards sober but to destroy the very appe- tite itself, awakened in a way perhaps never equalled, all thinking men as to the real cure for the nations be- setting sin. And many names of note from that time became enrolled among our staunchest friends. Indeed, we do not know but what that demonstration laid the foundation of that bulkwark of public respect which has grown around us during the past twelve months.^ About this time we were re-inforced by some arri- vals from the old land, notably amongst these being Major Mobly and Staff Capt. Body D. 0. We shall not easily forget that first maron and jubilee with i2 INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT. if the lliverside braves to welcome D. 0. Body to our midst, but what left the gi-eatest charm upon our mem- v)ry was neither the mud nor the enthusiasm but the :;ouls that feel into Jesus's arms. A wonderful Christmas party assembled at the new Toniple building and aroused the city with then* songs uid volleys on Christmas-day, and many souls fell ihat night before the power of God. New Year brought with it a series of victories all vound, the whole Canadian wing of the Army spent I lie last hours of the old year in deep self-examin- ation and contrition of heart, and God gave a mar- vellous first-fruits of souls for the first few weeks of the new year. About this time there were a long series of presentations of colours to many corps all through the divisions, and a very close scrutiny showed that in almost every case, as the corps pledged them- selves to God and the flag, the Divine approval was shown in a very marked manner by a large ingather- ing of souls. The fight through January and February was very lieen and although it seemed that the storms and ele- ments warred against us, these months stand out very clearly as times of peculiar blessings and the mani- festations of God's power to save. Deeds of fortitude and soldierly courage under difficulty were blessedly frequent, and we remember xevy distinctly the case of two lads. Lieut, and Cadet, V, ho in a far off outpost, lived, slept, fought and con- querei in a cold barracks and almost the only warmth they had was the fire of God's love that burned in theii' hearts,* and sent out an overflow glow that enkindled a flame in other hearts around. Another cane presents itself to our notice of a lad cadet just A HALLELUJAH WEDDING. 43 lat away from a home of comfort, who for six weeks, fouglr alone without a friend, sleeping in the barracks without covering, turning from side to side by the stove, to keep life and -svarmth within Away down below zero was the merciny at that time, and another cheering letter from another backwoods station reads, " sleeping in the barracks on the boards, a stove wood stick for a pillow, no food bat bread, wood sawing before fire-lighting, happy as kings sons, and souls coming to Jesus." Instance after instance could be related of precious comrades fighting an uphill fight, but' in all cases "enduring hardness as good sol- diers." A gleam of sunshine breaks in upon the winter, scene just here as we note the marriage of two offi- cers, Capt. Campbell and Lieut. Boyd, at Woodstock. At one of those gatherings were the light and bright- ness and sanctified glee of the Hallelujah family come BO refreshingly to the fore. The world and some Christians are inclined to be a little censorious some times about the little exhuberances of these festive times; but could they know what these gleams of sunshine sometimes mean to many hearts, could they but realize how some of those faces now so gladsome in their aspect, and those eyes so bright with joyous congratulations for their comrades, are often worn with suffering and solitude and the eyes red with weeping over wayward souls. Could they but enter into the experiences -behind the scenes and in the chamber of vigils and watchings for souls and strug- gles with the world and its ties, they would look with a less critical eye upon the outcome of the joy of meeting connrades and friends in the fight. A fight in a snow drift would, perhaps, best describe 1 >J. ■i 44 INOIDBSNTS OP THE FIOHT. the aspect of things just now j staff and visiting offi- cers had a pretty rough time for the few last weeks of the winter, "snowed up" was the general cry all round, days of delay could not be avoided, and it was almost a matter of impossibility to keep engagements. The Commissioner started for a long tour in the Mari- time Provinces, and right at the outset he was impri- soned one hundred and thirty hours in a snowed-up car. This tour was the feature of the spring right tlu'ough New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia into Newfoundland ; it was a progress of rejoicing power and Salvation, The demonstrations at Halifax and St. John's New- foundland were marvellous times, and at the latter place no less than fifty souls were saved on the Sunday of his visit ; but this by no means was an isolated case. In every station through the Maritime ProvinceE souls in large numbers were sanctified and saved. With the Spring, several New Barracks were opened, notably, the splendid building at Hamilton. Perhaps, up to that time, this was the most remarkable gather- ing in Ontario; for four days the city was crowded with officers and troops; a Council of marvellous power and blessmg was held for three days, and the pubUc meetings and all-night of prayer were marked by a depth and earn'^stness seldom excelled. Many soula were saved, and hundreds testified to cleansing and sanctification. About this time, Bowmanville had a happ^ gathering at the marriage of Captains Mutton and Miljkin, who, amidst showers of blessings, were united for the War. On the 18tk May, Commissioner and Mrs. Coombs, with a large contingent of Officers, left for the Inter- DOMINION DAY. 45 national Congress in England. A good deal of sad- ness had been cast over all ranks oy the illness of Mrs. Coombs, and the sympathy expressed on all sides must have carried great consolation to the Commissioner's heart, and their departure caused much pain and anxiety throughout the length and breadth of the Do- minion, sathe very critical state of Mrs. Coombs seemed to render it very doubtful if either or both would re- turn to the troops, who had learned to love them so well. Deep and earnest were the prayers that followed them, and, as message after message was received, bringing news of recovery and returning strength, greater confidence was inspired in doubting hearts as to the answer to their united prayers. During the Commissioner's absence the war was prosecuted with all vigor and success, and God blessed and saved on every hand. A great Camp Meeting at Big Bay Point, although much interfered with by adverse weather, was a marvellous outpouring of the Holy Ghost, and a splendid work was done in the fuller consecration and sanctification of souls. The divisional gatherings at various places of in- terest on the 24th of May and Dominion Day, were signally blessed by God, ard our Country on every hand was edified in a manr ,. perhaps never before equalled, with the spectacle of God's children spending a national holiday to God's glory in the Salvation of souls. At this time, too, there was a great inroad upon and awakening amongst the vicious and depraved of To- ronto city. After the opening of the New Temple, which will be treated of in another chapter, it was a bless- edly frequent sight to see bands of soldiers bringing drunkards and harlots into the barracks and getting i ^'il .1 •1 t 46 INCIDENTS OP THE FIGHT. them saved. Thank God this work continues, altho' much crippled for want of proper places to bring these reclaimed ones where they can have a fair chance to start for virtue and sobriety. -' Throughout the summer months very special effort was made to reach the masses of the city. A syste- matic work was carried on in the open-air ; the York- ville Corps visited each Sunday the crowds congre- gated in the Queen's Park, where they were listened to by thousands, and there is no doubt a work was done. Eiverside soldiers, too, visited the public park in their district, and were greeted by orderly and re- spectful crowds who listened eagerly to the good news. The Island, from time to time, was bombarded with ** War Cry " Brigades, and the Saviour of men was lifted in season and out of season with blessed results. It was with glad hearts that we welcomed back to our ranks the Commissioner and Mrs. Coombs, mar- vellously restored in health, and all our other comrades who had been away to the Congress, and we realized that they brought light and vigor and renewed ener- gies to help us in -the fight. With them, too, came a host of reinforcements for our lines, and more especi- ally were we glad to welcome our French-speaking comrades, who had come to carry Salvation mto the eastern extremities of the Dominion. This looks like advance, was everyone's cry, and it is the mark of a true Salvationist that they are ever eagerly desiring to press on and break new ground. ., With them, too, came the Hindoo brigade, who had come, for a time, to help in the fight and teach us all new lessons of devotion and self-sacrifice. Many and brilliant had been the exploits of our com- rades in the "old land," every where had they been re- ^-^m-^'- 'V5 •^^lSS;5•^^,•■ f*5;'. :\*^.;; ' • ' # ;-, ■^:- I V St- .iH;' 'v % i '■'^' i %l-.- ^^*l^ "•'tT?-' Wm ■;%^ %,,... ^^ I ! J i:l .'. A .i is. .,•: J. W I.) J r^ ' rv. » ■-.n-7*] *■ ^; jf^^iw»5p?i(p»»T" 46 I'NcinF.i^Ts. {W 'fim noir"?» thr^m ??ft-vf*i. T):?fiiik God thif? 'kt'fr^ +»'>rti:!ni.ies, altho' I mucli er4pf;Aie-. h fair chance to I 11:;K*?^t<'H?ut the sujxuv»?!:i ''^- "fii^ ■'^rt %pcciiii efiV>vl ■ WHB made to reach $i*- ^i' ' '■ "^^ ':.?^- .^ v vr**6n-isir ; tb*-' Vorl>- «ikm^- Kii?tTf^i*r !H^Mi*'^v!«!v ^-Mi tp-i'^m U!a ir'ifjuc park in tbfe0* dissftiriM* ^Sfi>4 w^re ^f:v'^4. ^ orderly and rc- B})ectful c!X)^vd« wtj'':- fisle^red eaiffi^h to tiio ^ood news. The Jfiland, iVoin tirae to time, \mip. bc>!nha".U'd with ** War Cry" Bi%awii'i*. and tho Bavipur of mim was Uik'd iu Jieanoi^ •aa|^:.:!'*i| t/ !«|;i^:s>i .with blesBfsd rc^uitn. H Wi*» mlJb ^i?^ t^5a^:^.4st#^ .^* y^^^nv---' 'lim^^ v^ mw tmkB ih^^ -ilmiim^rm^ .^M' 0i'^^ ^y!^^^^^^ mM- who M.g5^ «»^;: 4.1*^.10 tha €oy\griFifcy, an 'I v^-^ r^^ty^M timti ifes^vs; l^i,4i^:H iig^ift m^d vigor au;l royu:"^ ^d i^iim- gim to Mh,' w*'. itJ-lfef Bght. With U^t'vrt, too, mime a host of reinft3r*€mf>jtB for oar Vrnvi, anur B'rt:vif^.b-3p(>fikii)^^ vfi«^im|4;«, wh+rl^ «',^^^ to eitrr^ Balvatiou into the ^$iMmi^ %iiW€m^¥t -^^%^- |)«*iato>j'- Viia looks like adi'HjrifttJ, '^m t^i^ryimy^e ^,?,-#^j* i*' *?* iky tnm:k of a true Ba(baM^^)tf^t.HiEil ttl*|' #J^. ^;;-^7' *''iji^Vj d^'s^iriiig tu pres>» ''*ij ij,»i4 break rn3w r^ ■- i, , With t^f«?t^» ioo, came tli< ' i'ngade, who had ooiijc, for % iw)!*^ k? help in th. ;. ...^^ HJid teiicU i.v* J*ii n^w lessoim «>f d4vi^>tioii and »»eil-f5^*' "h-ij'e. Many and britU^vo}; hadbttimih^ v!X|d«jit8of 01^'#X^"a- rr^Am in th^ '^old bind," ev*.'rywhere had ihi^y I;s&&nr0j^ -«^"i;--; ^'1 ■■■n 4 6 !v *1 < til ' \ : IN W : SERGEANT NURSI GOPAL m X .^ HINDOO S VISIT. 47 s ceived with a real Hallelujah welcome, and God had blessed and used them. Our Canadian Indians had been one of the great features of the Congress, and had been a standing witness to the reality of the Salvation War in Canada. There is no doubt that this Inter- national Congress has been a great blessing to us all round — to those that stayed at home as well as to those that were privileged to attend — and it has drawn the Hallelujah people of all nations closer together, and has, in a sense, already inaugurated the time when nation and kindred shall be for ever swallowed up in the universal family of God's own children. The visit of the contingent from Hindostan was a great help and blessing to the work in Canada, the marvellous powerful testimony of Capt. Narain Das, the earnest pleading and winning manner of the Hindoo Sergeant, and the patient toil and thorough self-renunciation of Major Jai Bhai made a deep and lasting impression on all sides. The devotion and self- sacrifice of officers was intensified and extended and scores were stirred to a deeper and more entire consecration. The people of our Dominion contri- buted blessedly to the Hindostan and French Canadian work, and number of officers and soldiers volunteered for the Jungle War. Eight officers were selected for the Indian work, and they left amid the blessings and God-speeds of their comrades and friends for their life work on the burning sands of India. So the Canadian branch, as she enters upon the fifth year of her experience, has already lent a helping hand for the evangelization of the world. Thus have wehurredly glanced at some of the greater incidents and gatherings of the year. As we have already hinted at the commencement of the chapteii ' ^1 Ifl'" 48 INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT. r 1^ the incidents of personal devotion and Godliness in the fight, whilst they are as numerous as the days and hours gone by, are only chronicled in Heaven. But we have to thank God to-day, more than ever, for the mighty host of holy-devoted souls that He has gath- ered around the staff that bears the Army flag. As we increase in years, thank God our people increase in Godliness and virtue as well as in numbers, and as we reach out to the higher heights and deeper depths of His grace and love, we are consequently Imit closer to- gether in Him, and are filled with a greater love and a more eager desire for the Salvation of souls. To-day, more than ever, the Army stands strong in its own resources ; the officers who have been born in her ranks are pushing their way upward in her roll. It was the last act almost of our General on his visit, to raise to the Staff rank some six or seven offi- cers, who, for the most part, have been born on Canadian soil, saved under the Army flag that carries the maple- leaf, trained on the field of Canada's fight, and go on to lead and train hundreds of their fellow countrymon and women for the Salvation War and Canada's Salva- tion. Oh ! may God increase the number, and thus shall Canada's soldiery of the one world wide Salvation Army sweep on to win the world for God. Conscious of one mission and our call we thus go on and lose no chance to save our fellow-man. For he \vho joy on other's paths has thrown. Will find there's some left over for his own, And he who leads his brother to the sky Will in the journey bring himself more nighi •*■»■*> " 'o^ " f' i : n I 48 IN(;'r>R^TS OP Trrt" FI-ittT. the iiitideiits of personal di vct^- ^: a^'i Godliness in thfi fight, whilst tboy are ati n^ti^' •:€^k^ ha the (3ayB a) id iiours gone by, arc o.n'ty K. ?v .««ii^ ^V^fiZ *•>»• k>'.v>i,'''t ';:?- Army flag. As we incroane iij. vv,jgK'?-, i^t;*/, J? i.it ■ 'H («oplo increase h» reaf.'b ont .i'-- li^i*- 1^^^:;^^ ;-'--:^>^ ^* ***-v. *;^^>,'jtw-v siki^iii? oi' Hie? grii«'«; nfj!i i<.vv. ^tt. ivr* ^.••'f^J^-^'!j*^^/'l.ly ititlt c;'V#fr to- g'''-.U.»f,^r 111 Hmv. 'v--. t svv^- i^iid 'rtth a greah^-r lo' • ftti'i a nioifi (Miijvt •(•■-ii;<' f:M tht' Salvation of souls. To-day, niorr tiiuJiiver iia' Aniiy ptands strong in its own r(jfeourc<'>^ : thf ('ilicf in v*\\u have }»«*iu born in }\^^^ r%i'k^ ;n<^ pi4f4;tk ?;niTn« .jic t*i ;i*f\«.it otli Ci^rm,, v.'fT!;^ f >: ^V^ -? • ■ -^j''' ^ ft>*^ j-.n-" i>o*7* »v?4 ' anaii! $mh **^^«-''' 'wC'-'-^v. . ^;^ ■^■"■■■\^ ^'*'^'' -'*^^ catn'K}? f^H i^v,r-j>li • k^.;?:d ariid uasn t.Hudr q^. of their ftju*^'^ '■•♦nuitryrii^'O arul womei» for iho Suisrttwii War aad Catiada's Salva- tion. Ob ! iniiV tn/ii iiUTOtur Kim- iitmb^'r, and thus Bhnll O-^iiSMWl^"^ ?^'Uli*5rj 0^ tht K'^^i- mnhi »de Salvation Army *>ii^|p ff» t-'> Wi?! iht? Viitiid i^:t i:(ih\, CoDH^'iouH of ont) iL'ii^Hfev mvX aw ^"'iil we $iiH4i^ go on and lose no chance iCF^^^vo om uiUj^'-nmxi^ For be who jGy ;.'t ,7tii«»'i patii!? has thrown, ;,;:tvT. WiiJ •iU'-.l ttifcrc's scci^- M\ -c:ver iVij ijis own, Aai4 hd v,ho leads hi** '*> 1-^:1 ihft to the sky Will i® the journey trikig bimsyelt more nigU, „ -. V,-- . s^'a-i .i w^ ■.'. -,-. .T^-^*. iz; . u t 1 REVIEWS. ' I r CHAPTEB V. With trumpets braying, timbreli ring ng, Pressing forward lilce a Burclogiea; With hearts on fire, our alt to jesni bringing, Nor rest we till, the world firom sin is free. yiait of Marshal Booth. )T H E E demonstrations already dwelt upon had not been without their fruit ; but if there were anything wanted to solid- ify and establish the Sal- vation Army in our Do- minion as part and parcel of the commonwealth it was all consumated in the visit of Colonel Ballington Booth and the opening of the great Temple and Head-Quarters at Toronto. There were, doubtless, some who hitherto from one I if i U' 'I 50 REVIEWS. ^k\ cause or another, most probably because they had never troubled themselves to become acquainted with our work, had looked u]_)on the Army with supreme indifference, or saw in it only the disorganized outcome of mistaken zeal on the part of an altogether poor and powerless faction. But it would appear that from the moment the Marshal struck Canadian soil, and the first burst of the jubilation that marked the Temple opening was heard that the whole com- munity awoke to the fact that, all unconscious as they might be of it, there had grown up in its midst a mighty engine of reformation which was steadily and surely advancing to the emancipation of the masses from the toils of the devil, the domination of sin and the fetters of vice and intemperance. Even in the metropolitan city where the Army had been for four years busily at work and in the midst of whi«h the Temple itself had for a >ear and a half been day by day advancing to its present stately and beautiful pro- portions, there were thousands who apparently were hardly aware of the Army's existence or had stu- diously ignored it as a factor in the mighty work of elevating and christianizing the vicious of its popula- tion. But no sooner had the Marshal arrived than all, press, pulpit, and public awoke as with a start from the slumber of indifference, to the fact that amongst them was a people who were scattering light and blessing, sobriety and salvation broadcast through the land. The Marshal, who travelled from Australia, arrived at San Francisco, California, on the 24th of March, and passing rapidly through the States was received by Commissioner Coombs at Augusta, Maine, and lield his first meeting in the Dominion at Fred^riotoiii HALIFAX AND MONTREAL. 61 ^ 4 the capital city of New Brunswick; here he was received with every possible demonstrpiion of deii*};ht and a wonderful time of Salvation was experienced. On the 17th April, Marshal and Commissioner arrived at St. John, where two remarkable days were spent, and the whole city as it were, rose in welcome. The papers declared that few, if any, public men had received such a reception, and Mar- shal Booth won all hearts, not only by the kindness of his manner, but more especially by the power of the Spirit of God that manifestly rested upon him. From St. John to Halifax is but a step in these rail- road times, and the next day the Nova Scotian soldiers and people welcomed the Marshal in their chief city. Halifax, always famed for its kindliness to Salva- tionists fairly outdid itself on this occasion, and its magnificent Academy of Music was again packed with a representative gathering of its citizens. Not only, says a local paper, was the Lieut.-Governor and City Mayor present, but most of its best and most disting- ished citizens availed themselves of the privilege of hearing the talented son of the Army's founder and chief. It was a notable gathering and will long live in the memories of the people of Halifax. Two days upon the cars and then a hurried visit is paid to Montreal, and a most enthusiastic reception was accorded. Then com?Tienced what turned out to be one of the most remarkable features of the visit. The journey from Montreal to Toronto was more like the progress of some royal personage or victorious general, than the visit of a Salvation officer to his comrades. Every depot where the train halted was beseiged by great and enthusiastic crowds, and in almost every place there was a large turn-out of sol- IJ I I 1 52 REVIEWS. diers and friends to catch a passing glimpse and give a "God speed" to the Marshal. In no less than eleven depots were addresses given to the crowds as- sembled, and everywhere was he hailed with the great- est delight. Prescot, Brockville, Kingston, Belleville, Oshawa and Bowmanville, turned out their soldiers and people in mighty crowds, and in 'aearly every place were urgent requests tendered tL^o the Marshal would make an opportunity of visiting the place. Enthusiastic as were these gatherings and gratifying as they must have been to all, they were but the pre- lude to the chorus of welcome that burst forth as the Queen City was reached. Although through all this journey of three hundred miles there had been one mighty line of welcome, and the people's enthusiasm had but spoken the unani- mous sentiment of all, that in the General's son they recognized the representative of the father whom God had raised to be a blessing and a benefactor to the world at large; and it also was a tribute that none could gainsay to the success as a channel of good that the Army had been in the Dominion. Yet when To- ronto was reached these shouts became a volley, and these cheers a perfect hurricane of welcoming jubilation. It was indeed a veritable triumph at the midnight hour in a deluge of rain he arrived, and yet the whole city was moved. ' * Often, ' ' said a daily paper, ' * has the whole wealth and resources of a political party been lavished to receive its most popular leaders, but never before has such an ovation been seen in our streets." The tramping of that mighty host that conducted the Marshal from the depot to the Temple building twas a bewilderment to the whole Dominion, nay I more THE HABOHING SOLDIEIIT. 58 e n it struck consternation in the ranks of those that wax gross upon the vice and misery of the people, it must have struck terror to the very heart of the par- liament of hell. " Hark 1 steadily onward 1 hark I steadily onward 1 To the battle's front now march the legions, With Heaven born courage burning ; From foes we know no turning, All prepared till death to fight for Jesus." So sang the soldiery, as with firm determined steps and ranks that never wavered they marched along, a standing reproof to sin, and an indisputable proof to the fact that one had become a mighty people, and that whilst the world had gone on all uninterested in the matter and engrossed in itself, God had gotten to Himself at once an Army and a victory. Space will not permit of our going into the details of that wonderful week. The thousands that nightly packed the great hall of the Temple, the hundreds unable to gain admission, that were nightly turned away ; the marching of the three thousand blood and fire officers and* soldierB^ the wonderful banquet, the great council, and above all, the two hundred and fifty souls that sought the Saviour, and the thousand saints that stood up to make a fuller consecration, and to claim more of the fullness of God. These things have become part of the cities* history, and the recital of them has taken its place in the nations' chronicles in those eighteen yards and more of printed descrip- tion that eminated from the city's public press. Besides all this, there lives in the hearts and in the lives of hundreds of our soldiers to-day, and in those of thousands outside our ranks, a tender cherished memory of all the light and blessing then and there received, and the commonwealth at large has been I 111 ! -■ M I I 54 REVIEWS. purified and enriched by the elevating sanctifying and saving influences of that h"ght and blessing. There are somethings, however, that must not be passed over. First and foremost, we cannot overlook the wonderful way in which the j^ubhc journals took up the cause of the Salvation Army and its work. Previously to this, a daily print rarely afforded a paragraph to our work, or if they did, it was usually only in ridicule or condemriation, or to circulate some foolish canard about our people or our work. We do not complain of this, nay ! we think the press of Can- ada did well to try, to weigh, and to prove our work before holding it up to public esteem and support. But it seems as though this visit and opening cere- mony had thrown the last grain in the editorial scale and the balance went up and kicked the beam in fa- vor of the Salvation Army. Since that time not a single journal through the whole Dominion, of any standing or position has ever said a disparaging word, so far as our scrutiny has shown, of our movement or motives, on the contrary every fairness, every con- sideration, every kmdness of tone and v/ord has been extended with no illiberal hand towards us. We thank God for the victory ! -- ^. • -; . . . •. ; - Another word as to our Temple and Head-quarters which at this visit was so blessedly dedicated to and so unmistakably and marvelously accepted and owned of God. The toil, the care, the responsibility which the inception and carrying out of that great work entail- ed can be better understood than described. ]3ut He who prompted and carried out the work has wonderfully blessed and owned it since its completion. Standing as it does in the heart of our magnificent city to which it is no mean embellishment, it daily lifts its head tlNSfeXH MJNEBS 55 pointing to Him who is the source of all victories won for good, a blessed monument to the power of prayer and the strength of a trust reposed in God. From foimdation to pinnicle there is not a brick in the structure but what is there as the answer to prayer. How it has helped us only He who was its architect and builder knows. The souls that it has blessed, the births to the spiritual life within its walls have repaid a thousand-fold, every care, every anxiety, every sigh. Within its every corridor, its every chamber has been sanctified with self-sacrifice, and hallowed by the prayers and struggles of those who guide the fight. It contains the mighty engine the every stroke of whose shaft reverberates to the very con- fines of the war ; and propels, moves, guides and con- trols the every action of this mighty Canadian wing. It is here that the unseen miners dig the trenches from which our warriors fight, it is here that in patient un- wearying toil, without hope of name or fwne or earth- ly recompence, holy souls are content to labour, to watch and to wait, blessed is the experience of those who are counted worthy to do the little things for God, and by their unseen and unheard of toil strengthen the knees and hold up the hands of those who bear the heats and burdens, the struggles and trials of the fight in front. ,^ , . These are thine own oh I God, pi Who toil whilst others sleep, , , And sow with patient care What other bands shall reap. After his sojourn in Toronto, all too brief and pas- sing as it was, the Marshal, after a demonstration at Hamilton, passed on to England to the great congress. Whether it ever shall be the privilege of the Canadian ,'1^1 56 REVIEWS. I ; 1 branch to welcome him to their midst again or not, his passing visit will ever be a bright spot in our annals, and the memory of his earnest pleadings and loving counsel will be remembered by thousands on into the confines of an eternity of Praise. He comes the leader of a thousand desperate fights That have brought peace to wretched hearts and homes, To spur the legions onward in tlie right, Hurling sin, vice, and misery from their thrones We hail our General 1 Welcome to our shores. To hearts and hocies and lives now filled with light ; In one glad volley swell our voices high, "God and the Gen :ral " be our battle-cry. -^VAf-^ course, after the success- {ful and blessed visit ofthe J,Marshal, the minds of all JVanks naturally went out in the enquiry, could not 'the General reach the Can- adian forces, and when a few days before his re- turn from England the Commissioner sent the mes- sage, ** the General has decided to come," there was a thrll of excitement and expectancy passed along the line, and all hands began to plan and arrange how best to enjoy and profit by his visit. r>. It ' A WELCOME 67 As the news of his coming flashed north and south through the land, it was received with thankfulness and joy. Many who had borne the toils and parti- cipated in the struggles and triumphs of the four years fight, as they looked at the proportions and extent to which the Army had grown, when they looked back at the handful of men and women that had first planted the flag in our midst and realized how one by one cities and towns had fallen before our advance, how here and there bands of sinners had been gathered in and were now toiling for God and souls, as they realized how those that were not a people had become a people of God, felt that the time was ripe for this inspection and saw in the visit the crowning of the stately edifice that God had built up for His glory. So the General came and Canada soldiers and people, one and all, blended their hearts and voices in the welcome. The Commissioner met him at New York on the 26th September, and after a few hours hurried rest and a quick run into the Dominion, he arrived at Toronto on the evening of the 28th. The weather on the night of his coming was even worse than when the Marshal arrived, and although it did not rain the streets and roadways were a veritable sea of mire. This did ndt for a moment damp the ardor of the soldiers, and a turn-out of not less than a thousand strong met him at the depot and escorted him through the mud to the Temple. The citizens too turned out in force, and although on account of the filthy state of the streets there was not the rush and crowd upon the roadways as at the Marshal's entry, still the sidewalks were crowded, and the welcome, if leas demonstrative and boisterous, was undoubtedly Ii M 58 BGYIEWS. more genuine and deep. The General's venerable appearance too all though his visit, seem to act upon our crowds, is such a way as to check levity and rough play, and it seemed to us that the public right through saw and respected in him the irresistible influence of a giani amongst men. At length, amidst the jubilation of the soldiery and the superb music of the several bands, and deep earnest respectful enthusiasm of the people, the General reached the Temple and there received what might be termed Canada's magnificent welcome. The streets converging upon the building were packed to their utmost capacity, and although there was no pushing or crowding upon the procession, it was a matter of extreme difficulty to reach the doorr>, and as the General having entered the building appeared for a moment at the centre window, a unan- imous shout of welcome and blessing went forth. "' Inside the building was a scene which completely beggars all description. Tongue or pen could convey no adequate idea of it; wonderful as have been the gatherings there, this was the most imposing of all. The platform was a feast, the floor a picture, the gallery a greater glory still. Un- saved and desperate sinners were there no doubt, but we could not detect them, they were altogether eclipsed by the hallelujah glow, and everywhere as the eye rested upon the happy joyous faces, and drank in the spirit that lighted features and lent its fire to glancing eyes, in front, behind, to right and left it was one blooming inscense breathing parterre of sal- vation. The General has seen many wonderful gatherings £^nd been the recipient of many welcomes, but we 4oubt TORONTO MEETIKGS. 69 '^ HI if a more imposing scene ever charmed his eye or touch- ed his heart, and we are quite sure that a more lov- ing, loyal, genuine welcome, great or small Avas never extended towards him. And as he knelt and in child- like language gave God the glory, not for the gather- ing, not for the Army, so much as for the lilcssed ex- jierience of salvation and the adorahle name of Jesus through which we had happinchs and victory, every heart in the great assemblage be it soldier, iiiend or sinner, realized that whatever else they knew or ima- gined or opined about the Salvation Army, its founder and leader was the instrument and a man of God. The meetings of that ever memorable vcek live in the memories and hearts of so many thousands, and have been so thoroughly reported through the whole land that it is needless here to go into detail, the power of God was marvellously manifested and a wonderful work of salvation accomplished, the real re- sult of which nothing but eternity will disclose. One thing, however, may be noted that whilst the meet- ings of the Marshal's visit were purely of a spiritual and soul saving character, those conducted by the General of necessity took a somewhat different turn. He was amongst us, under God the founder and leader of a mighty movement that has caused more excitement amongst men, and received more criticism from the people of the civilized world than, perhaps, any other event of the past century, and it was natu- rally to be expected that much of his time would be occupied in explaining and vindicating that move- ment, and that explanation was reasonably looked for by the vast crowds that day by day hung upon his utterances. How marvellously God helped him in this mission is a thing of common knowledge. •'I: 'm 60 BEVIEW8. Whether it was in the crowded meetings of the com- mon people that he addressed throughout the land or in tliat wonderful gathering of the wealth, culture and intellect of the Dominion assembled in the grounds of one of our merchant princes, his audiences were once and for ever convinced of the necessity, the success, the righteousness, and the inspiration of the Salvation Army. However this fact notwithstanding the results as to salvation were none the less striking and grand ; souls were saved all through, not only in the great public meetings but in the morning knee drills and at all odd hours and in all odd places during the days of his visit, and his loving heart searching appeals inaugurated and in no mean measure helped to bring about that wave of conviction and salvation which for weeks after swept over the city. . The General was joined in our midst by Col. Dowdle, to whom a no less genuine welcome was extended, and whom God used in a marked manner. The great four days council of officers was a time fraught with results, and the presence and power of the Holy Ghost rested upon it throughout in a manner that must tell in the life and usefulness of every soul pre- sent. Indeed, the results of this visit to Head-Quar- ters were pre-eminently practical. The untiring devotion, the utter self sacrifice, the unceasing activity, and the unmistakable life of hard work and unmitigated toil of the General, have not only shown the secret, under God, of all success, but have urged all to a more thorough devotion that shall leave its stamp upon the work and bring about blessed results throughout the Dominion. . . Grand as were the features of the visit to Toronto THE ISLANDERS RECEPTION 61 and Head-quarters, they were in no way superior to the glorious progress which was made throughout the whole Dominion. Notwithstanding the heavy strain of the Toronto week of meetings, the early morning of Tuesday, October 6th finds the General with Colonel Dowdle and the Commissioner boarding the cars for a sixty hours ride into Prince Edward Island. Perfect quiet was enjoined upon xhe General during this trip, and interviews and demonstrations were dispensed with. Thursday the 7th brings them to Charlottetown, hav- ing received a splendid ovation at the landing at Summerside on the way. He was here met by the band of the Head-quarters Staff, which had preceded him and which accompanied him for the rest of the tour, and a great crowd of soldiers and people. An immense concourse crowded the place of meeting, and the welcome of the Islanders was worthy of them- selves and their visitors. The General received a kindly welcome from the Lieut.-Governor and the whole people vied with each other in doiHg honour to the Chief, and through him to the Army at large. The next call was at St. John, New Bruuswick, and here again the welcome and enthusiasm were most gratifying. More than 3,000 people crowded the great rink in which the meeting was held, and many hundreds of soldiers from all parts of the Province assembled to welcome the General, and in turn, be blessed and strengthened at his lips. New Bruns- wick's welcome spoke volumes in praise of the results of the work which in a little more than a year had not only drawn to itself the respect and appreciation of the community, but had rallied round its standard ■ss i:i ' « . rl i| ■J 62 REVIEWS. f BO great a band of sokliers ready to fight and win trophies for God's glory. From New Brunswick to Nova Scotia, and Halifax rises en mass to honour the General and his following. The Army on this, or any other continent, has known few more effective and genuine demonstrations than this affair at Halifax, citizens and soldiers, officers and authorities united their combined efforts, and as a re- sult every thing was effective and tended to the one result, a littiftg welcome to him who evidently all delight- ed to honour. The march, the great illuminated open air in the Parade, the marvellous crowds that throng- ed the Academy of Music at all the meetings, were only eclipsed by the thrilling, powerful addrb^ses that the Qeneral on the Sunday afternoon and evening levelled at the sin and indifference of the city. Per- haps no more powerful or effective words fell from his lips in the Dominion that these exhortations at Hali- fax and the address at the open air on the parade was none the less effective. This was a marvellous scene indeed, an eve witness speaking of it says ; ** The General stood here like Paul on Mars Hill — and not with fascinating speech or cunningly devised fables, but with the certain sound of the old-fashioned and glorious gospel of everlasting peace upon his lips, he addressed one of the largest, most magnificent and promiscuous throngs imaginable, and composed of the most elite and most polite, and the most profane strata of rowdyism. Eound the war chariot were the soldiers gathered as guards of honor, with their torches and banners in the most brillliant display. If the reader can imagine one of the finest city squares, cov- ered with people, and even the rising streets adjacent were used as balconies, covered with an appreciative A MONSTER OPEN-AIR. 68 crowd, engaging in the largest open air service, very probably ever held in the whole Dominion of Canada. The Mayor as the host, military display to tbe right, to the left, in front and behind. Ladies and gentlemen in vehicles and on foot facing in the same direction, crushing for a vantage ground, rushing through the lines in the hope to get a shake of his hand or a kindly smile from the good man. As far as the eye could reach were seen beyond the confines of electric light and torch light arena, men women and children, drums, bands, banners, torches blazing blaring brilli- ant here and there and everywhere. Around the war chariot, as light as day, far back hundreds of yards away in a street on a rising , eminence hundreds of white faces exposed by the reflection of torch and elec- tric lamps could be seen peering in the distance through the waving banners toward the great centre of attraction." Great and grand as was the welcome and meetings here, we must hurry on without further comment Next, Moncton honours itself and the Army with a splendid demonstration, and another day and night in the cars brings the General to the commercial capital, Montreal. Although he arrived as early as six in the morning, a good crowd turned out to the welcome, great crowds viewed the procession and a marvellous gathering of citizens at night listened with breathless attention as the General discoursed upon the why and wherefore of the Army's existance, much prejudice was swept away and hunifeds of doubters were convinced alike of the purity and righteousness of the Ai-my's aims, the extent and stability of its work, and of the blessings which God, through it, had lavished upon universal Christendom, ■■Tl tr ! ^1 ■■Il 64 BEvnsws. 'U ^ ■•4 From the ships and commerce of Montreal the General proceeded to the seat of Government, Ottawa, and here too had a remarkable reception, and crowds of all sorts, law-makers and law-breakers alike, lis- tened to his address. From Ottawa to Kingston, to Peterboro, to Bowmanville, to Barrie, to Owen Somid and so on to Palmerston, he continued receiv- ing welcomes and scattering blessings on every hand, hundreds of souls being blessed and uplifted, and scores seeking and finding the Saviour. At Palmerston enthusiam reached its climax, and not content with welcoming and listening to his words, the soldiers of this place must needs draw him through the streets of the town in progression, and so whilst honoring the instrument of our Army's foundation, give the greater glory to God who's messages of love and salvation the Army had conveyed to them. There was a deep vein of love and loyalty running through the demonstration in this little town that will ever leave a pleasant memory in the minds of all privileged to be present. London was the next halt where two glorious days were enjoyed. This city, the authorities of which had tried at one time with stren- ous tenacity to interrupt the Army's work and useful- ness, opened its arms to the Army's leader, and all classes, authorities and people, used every effort to add success and blessing to the visit, which was con- sequently all that could be desired as a demonstration and a time of light and salvation to many souls. Next the General spent a long day in Hamilton, he met the staff officers in a six hour's council, ^^'hich was a blessed time to every soul, and sirata,gems were laid for the furtherance of the war and thf upsetting of the strongholds of evil and sin. At nighti the ori- FABBWBLL WOBDS. ginal No. III. and the city give a grand welcome to the chief, the building being packed to overflowing with an appreciative audience. This brings us to the last day the General spent in the Dominion, and Woodstock Head-quarters of the the " baby " division was the last place blessed with a visit. Here a wonderful time was enjoyed. The building was so packed that the General had to get out of a window at the back, and he took leave of his Caradian forces, and in words of counsel and wisdoifl left them in the hands of the great head of the Array the Lord Jehovah. "What were and shall be the results of this visit we cannot pretend to measure, that many souls were saved and more blessed and sanctified was patent to every observer. But perhaps the greater fruit of the visit will be manifested in the drawing closer together of comrade to comrade, and all to the moving prin- ciple and main spring of the movement ; the better understanding of the aims and principles of our Army by the Canadian soldiery, and a keener appreciation and confidence ir their loyalty and soldierly qualities by the General himself. Outside of our ranks, the benefit has been inealculable, prejudice, doubt, and misun- derstanding have melted before argument and straight- forward explanation, and enmity, opposition and slander have fled, affrighted away before explanation, condour, and facts. What was the strain and tedium of the tour upon our beloved leader only those nearest to him can imagine; but he was wonderfyjly sustained and upheld through it all. What his labours were we can judge from his own words in his lant address at Wood- stock: *' During this time I have travelled 4,000 ■ ■(: 66 BEVlBWSc miles, spending nine whole days and nights on the cars, I have spoken fifty-six times to audiences amounting to no less than 100,000 persons. A goodly company of sinners have been saved and I believe hundreds, nay! thousands have surrendered them- selves body and soul ?ind spirit, to assist in the great business of saving Canada and of rescuing the world from the miseries of sin." Surely thia is no mean record of the labour and results of a four weeks sojourn in our midst, and truly genuine and heartfelt has been the welcome during the visit by the people, and we are more tiian convinced that should Providence privilege us with a repetition of it, the welcome will be intensified a hun- dred fold. Of that welcome just one other word, whilst the common people received and heard him gladly, the bearers of honoured names and brilliant positions were equally kindly and heartfelt in their welcome. Beginning at Toronto city the Mayors of every town visited extended their personal courtesy and welcome. Kepresentatives of the Crown, heads of colleges, legisli ors, ministers of the Gospel, and representatives of the press united alike their congra- tulations, their welcome and their Godspeeds, and in the homes of some of these our General was a wel- come and honoured guest. Whilst all this is matter of thankfulness and joy to us, and to the General, a greater matter of satisfaction, thankfulness and praise to God, is that hundreds, nay ! thousands of rescued drunkards and vile sinners, respectable or otherwise, travelled many miles to see, to hear and bless the instrument that God has honoured in raising the Army that brought Salvation to themselves and their homes . These are the trophies, after all, that THE HALF WAS NEYEB T^LD. 67 bring the most satisfaction, and when all earthly titles and honours and positions shall fade away, these shall adorn alike the crown of our General and shine gems in the diadem of God for all eternity. What were the conclr si ons the General arrived at from his inspection, he has enlarged upon in his farewell letter to the Canadian soldiers — in a word, he was surprised and gratified, although the statistics week by week had come under his notice, and he had had lik'j verbal reports from various sources, and mLch as he looked for and expected, as he himself has quoted, " The half was never told." That he left our shores giatful and thankful we do not doubt, and from what he saw amongst us more than ever satisfied of the in- spiration of his life's work, and of the fitness of the modes and measures of the one Salvation Army to carry the messages of God's love, and to attract all classes in all climes and countries to Godliness and good. Thus draw we nearer day by day, Each to his comrade all to God ; Let the world take us as she may. We must not change our road. 1 {■•:\ TJHE TROPHIES. CHAPTER VI. Gather them in Foetid with squalor, reeking with gin, Loaded with misery, folly, and sin, To swell the King's Army, we gather them in. from hell, EOPHIES from the war. Oh ! yes, thank God, there is no lack of them, as we have passed thrc vigh the different corps, and into tlie various towns and vil- lages where our people hold the fort for God, we have not failed to mark the trophies. Trophies! Why are they not all trophies, every soul that has been snatched the misery of sin, and consequently from that which is the sinner's doom, is it not a trophy? - I WHAT BBOUaHT THfi OBANOE. 6i See, there they go, as they march out from their barracks, night after night, to warn a world of sin- ners of their impending fate, and of the way of escape. Men, women, boys and girls rescued from every rank of sinners, from every grade of forgetful- ness and indifference, saved from sin as well as its consequences here and hereafter, and in turn made saviours of men and women, are they not all trophies? Gems digged from the dark mines of evil, polished, burnished, illuminating the darkness around, and day by day being fitted and fashioned for their place in the diadem of our conquering King and God. Trophies ! Come with me to that home, only a few blocks away from here, a palace of light and gladness, a home of peace and salvation, a dwelling which e\en Jesus delights to visit. Well do I re- member what that home was two short years ago. Misery and wretchedness were its most marked features, a drunken, worthless reprobate called that place his home ; a miserable, heart-broken, querrulous wife added but to his discomtort, and weeping, wail- ing, wretched little ones cried for food, for comfort, and for love. What brought the change? It was simple enough — a drum, a flag, a singing few upon the stre*>t, music discordant enough, if yoii like, a wretched drunkard's curiosity at some uncommon attraction promised in a hall, by what some one called " a rowdy in a red shirt," as the world laughed standing bv. A loving word from a saved dram- drinker, backed by the spirit of God; a broken hearted sinner weeping on a none too clean floor, beside a rough bench. A blessed beam of pardoning love from the heart of the blessed soul-loving Christ, and ** Behold, old things have passed away ; beholdi 70 THE TBOPniBS. I all things have become new." This is no ideal picture, no solitary instance, it can be seen every day- or night all around, it can, thank God, be multiplied by hundreds in the record of one little year. But there are startling individual cases perhaps, say you. Hundreds, thank God, the difficulty is not to find them, but how, in our limited space, to make the best selection. Here is No. I., the singing Sergeant J — I — of — • To use his own words " the worst drunkard and greatest sinner, God ever* saved." Perhaps there was no more notorious outcast in the whole Dominion than he, though a good tradesman, lacking neither intelligence nor skill, yet so overcome by his surfeited appetite, so besotted and made helpless by the demon drink that home, character and all were shipwrecked whilst yet a youg man, and he became the scorn of men, the very outcast of the people. ** My home," said he, ** was hell, the very dogs and cats that stai'ved in common with my wife and children hid themselves at my approach." He tramped the Domi- nion fron end to end, from Montreal to Niagara, every jail had closed its bars upon him for shelter or for crime. Many and terrible were the dangers and accidents that drunkenness had brought him to. On one occa- sion he fell from a high viaduct many feet into the valley beneath, being picked up a mass of broken bones and carried to hospital with only a flicker of the lamp of life within. The next morning he woke craving for liquor, he got from his bed and managed to get some clothes upon him, escaped through a window and got to a saloon where, as he drank, he listened to the gossips talking about his terrible fall. IM LOST. 71 and heard men wondering if he were dead. See him upon the platform and mark the terrible gashes and cuts upon his head that speak of drunken riots, and fighting and terrible falls. He raises his hand to point towards the home above to which he journeys, note the fingerless palm that speaks of accident through the effects of drink. He was working in a factory, and in his nervousness and drunken trem- bling, his hand becomes entangled in the saw and fingers are destroyed. Again he flies to liquor, and in his drunken frenzy, prepares a little coffin-shaped box in which he lays the lost fingers, and after a car- rousel which he calls a "wake," he buries them in the earth. Such was the life he lived, and fast hurrying down the vale of years he approaches the end of time and the terrible hell which such a wasted existence could only lead to. And suddenly a sound breaks upon his ear which arrests his attention and strikes him as something strange ; it is only the thud ! thud ! of what the world sometimes has called an intolerable nuisance, it is the Army drum, and with it comes the message which shall be fraught with big results to J . With the crowd he follows to the barracks, and there a simple homely women tells* the tale of Calvary's Cross, and lifts up the mangled form of Him "who came to seek and save that which was lost." He listens, and listening, his mind's eye turns inwards and backwards, he sees the long past days of innocence and brightness ; again he hears the mother's voice that joined the little han(Js together and lead out the simple prayer of •• Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Lock upon a simple child/' i I 72 THE TROPHIES. It ? He looks within a.nd sees his heart, his life, his sinning and sin, he realizes what he is and what he might nave been, and then the conclusion forces itself upon him " I'm lost." He leaves the place, but again and again returns, he seeks old haunts and society and the cherished cup ; but still night finds him lis- tening and drinking in again the story. At length the Captain approaches and asks him to yield to God, to leave sin and seek for pardon. Bealizing his direful state, his filth of mind, his filth of soul, his filth of body, he cries "Oh! let me go and get cleaned up, for God's sake, let me at least get a clean shirt;" but he is lovingly pointed to the blood, that blood "which makes the vilest clean," and so at length he yields. Would you see the little child that Jesus placed in the midst, and pointed out as the only state in which a soul could be fit for the kingdom of God. Look at the Sergeant there, as he stands upon the platform with battered head and maimed limbu, his sunken eye blazing with the fire that Heaven lights as he trolls out with child-like simplicity the simple song, " Follow, follow, I will follow fesus." And men and women learned and unlettered, saints and sinners weep, and as you look you feel the living embodiment of the warning except ye become "as little children ye cannot see the kingdom of God." A saved drunkard, a redeemed slave, a rescued sinnerj a King's son, a trophy numbered with those who washed in His blood, sanctified by His grace. Like the stars of the morning, His bright crown adorning, Shall shine in their beauty, Bright gems for Hii crown. • «'.■ flLLBD WITH TSRHOR Here is another case iioui C iS.ii., axid 78 we cannot do better than use his own words. E. W- writes : "About three years ago last June, I had been drink- ing. I was on a long drunk. For the space of nine months I was not sober night nor day. At the end of that time I had a desire to reform, and during the last week I would make a resolution every day to go home sober that night; but I was drunk oftener each day of that week than before, and did not get home at all. The last day of the week I was working, and drinking hard all day. When night came I got my money, and went home determined to get sober, if I died in the attempt. When I got home that night I laid down about midnight, but my brain was so much effected from the excessive use of liquor that nearly all my past life, with all its good and bad deeds, came up before me, and deprived me of my sleep, and continued so for five days and nights. God only knows what I suffered during that time. No mortal can tell, only the poor unfortunates who have gone through the mill. I was afraid of every thing I saw and heard, I was filled with terror. On the fifth day, just before morning, I was praying that the Almighty God would send me to hell at once. I did not want to see another night. "About that time all that awful feeling left me, and I laid on my bed in a helpless condition. I coald not speak, nor move hand nor foot. I laid that way for several minutes, when I heard singing a long way oft. It came closer and closer. I think it was the sweetest music I ever heard. I was not afraid of it. It came nearer and nearer until the room was filled with musio, and looking up I saw a band of soldiers, :i;^ h 74 THE TBOPniBk;. men and women. They wore the same uniform the Salvation Army does now, the same caps with the red bands, the same bright badges, and the same red jackets. They all stopped singing and sat down. Presently they all rose again, some singing some prayinpj, some shouting, and everyone using some kind of a musical instrument. There were a great many tamborines, but there was no big drum. They then sat down again and sang a piece we now sing in the Army, * I'm saved I am, I know I am.* I would say here that previous to this I had never heard any- thing of the Salvation Army or its music. They all rose and marched two by two out of the door, singing that song as they went. I listened until they were out of hearing, and as the last strains of the music died away I found myself back to my helpless condi- tion. I could not move nor speak. " I then saw, in all its fearful reality, Hell pic- tured before me. I cannot describe by pen or words the awful, terrible appearance of that place of torment. But I will never forget the feeling of terror that came over me when I looked into that fearful flaming pit of hell. It was divided into two parts, one of cast iron, and one of granite. The cast iron pit was the one in which the flames were. I found myself standing on the very brink of the flaming pit. I staggered and fell. But I fell outward and escaped. I said * thank God.' The first time in my life I ever remember saying such words. I revived then sufficiently to get up. All that day that song I heard was ringing in my ears until bed-time. That night I had a good sleep, and next morning when I woke that song was Btill ringing in my ears, and until noon that day, \?hen it left me. The next day I went to work I I WAB VBBY DRUNK. 76 worked three months without drinking any. Y/hen the three months was up I got drunk again. I went home that night, my people did not know it. Next morning I was to work again, and worked that week out, when I shipped in a Hch(joner and went to New York. While tliore I often j.M)t drunlc. When I re- turned home I left the schooner and kept myself pretty sober, so much so that the people did not know I was drinking until Christmas day, when I broke out again. When I found I had again become the slave to rum I made up my mind with determination to die a drunkard. I never expected to be sober again. "When the Salvation Army came to Carleton I used to tell my chums that I saw them, when I was in the horrors, long before they came here. "When I was drunk — which was nearly all the time — and would hear them coming, I would run away down some wharf or into some rum hole to g. t clear of them. I thought they were a band of devi s. "Last winter I went again to New York in a schooner, and coming home my chums would sa}' lo me, "wc \\\\\ leave the old packet and spend our evenings at the Salvation Army." 1 would say, "you may go but I wont go near them." "One night I and two of my shipmates were drink- ing together, they wanted me to go to the Salvation Army barracks. I would not go. They then carried me up ; I was very drunk. I was not there long till I got quite sober, and that night I firmly believed that that was the same army I had seen when in the horrors. I believed there was the only place where I could get saved, and that 1 would be saved from that night. I went home from there with money in my pocket — something I had not done for years except 'a; IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 4^ 1.0 I.I 1.25 ^1^ 11^ ■^ m III 2.2 £ Itt 1110 1.8 U III 1.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 '■ k^. % L

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'm: ^^.>i ••¥.^'/?':y: iJT^f -*■•;.;. lr:r.. 5.^' .» vt ■/»^1:-' •■JrV '.I i( ' -■;%*>* f' i» -'w £:V!,'-i>!teiiii^''tt>~ d«i>Mt-< Mi m: W m^< < 'A ' m ■ u i •." 'If!! ■iifi TJHE VI/5T0F^S. CHAPTEE Vin. **And they shall see His face ... the Lore' God givet^ tbam light, and they shall reign for ever and ever." OFFI0EB8 CALLED BOMB. 'HILST we thank and bless Gou for the way he has taken care of our comrades, and for all that he has spared to us, we also have to praise His great Name for the two that He has called home to be for ever with Himself, and to- day we look back with joy unspeakable upon the career of these who counted not life dear unto them- Bolves, and who having laid it down have passed to ttieir rest and their reward. if 1 i ^ X f \ THE YIOTOBS With the closing hours of 1886 tljere passed away from our side one whom we could ill fpare, and Staff Capt.. James F. Madden, DO., of the Kingston Division, after a long and painful illness went to his reward. It is true that a mighty sob of sorrow passed along the line, and almost every eye, from the Commis- sioner to the last file trembled with regretful tears ; how many loving words were recalled, how many helpful accents of council and encouragement, ho"*. many clarion -like appeals were brought back to mind, all emanating from the same loving lips, which throughout his whole career were never opener except with tenderness and sympathy. Yet after aL it were almost a sin to weep, the useful life, the bright experience, the lingering sickness, and the weary waiting for the call at last were submerged in the rolling ocean of the fruition of God's eternal presence. Staff-Capt. Madden, to use his own words, was " a real Canadian " He was born in the City of Belle- ville about the year 1862, and his parents were born in the Dominion. While yet an infant he had a very narrow escape from perishing in a fire, which con- sumed the paternal homestead, and at an early age he was removed with his family to the village of Newburgh, and here his childhood was passed. He had the advantage of truly Christian parents, and and was always surrounded by Christian influences of more than a common standard, and he was noted as a child of pious leanings. At the age of nine years he met his Saviour whilst attending a camp meeting at Kingston, and from that hour re- joiced in the evidence of his acceptance throii(B^ flie 1 .HI..:*.., y ^_5:4?^^|^:sas^:^k^-- ^^^S .?<^' ,^^::,:):-:^ :,."■;.- ^-^ m m JL Tv :m^ i *y. T ! li • ■_S*i^ i I 1. MADT^KN'8 flARl.Y LIFl?!. Aowr iUood. Ever after t 9\ I ii.'irii A \ hnVi} oilru hrAid b ' ( ;-!j ^ % ••- youtiii'ul (ici;. )ie had llic iwii'n .-; •f power .that keeps us as wi \[ ,; Viite a hoy when be ih-st ft'U. iSi- <\i:l m ■rr's vineynrc', autl f^r a ]<>ot-i Uw <- /■'Kir-j, repelkMl the iitvit-ition. \h' i':,-; ■ill at o)n'»: ortV-r t)iiii^( !f for !!> ■ >!i".l. • , i; ? ' ivate hfo and exaMi^lc Nvrs- . u-I) ■> . • ■ o->d of others, aTid ! ti ivc !i:,: l li-, •. >'Uie of wii^^m to-da; are iii iIm' fv^eir •;■ .■■^aivale'r-i Ariuv, ieftil'y to -tu ccA if!-, ')m his coiisistfut inariif«'-'Hii'>f -• ■ f -'■:•-.'•■ lUjidmuch ri lieule and !)-«s :;<>;;. ' ^ -; ^■f! yea)'>i his i^.t>^t'^«''8 ^v..i■k .,,,■, !,•-■- , ; ijore iiptni his j .ed, met ,' {*■•:>■ vr.-. ]nnger resist t]u rnW^ ;Uid lin ;. ;rvi.,i - ^^ n.iiig souls around hecfnia-. intnler;)^!", he ; ,e- promptire.^B of the H|''^"^^' ■'■'^'■^ -K .: >ht.- Norn.-'^ ■jiv/-;- biB retiu^n to bis homcii' i'leUba.M; i) ■■ \ '> y marched into the place, and Ja-c- - r(M' .'pjiized in them the pt'oph3 of God. V nav» "a] quietude, and tl'e preiudi<'f; ce hib ;iaiiiing kept him aloof, htjt<>o*' him U.at bero was his vn-'atiun. H,nd - \yxd\t\v, a ti>ldie'^in the Chatham Corpa. Mi< vverccnnM^j \G^ny ■ rriers o£»di.tiiculty, in the '■j*4.*»j'ii..u'n of fatni.y pbi kM»d«, he offered himself h^ the Held, aiid ■i I i I. V.( ' ' ■ ,1 ■'^ I ; . > . • . , 1 ^: .-^(-[(/W I'll 'iii I [ ..I .■I m r^^ f\* HiJ m. \i-< CO p:; m w maddbn'b bablt lifb. 91 Precious Blood. Ever after this young Madden •walked in close communion with his Heavenly Father, and I have often heard him speak of how all through his youthful days he had the continual experience of the power that keeps us as well as saves. He was quite a boy when he first felt the call into the Mas- ter's vineyard, and for a long time he, like many more, repelled the invitation. Although he did not all at once offer himself for the public ministry, his private life and example were early blessed to the good of others, and I have heard his schoolfellows, some of whom to-day are in the front rank of the Salvation Army, testify to the good they received from his consistent manifestations of sterling piety amid much ridicule and persecution. As he advanced in years his Master's work was impressed more and more upon his mind, and at length, when he could no longer resist the call, and the burden of the per- ishing souls around became intolerable, he yielded to the promptings of the Spirit, and entered into the necessary preparations for the public jainistry of the precious Word of Life. His circumstances about this time became changed, and he was enabled .to com- mence the requisite studies, and fer a time he was engaged in evangelical work in the North-west. Soon after his return to his home at Chatham the Salvation Army marched into the place, and James at once recognized in them the people of God. At first his natural quietude, and the prejudice consequent on his training kept him aloof, but God soon showed him that here was his vocation, and he became a Soldier in the Chatham Corps. After overcoming many barriers o&difficulty, in the opposition of family and friende, he offered himself for the field, and a:] Till' I m ■I ■11 THB VIOTOBS. being accepted, was sent as Cadet to the Tst Canadian (Toronto) Corps, in February, 1883, and was soon promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He remained here for six months, and gave rich promise of the usefuhiess to which God was abeut to exalt him. On the 26th of August, in the same year, he was pro- moted Captain, and sent to the then new station of Barrie. Here God wonderfully blessed and used him, and he was enabled to lay the foundation of a grand corps of truly devoted Soldiers, and to-day there are hundreds of Christians in that place that are thanking God for his sojourn amongst them. On the 17th February, 1884, he farewelled from Barrie, and this occasion was one of the most wonderful de- monstrations that ever occurred in that town. He returned to Toronto to the command of his old Corps, and his whole career there was a time marked by wonderful demonstrations of God's power to save. For seven months, night after night, souls were brought to God, and hundreds stepped into the Ught and blessing of full Salvation. Nor was his useful- ness confined to his Corps and Barracks, numbers of Cadets who, passing through Toronto or awaiting appointments there, being thrown within his in- fluence, received such lessons and counsel that have borne glorious fruit all over the Dominion. At the great war Council of Sept., 1884, Capt. Madden was promoted and appointed to the charge of the Kingston Division, and remained at that post till April, 1885, when failing health made it necessary for him to rest. It was during his charge in this Division that he led the attacking column ^o open fire on Monwieal, and there suffered much persecution, hard PASSINa AWAT. 98 the On On Tie, de- He blows and imprisonment for the Master's cause, but God wonderfully used him, and hundreds were l)roup;ht to the Master's feet. Of his work in his Division, tl)e Division itself is the hest memorial, and there too, as iu the various corps which he com- manded. Madden has left an impression which, with ins memory alike, time will not easily efface. For some months before being laid aside Capt. M iddcn's strength had gtadually been failing, and ao last he was compelled to retire to his family at Chatham, in the hope that rest and quiet would eventually restore him to the fight. Here through the summer he remained, and many and earnest were the prayers offered for his recovery, but strength con- tinued to fail, and gradually the conviction forced itself upon all that the end was surely approaching. Still he did not remain idle. Although unable to take active duty he used his pen for God's glory, and his printed articles and private correspondence were alike blessed to many souls. As the outward man declined the spiritual life seemed to blaze out the more vividly, and as he receded from earth the glories of heaven seemed to shine in, and through him re- cognized by all around. Some two weeks before his departure the Commis- sioner visited him as he passed through Chatham on his duties. It was early morning, and the Captain had not risen, as was his wont, for a short time during the middle of the day. " I shall not easily forget the interview, as I saw the tall figure stretch- ed upon the bed reduced to the helplessness of an infant , and the eyes blazing with a glow that seemed to reflect the glories of the better world. ' Is JesuB nr^cious to you now/ I said, and stretching m ^'1 M Ml ii'i , MMmmwmm mmmm wmam 94 THE VIOTOBS. ;.i.ii^ his arms at full length he cried, in a voice of rapture, ' His presence fills the room,' and so he passed away a few more days, each one marked with brighter and more glorious tokens of the Divine presence, and with a sigh of relief and a smile of recognition to those already within the veil, he passed to his rest with the spu-its of just men made perfect." On the last day of the year we laid his remains aside till the morning, and great crowds assembled to see the last honours paid to a comrade so loyal, true, and devoted, and the services both of the funeral and the memorial were seasons of power, and many souls were brought to God. Staff-Capt. Madden will ever be looked upon both within and without the ranks as a model Salvation Officer, and his name will hold an honoured place amongst the pioneers of the Salvation war in our Dominion. We linger upon his precious memory, how many he brought to God, and the magnificent number of those souls that he inspired and uplifted to the life of God can never be known till we meet in the morning when " The day breaks and the shadows flee away." Another Officer during the year was suddenly, and in the bloom of an expectant career of usefulness, called to join the Grand Army of Heaven ; and Cap- tain Mrs. Beaty, a three months' wife, and an ofiicer of undoubted usefulness and pro mise, has been called away; and is to-day numbered amongst our vener- able dead. Mattie Calhoun was amongst the very early con- verts in the Salvation War in the Dominion. She was born in the village of Carlisle, in the county of re, ay md jid to est BAYBD AND BBT APABT. Middlesex, Ont., her father being a well-to-do farmer in that place, and here her early life was spent, under the influences of a well-regulated Christian home. It was not, however, until after the Army had opened fire on the City of London that she experienced a change of heart. Her elder sister, afterwards Capt. O'Leary, had become converted, and through her in- fluence Mattie was attracted to the Salvation Army meetings. It was during those wonderful months when, under the leadership of Capt. Mrs. Shirley, the whole city was shaken by the power of God and so many swept into the cleansing river. Attending the meetings, soon she became convicted, and yielding to the Spirit's pleadings, threw herself at the Master's feet and was accepted in the beloved. From the out- set she was a real out and out Soldier, and making the full surrender experienced the blessing of holiness, and from that hour became out and out for God. It was at that time that she realized that God was calling her to the front of the battle, and she may be numbered amongst those many who about this time gave themselves to God and the Army from the 2nd Canadian Corps. Her sister Capt. O'Leary, about this time was placed in charge of the Chatham Corps, and Mattie took up her residence in that place fight- ing valiantly in the ranks until she was called to the Cadetship. In November, 1873, she was appointed to the IngersoU Corps, and there as Lieut, she opened the town of Tilsonburg as an outpost, and in the fol- lowing February it being made a station, Capt. Cal- houn was placed in command, and a glorious work was done in the salvation of souls, and on her removal she left a hallowed memory and a blessed influence behind hei. K r s ! I* ^4 m»i i£- 96 THB VIOTOBB. I J On the 22nd June, 1884, tbo Hallelujah guns were levelled on the stronghols of sin in Sarnia by Major Glover, and Capt. Calhoun was left in charge here. For many weeks they fought almost single-handed. Capt. Beaty was amongst the first converts, and he and one or two others were the only soldiers, and night after night did " sentry go," at the door of the old rink whilst the lasses lifted up the Saviour of sin- ners to the crowd within. For months it was a hard fight, mobs of rowdies mobbed the little band of warri- ors in the open-air and stormed the barracks, yet thro' it all souls were brought to God, and it was no infre- quent sight to see a free fight raging at one end of the building, whilst at the other, crowds at the penitent form were weeping their way to light and liberty. At the end of seven months when our comrade took her farewell a laro;e and vigorous corps testified to the extent and reality of the blessing she in God's hand had been to the community. In January 1885, she opened and claimed for God under the Army Flag, the most important town on the shores of Huron, Goderich. We well remember the attack, someone said to us it had been '* arraied to death," and indeed bogus armies had done all they could do to bring the religion ^f Jesus Christ into ridicule and contempt ; but Capt. Mattie, and her Cadet, smck to their gims, and with the dogged determination of real Hallelujah lasses, braved the storm and let the light of their sanctified lives shine out upon the people. It was the privilege of the writer on more than one occasion to stand in the open air as the only support of the lasses, and to-day we can recall the last time we left them at the depot, when with cheery voice the lion-hearted lass fADlKa 10 BLOOM AGAIN. 9^ 1 It' die but here I bid UB gjod-bye saying stick, God helping me," and stick she did, and the result could only be one with such faith and determination. After some month or two the break came, and houIh by the scores sought the Saviour, and a flourishing corps and station was built up. After a six months fight here our comrade was removed to Stratford, and for six months held the fort and did good work for the Master, when the call again came to break new groiuuL This was at Hanover, or she loved to call it, '* Liillc Germany.*' During the three months charge heie a nourishing corps was established and many spiritual ihildron have arisen to call her name blessed. On the 28th of last April, during the great opening week at the Temple, Captpjin Calhoun was married to her old convert and faithful soldier now Capt. Ben l)(;atty, the ceremony being performed by Mai'shal Ballington Booth, and of the thousands who witnessed the rite and uid them " Crod speed," few could have imagined that in three short months her earthly hap- piness would have bloomed into the bliss of the eternal, but so He that doeth all things well had ordained. After a few weeks rest Capt. and Mrs. Beatty were placed in charge of the corps at Prescott, and there up to a few weeks before her death, our comrade laboured faithfully and unceasingly for the Salvation of the people. Her last testimony was given at the celebration of the Corps Anniversary during the visit of the D.O., and that evening she was stricken with fever, which ultimately released her soul. During the earlier weeks of her sickness she was perfectly conscious, and though aware of the extreme danger of her case, had perfect peace and rest in the arms of her Lord> continually singing in sweetest accents her > .1 ■«.ti i. n ■: Si I 98 THE VI0TOB8. f I I' favourite songs, and she frequently expressed to those about her the perfect confidence she had, and spoke of the glorious meeting there would be upon the Golden Street, and grasping the hands of her husband and Capt. O'Leary who waited upon her, with beam- ing face she took their pledges to meet her in the Sol- diers Home in Glory. For some days previous to her death she was, for the most part, unconscious and lost altogether the power of speech; but she gave evidence that she was peacefully awaiting the call. A few hours before her departure, however, she was heard in a whisper, though perfectly distinct, to exclaim, " Precious Jesus, ^hou art all in all to me," and on the 26th July, as tl/e chariot was lowered, she dteppcd joyfully in, and was carried to the bosom of her Eternal Father. Hallelujah ! She waa buried from the family homestead at Car- lisle, on the 28th of July, in real Army style, Major WooUey, D.O., and many of the officers and soldiers wth the Brass Band oi' the London Division assisting. It was a most impressive gathering, and at the invi- tation of the D.O., all pledged themselves to live lives of more thorough devotion to God and the world's salvation. Many tears were shed at the remembrance that a loving comrade was removed from our ranks, and that her loving help and cheery sympathy would to us in the future be but a clierished memory ; but these tears were soon staunched by the recollection that another trophy had been laid at the King's feet, anc^ another jewel decked His diadem for all eternity. In reviewing the lives of our comrades promoted and dwelling upon their last moments, the conviction forces itself upon us very distinctly ; surely these at least have fulfilled the highest aims of life and the THH BETTBR PART. 99 i(f great end for which that were created and placed in the world. It is quite tru^ that both of them might in the world's eyes have filled a more exalted position, they might have carved for themselves a place amongst their fellows, have gathered to themselves position, wealth and the good will of the children of this genera- tion, who are wiser in thei): own conceits than the children of light, and they might have gone down to the grave full of years, covered with honour, and upon their tombs the laurels of fame have been laid amid the plaudits of men; and the world would have honoured their discretion and have lauded the wisdom of their choice. But all this granted, would the world have profited ought by their existence, would one heart liav known more of light or of joy or blessedness as the fruit of their toil? Nay! would even their memory have survived a tithe of years i But as it is their walk was humble, and in a measure, obscure ; their name and fame may not have extended beyond their own circle, but hearts will cherish their memories for all time; in the mouths of men and women of God their names have become familiar as household words, and when men and time and things; of the world shall have passed away their glorified form bearing the crown of many stars shall adorn th(^ Valhalla of God for all eternity ; amongst the good and holy and charitable of all ages who, having chosen the good part that cannot be taken away, and with those who have turned many to righteousness they shall shine for ever as stars in His kingdom. :■»'■■ " V- ■ '• Their bodies are bnried in peace, And their names live for ever more." ''^\ i ■m FT I '100 THa TIOTOBS. THE BANK AND FILE IN HEAVEN. The glisten of the white robe, The waving of the Palm, ^ The ended war and sorrow, The sweet eternal calm. Although with the above two exceptions God has been pleased to spare all our dear officers to the fight during the past year ; the Silent Orderly that bears the marching orders has bpen busy in our ranks; com- rades of all ages, sex and conditions have been sum- moned above to share the glories of the King's cham- bers, and while the ranks of the Salvationists have been reaching out, extending and increasing in all parts of the Dominion and all round the world, the Grand Army in heaven has received many additions from the Canadian field, and numbers whose delight it was to watch and wait and work, to march the streets, and don the Army Red and Blue, have gone home, their work completed, to enjoy their rest and march the streets of gold. Gathering on the shores of the glassy sea, they have put on the robes of white which is the uniform of the countless millions of the redeemed, and they are numbered amongst those warriors of all grades \\\io enjoy the glories of Heaven, and having awoke in His likeness are satisfied. " From the martvr and apostle To the sainted baby bo^. Every consecrated chalice In the King of Glory's palace Overflows with holy joy." Lindsay was the first corps to send a recruit to the palace for the year, and early in October Bro. John Eirkpatrick, after leaving a glowing testimony as to the preciousness of his Saviour, in the chills of death. A REAL BANDSMAN. 101 went home. Eighty-one of his comrades stood beneath the flag as its folds drooped over his earthly grave, and in the presence of a great concourse of people, ptedged themselves to meet him beyond the river, and warned the byestanders to prepare for death. Bandsman William B. Gorrie, of the Guelph corps, next exchanged his cornet for the golden harp. He was a bright and shining soldier; converted in the Salvation Army for fifteen months, he marched in its ranks a spectacle to men and angels. Few soldiers have carried more weight in their circle than did Bro. Gorrie, his testimony always on hand, was clear, con- vincing and filled with love, and his words in the open air or barracks were ever received with respect and attention ; and all this was backed by sterling piety. A soldier in the ranks of the city battalion of volun- teers, he carried the message of salvation to his com- rades, and when in camp with his regiment, he loved to get them together and deal with them for eternity. The last meeting he attended was at the commission- ing of the bandsmen of his corps, and he was removed from that meeting to his home on account of illness. For some weeks he lingered and suffered, but through all exhibited the patience and fortitude of a true soldier, and as he passed away, he left a testimony that l)ore out the principle that comely and beautiful as had l)oon his christian life, his departure was a pro- gress of joy to the golden city. Sister Mary Croft, of the Carleton, N.B. corps next joined the celestial battalion. Saved at the penitent form in the barracks ; for five months she led the life of a servant of the " Spotless one," and joined the Lord with expressions of joy when the call came to summon i t m '*'? n i « 1 .1 •; 102 THE VICTORS. her to His presence. Her very last moments were spent in entreating those around her bed to prepare for death, and all at once exclaiming: "Oh! He is coming — I see Him," she stepped within the veil and received her crown. Her funeral was attended by vast crowds and souls were saved at the memorial service. The next name on the honor roll of promotion is sister Annie Body of the Walkerton corps. She ac- cepted the terms of the Master, surrender from all sin and received pardon through the blood in the bar- racks of that town, and for a long time was an exemj.)- lary working soldier. Some few months before her death circumstances removed her from her home to Alpena, Michigan, where, although removed from the privileges and influences of the Army, she lived the life and gave the testimony of a true blood and fire soldier. During her illness of some few weeks dura- tion she was firm in her trust to the Saviour and her devotion to the flag. Her last evidence was strong and clear. "Don't you hear Him calling," she said, " He stands waiting for me," then she sang the old chorus : "Tm saved I am, I koow I am;" and Bo passed into the city of the saved. Shortly before her death being asked as to her funeral, she Haid, " Bury mp under the Army flag and in my suit of blue," and the good christian people of the place, as far as they were al)]e, fnlfillcd her last desire, and the minister forwarded her last testimony to her comrades of the Dominion. ^ . r . ^ ^ The loving call now came to Sister Eflie Jones, of the Seaforth Corps, who at the early age of 17 laid ^oww the armour and received a crown. She was r 1 A SALVATION LASS. 103 converted in an Army meeting on the 20tli April, 1884, and early the following winter, after a hard struggle, she laid all upon the Altar, and God un- mistakably sanctified her soul. She was a Soldier through and through : no night too dark, no storm too severe to keep her from the open air, ever ready to speak or pray, and her sweet voice was always in tune for the King's praises. Her home life was what the home lifOvpf a true Salvation lass always is — true to her duty^as true to her God. When the call came for het. sisters, who with herself and brother had been sayed^^in^ the Army, to take the field for Jesus, Effie7 whose heart was in the fight, elected to bear her cross at home and deyote herself to her parents and' little brothers and sisters, but with all her duties fulJUedto the letter, she still remained the same efticient Soldier, doing good service in the Little Soldier's war. In November a disease of the heart manifested itself, and although at first no serious result was expected^, at last the summons came, and with the words " Jesus, Jesus, I'm coming," she stepped to her reward. She' was buried beneath the flag she loved so well,^;^ndv which*' her own willing fingers had' helped- to^sliitch J and her. lamp now burns brightly in heaf&t its' light not having, gone out upon earth. ''. ,, Bro.. Andre^! j^pbins,) a Norwich Soldier, was called home De,cember 3rd," }.885,*>fter waring a good fight for more thaaa.y^ear.^^^^^^^^ was saved in the Army, and was jan exemplary soldier. On being questioned as to 'his hope he said, ** Tliank God, I am on the royai'road to heaven, waiting till Jesus comes." Ac- cording tOf his last wishes he was buried with the '* honours of the War," in the presence of a great ; \ '. \.v = ;V1 m 0*:A "T^ ' < ; : l u 104 THE VICTORS. concourse of people, and attended Ijy a largo number of bis comrades. Bro. diaries McDougal, of tbe Hamilton Corps, was converted in an Army meeting at Ilagersville, and sbortly afterwards removing to HaniiUon, -svas enrolled a Soldier tbere. He was only sicl'i for a few days, but in his death as in his life he loft a gn-und testimony to the power of the Blood to save and ke 'p. He took a severe cold, but with youth on his side (ho was eighteen) it was supposed Ju; would recover. He, however, gradually got worse and became conscious of his approaching death, and as he stepped into the Chariot he exclaimed, "It is all right." His com- rades buried him with honours, and a most impres- sive and convicting scene tooV 2)lacc :;t his burial. " I will die for King Jesus " were the last words of Sister E. Belill, of the Peterboro' corps,just as she pas- sed away. She was converted in the Salvation Army, and for six months had been a good soldier. The call came unexpectedly, but she was quite ready. She . was present at her last roll-call on earth on the 11th January, and on the 16th she answered to her name in Heaven. Almost her last act upon earth was to plead with her unconverted husband to get ready to meet her and to receive his promise that he would. She lived a Soldier, died a Soldier, was honoured with a Soldier's funeral, and now is enjoying the Soldier's rest and reward. Dresden sends a recruit to the glory land in Father Grooms, as his comrades loved to call him. His marching orders came on Sunday, January 24th, and found him ready for the route, with lantern trimmed and burning, to march through the dark valley. The previous Sunday, in the Barracks he had testified to 1 1 1 THE ANGELS WAIT. 105 n the goodness of God, and pleaded to dying men to get ready for Heaven, and his daily life spoke even louder than his testimony to the saving, keeping power of God. His comrades mustered in great force for the funeral, and it and the memorial service were owned of God in the Salvation of Souls. On March 11th the messenger came to the Bath Corps, and Sister Ada Mott joined the ranks promoted. For two years she had been a valiant Soldier, and was a light whose radiance not only illuminated her Corps, but shone out upon the whole community to God's glory. Through her last sickness she bore a blessed testimony to the fortitude of a true Soldier, and to be in her presence was to feel the breezes of heaven as they floated through the opening gate. Her last jDrayer was that the carrying out of her body to ihe burial might be used to the awakening of sinners, and smiling she said, " One angel has arrived and another is coming, and I am going to sleep." With these words she passed the river. Her funeral, in real Army style, caused a general awakening through the village, and at the memorial service her mother and three others sought and found the Saviour. About this time a very sudden call removed Com- rade Alexander Mann from the ranks of the Lindsay Corps. He was a young lad of sixteen, saved in our Barracks, and since his conversion before comrades and associates had lived and walked a true Soldier. His quiet, loving disposition, sanctified and hallowed by the indwelling spirit, had endeared him alike to comrades ?.i^A workmates. Going about his usual duties upon the railway, he was suddenly strjjck by a shunting engine, and his body maimed and mangled in the most distressing way. He only survived a ■ ! J: • UI'l.ls'lW*™ 106 THE VICTORS. Bufficicnt time to take leave of his friends, and to l(vi\e Ji blessed assurance that the Golden Gates re- ceived him to the Sokh'er's Home. His comrades turned out in great force to lay him to rest beneath the flag under which he was born of God, and beneath whose folds he had by his life adorned his profession and glorified his Saviour, and the funeral was a time of great awakening amongst the c(mimunity. The King's messenger now calls on the London City Corps, and Sister Mrs. Land gladly obeys the summons. She was one of the first souls won for God by the Army in the city, and consequently one of the oldest soldiers in Canada. Eor nearly four years she had lived and walked and worked as only God's own Soldiers and Servants can. - Always at her post, an untiring and indefatigable ** War Cry " seller, a Soldier through and through, in the street, in the Barracks, in her home, she witnessed a good con- fession before men and angels. She had only a few hours to get ready for her journey, but her affairs were settled, and she eagerly awaited the change, and at the call she triumphantly passed to her reward. The Corps mustered in strong force at her funeral, and the city was again privileged with the spectacle of a Soldier's triumph. The simple and sublime Army ritua^ for the dead was fulfilled to the letter, and many hearts were touched and warned to prepare. At the memorial service many sought the Saviour in answer to the appeals of the husband and family, as well as the Comrades of our Sister. Sister Mrs. Smith, of Tilsonburg, for two years took up and carried the daily cross of a Salvation Soldier, and at a short warning triumphantly crossed fi CHILD-LIKE 80LDIEK. 107 the billows of death. Questioned as to her hope she said, ** All is well, Jesus is here," and in a few hours passed av'ay, anxious, and clothed for the marriage supper. H';r funeral and memorial were powerful services, and her son found peace in his mother's Saviom*. Bro. John Tame, of Petrolia, was saved in an Army meeting, and i'or six months witnessed for God as a Soldier. After a few days of intense suffering, through which his trust never wavered, he passed away praising God for His great Salvation. The funeral and memorial attracted great crowds, and much conviction rested on the unsaved present. -• Bro. Arthur L. Davis, of Point St. Charles (Mont- real II.), was a faithful, loving Comrade, and through- out his career as a Soldier was loved and honoured by all for the manifestations of the cliil ^1 -' Si I done good service for the Master. A few hours before her departure she called her sister and said, " Pollie, thank God, I'm on the rock," and in that shelter she passed over. A funeral of more than ordinary effec- tiveness and conviction closed her career as a Soldier here, and some started then to meet her on the other side. Bro. George Yebbits, of Coaticooke, about this time was called up higher from a very useful Soldier's life, which from its promise gave hopes of years of useful- ness in the field, but God had otherwise ordered it. After a short illness of much suffering, borne with a Christ-like spirit, he went home to meet his Maker and Judge with a smile, and hear the " Well done." His funeral under the Flag was an effective and awakening time, much blessed to God's glory. On the 1st of May another bandsman joined the celestial orchestra. Bro. Harry Wells was one of the favourites of the Gait Corps, both with his Comrades and all that knev; him. Before the advent of the Army he was a lover of evil company and a victim to strong drink, but the Hallelujah drum attracted him to the meetings, and there he found pardon through the Precious Blood. God led him into the band, and it was his delight, not only to m'arch the street play- ing Salvation airs to attract others in sin, but his daily life was a standing witness for God to his Comrades and the world outside. On April 16th he met with a serious accident, and little hopes were en- tertained of his recovery. From his bed he continued to warn sinners, and speaking to his Officers said, '* 1 am so glad this did not happen two years ago, for then I would have l)een witliout a hope, and I could never have got right in this iiiLciiBe pain. But, thank i BEVUNTY YEAliy Oi<' BIN. 109 God, if Ho callB me now I am ready to meet Him," and in a few days he went home rejoicing. At his funeriil a great conciourse of people were drawn together, and a minister vfho was present, addressing the people, said of our Corr.rade: "It was not only his testi- monies on tlie street and in the Barracks that had shown that he Uved to please God, but the same light shone out from his daily actions in his workshop and his home. Father Pickard, of IngersoU, triumphantly crossed the flood in his 80th year, after serving God for a year in his bed, where he had been confined by sickness. Two years and a-half ago he attended an Army meeting, and whilst there, he was convicted of his sins and realized that for seventy long years he had lived at enmity with God. Of course, the devil tried to persuade him that it was too late now, but he determined to trust his case to God, and coming down as a convicted sinner to His feet for pardon, he was soon enabled to shout "Glory to God, I'm saved." Up to his sickness, he was a true soldier, and after- wards was numbered with the saints who have glori- fied God upon their beds. He passed peacefully to his rest and reward, and desiring to be buried under the flag where he had sought and found his Saviour. A great gathering carried his remains to the grave- yard, and at night in the memorial service, his grand- daughter sought and obtained salvation. Bro. Barron, of Stratlu'oy, passed triumphantly :)ver the river to the rest of God's people early in June ; and was buried with the honom:s of war l)y his comrades, a blessed time being ^experienced by all. Bro. James -Treen next answered to his name in the Qolden city. He was a true loyal Salvation Soldier, H! 110 THB YI0T0B8. saved and sanctified imder the flag, always at his post ready and contented to do anything and be nothing for the world's salvation. Throng] i his ill- ness, amidst pain and weariness and distress, his face always wore a smile, and cheerily and brightly he awaited the summons. At last it came, and with the words "Blessed Jesus" upon his lips, he stepped forth to answer on the|golden floor. A grand hallelu- jah funeral terminated his career upon earth, by which his comrades were blessed and uplifted in their souls, and his fellow citizens were warned to prepare to meet him in heaven. Sister Margaret Pratt, of Stroud, went peacefully to her rest on the 10th July. She was saved in the Army meetings, and for two years was a faithful sol- dier. She left behind a clear and definite testimony as to the power of Salvation to keep in the hour and article of death, and her life had been a. standing testimony to God's glory. A great crowd attended her funeral, conducted with Salvation honours, and at the memorial service, six souls sought the Saviour. Sister Caswell, of the Elora corps, was a true sol- dier, testifying alike by her life in the barracks and her home, and on her sick bed and in the hour of death, to God's power to save, and to the reality and substantialily of the work done in her soul. She was buried with all honours, and the service was blessed with many souls. Bro. _^mos Gosbell, of Essex Centre, left the fight rtvjoicing. He was saved in the Army, and for two years was a much loved and faithful comrade, always eager for duty and prompt at his post. Notwith- standing his great suffering he was always cheerily singing the Army songs he loved bo well, and over and I J. Il' I A BOY SOLDIER-SAINT, 111 over again declared his readiness to meet God. The Sunday before his death, as his comra,des marched past the house, he raised himself and waved his arm in token of victory, and remarked to his wife, ** thank God I'm a soldier and I'll soon be home." His last moments were a vivid and powerful testimony as to the reality of his Salvation a}\d his unbounded confi- dence in God Just as he passed away, he rose in his bed, and in a voice of extraordinary power and singular sweetness^ sang, '• He's the Lilly of the Valley, " and the chorus " I'm H-A-P-P-Y," and falling back into the chariot, was carried by the angels to His father's bosom. Brother Willie Jackson, of Moorefields, passed to the front in his 11th year, and his last moments were a standing witness, as also his life had for some time been, to the power and willingness of God to save the little ones. With almost his last breath he s'ang •' Its waves my soul are cleansing, < Whiter than the driven snow " 'j He passed away, the treasure and brightest gem from a Salvation home, to adorn the King's chambers over there. He was honoured with a soldier's funeral, at which many were blessed of God. '"■ ^ Thedford corps now sends a recruit to the heavenly ranks in Sister Mary Burley, who crossed death's flood triumphantly on the 28th June. She had been saved a little more than two years, and ever bote the brightest testimony, her whole soul being centered on doing the will of God. For several months her las j sickness deprived her of the privileges of active work and of the meetings at the barracks ; but oilicerB and P 1 f :: m 1 112 THB VI0TOR8. soldiers alike passed many blessed seasons at her bed- side, and the dosing scene upon earth was a fitting introduction to the brighter glories of the better ^Yorld. She passed away in perfect peace, as above ; and on tlie 80th her comrades laid her remains away with all possible honour and respect, lifting up tho realities of death and judgment to the unsaved, and pledging themselves to more faithful untiring service and to that perseverance that shall entitle them to nl iirdant entrance to the gloried their comrade had passed over to enjoy. Bro. Barron, of Strathroy, went to Heaven shout- ing Hallelujah. He had, for some time, been a faith- ful soldier of the Lord, Jesus Christ, and an out and out Salvationist. His funeral was a most impressive gathering, and great crowds turned out to pay their last respects to an esteemed townsman ; the occasion was used for the uplifting of the coming death and judgment and the freedom and fulness of the Saviom-'s love. " After a short illness of nine days, Bro. Joseph Miller, of Tilsonburgh, went to his rest and reward ; ho was a soldier from the earlier days of the corps, and witnessed to a good testimony by his daily lifo. His last hours were most impressive and edify in li;. The day before he died he told his dear wife to put away all his clothes, as he was about to exchange for the white-robe of Heaven's uniform ; and so rejoit in<>- he went to the Palace of the King. He was buried Avith honours before a great crowd of people, to whom the great truths of eternity were faithfully dechiiful. Bro. Johnnie Whitten, of Essex Centre, whose life as a soldier was indeed a blessed one, now passed away. His life of purity was filled with power, IIEAUTIEUL IN DEATH. 118 blameless and unspotted he walked, a rebuke to a crooked generation. His last ilhiess was blessed to many souls, and his deatli was that of a saint pre- cious in the siglio of the Lord. His life was blessed with immortal fruit, and his memory will long be green in the hearts of his comrades, standing out as it does, a pattern of a true soldier and follower of the Master. Bro. Frederic Nookes, of Bov/manville, received the summons joyfully amid much suffering ; his life was tliat of a fighting soldioi-, his death the progress of a victor to his triumph, his life was a blessed example and help to his comradt^s, and his death a glorious spectacle of the power of God to carry His loved ones home. His funeral was an imposing scene ; and at the memorial, iiis wife and two others sought and obtained Salvation. Around the grave his comrades pledged themselves anew and afresli to the War. Sister Sarah Cassels was a soldier Hrm and straight of the Clinton corps, and she passed to glory giving every evidence of perfect peace and trust i*i her Saviour's promise to be with her through the Dark Valley. She received a soldier's funeral, and a blessed time of power and Salvation was enjoyed. The death angel again visits the Tiiedford corps, and brother Wesley Sei'vice ansv,ers to the e:i!l ; his career as a soldier had been unblemished, and he was holy and beautiful m his death. - His last testi- mony to his Capiniu was " So beautifully, sweetly, trusting in Jesus." And so he went to the source and rest of the "Beautiful." At his memorial service, one of his old companions sought the Saviour and was found of Him. " ' ' SI ppp 114 XHE TIOTORS. |i I With the close of our year the call came for the first time to our Comrades in Newfoundland, Sister Butlor, of the St. John's Corps, being summoned home. She was saved a few weeks after the arrival of our pioneers in the Island, and having found the Precious Pearl, she was a short time afterwards seized with a painful illness. It was not, however, till a week previous to her death that she realized that her end was so near. She was made a rich blessing to saved and unsaved in her death, and shortly before she breathed her last she sang : " Sball we meet beyond the river, Where the surges cease to roll." At the funeral both her father and mother knelt at her coffin, and forsaking sin and seeking the Saviour, entered into the joy of the justified ; and forty precious souls were saved within ten days of her death. Another Newfoundland Comrade passed to the everlasting Hills about this time. Sister Sarah Penney, who while away with her family and other Comrades from her Corps, fishing on the Labrador coast, was unexpectedly called home. She died as she had lived, a true soldier. Having unflinchingly stood to her post in life, she trembled not nor feared whilst crosLlng the dark river, the Everlasting Arms being round and about her, and her last breath declared "My rest is in Heaven." n Thus we end our honour roll for the year, and as we tell the number of our departed Comrades we shed no tears nor heave no sigh for them. They rest from their labours with the blessed dead who died in the Lord. THE king's highway. 115 Obscure and unnoticed they walked the earth on the King's Highway, and have. entered eveu into His Chambers owned and acknowledged by Him, and numbered amongst the precious number, Who in God'it blessed favour live and die, ' Death does not come too soon to such an one, However short their life, their work is done ; Yet still their influence lives, their memory's blest, And they in God's eternal bosom sweetly rest. I I i 'I II 1 ij m ■*;>;1 '-;;»f :- I I i 1 1 4 ^ TJHE CAMP;«fl@N Of THE f UTUF^E. CHAPTEE IX. " Come over into Macedonia and help US. For four years we have been respond- ing to this c].*y, and still it rings. The Bill-blighted victims from the very vortex of iniquity iiiiploru our assistance ; the wale of the drunkard, the Iiarlot, and the vilest of the vile call us to the rescue! As wo look at the vice and misery so predominant in the streets of our Canadian cities, it makes our hearts ache, and yet that bright beam of hope, fanned by the love of God, which springs up in our breast and tells us something can be done to elevate and restore this poor fallen humanity, makes us rejoice. Perhaps before this book is in the hands of our readers we shall have started our Bescue Homes for lUSSCUU AND nilSUN-GATli VVOllK. 117 the saving of our fallen sisters, who are, sad to relate, already on the increase, ruining not only their o^vn bodies and souls, but helping to drag down the dam- nable abyss whole regiments of our youth that wore once as pure as the morning dew, and who are being cursed and blighted by vice and iniquity. But shall it be that our boys and girls that are to be Canada's future, who ai'e to take the reins of the government and commerce of our Dominion, sluJl be thus rumed ? Tho voice of purity cries no ; the voice of hope' says no ; God says no ; and the Salvation Army, by the help of Jehovah, will do its part to sweep it from the land. We do not mean to take hold of this work as a mere moralizing institution. Not only de we aim to be physical physicians of our I'ellowmen, but we are after getting people converted; in fact, this is the object of all om* methods and plans. • •; ■■-.,. We are also on the eve of opening a Prison- Gate Brigade work. It is a well known fact that when a man comes out of prison he is almost sure to go back again. Nobody will trust him or even afford him lios- pitalit3\ He is invariably unable to get work, and thus in desjjair he puts his hand to the wi'ong again in spite of his good intentions. Our mission is to estab- lish a home for these poor men, treat them kindly, find them employment, get at their hearts, and get them saved, and send them out to situations as hon- ourable men in the world. As for the results of this work, we are quite confident they will be as grand and blessed as in England, Australia, and elsewluTo. We have a man and wife already to undcrtalce this work, who will labor night and day in this grand and new departure. All we want is means to furnish a f;f III 118 THE OAMPAIQN Ot THB fUTUHfi. house and help to supi^ort the same, and on we go. The Lord touch somebody's heart in this direction ! Between the Provinces of Ontario and. Now Bruns- wick Hes a tract of country comprising:; one hundred and ninety-three thousand three hundred and fifty- five square miles, which is populated by about two million French, besides numerous tribes of the Iroquis and Micmac Indians. This is one of the greatest lumbering and shipbuilding fields of Canada, and yields some of the best timber in the world. Thou- sands of the people work on the rivers, felling the timber and floating it down in rafts. These lumber men are about the roughest class in the country; living in the forest they scarcely ever hear anything about God or Salvation. A large field of labor lies open here, and we believe that ere long, from the forests of Quebec will be raised up many a valiant Soldier of the Gross. Already our flag is planted in the Capital of the Province, viz., the Gity of Quebec. As yet we liave directed our attention entirely to the French popula- tion, and our readers by this time all know what a fight it has been. In this work, France has afforded lis noble assist- ance in the shape of four female officers and one lad, and in the very near future we hope to repay France four-fold by sending back officers to help save the infidels of that dark country. In many of our cities there are settlements of Italians, German and Dutch to whom we hope soon to direct our attention. Al- ready we have several German- speaking ofiicers, and others are preparing for the Italian work. Manitoba, British Columbia, and the North-West Territory blazen forth for future conquest. Indeed, .<,-■- '>;>*»;■ Ik 1 i SUFFERINaS OF THE REDHEN. 119 ). it is very necessary that we should now take our stand in these important points, that we may be ready to receive the vast crowds of our fellowmen who are going to seek their fortunes and homes in the wild prairies and forests of these western lands, in order that we may help them to start right. How important a good start is I What heaps of misery there are in the world that would have been avoided if a different start had been made ! We want to do something to alleviate the misery and suffering of our dusky abori- gines received at the hands of the white men. Often has it been asked the old white-haired Indian hunter what was the cause of the degeneration of the Indian nations, and with <». gi*ave look he has turned round and gravely replied, " Ah, my son, my heart sickens when I look at that which has happened to our forefathers since the pale face came amongst us. Before the white man landed on our shores, the red- men of the forest were numerous, powerful, wise and happy. In those days nothing but the weight of many winters bore them down to the grave. The game in the forest and the fish in the waters abun- dantly supplied their wants. While our forefathers were in this happy state, they cast their eyes towards the rising sun and beheld a big canoe with white wings approaching nearer and nearer to the shore. A strange people landed, wise as the gods, powerful as the thunder, with faces as white as snow. The strangers then asked for a little piece of land, which was granted ; they continued to ask, and at last took to the sword and drove the poor Indian back." In this way the redmen have gradually been strip- ped of their hunting grounds and cornfields. Their children began to cry for bread, disease crept in and ■:•»-. 120 THE CAMPAIGN OF THE PUTTJRB. Rwept thorn away by tbonsancls. Tlion tbc deadly FTRKWATiiR cvcpt in and l)cgnn to fjnaw tlioir vovy vitals, dobasinj;,' thoir moralM, lowering tlu;ir (li'!;iiity, H[)roadin!:^ every wlicvo contensioiis, confuaion and d(;ath! On the prairies of the wild North-West Territories rove the great nations of tl^c Blaclifeet, Crowfeet, Crees, Yellowstones and numerons other tribes. The Esquimaux, Abenaqnis, Ojcl)eways, and Chippeways tribes inhabit the Hudson l^ay Territory and Labrador. Here they hunt the Buifalo and other fur-bearing animals, and trade with the famous " Hudson Bay Company." British Columbia covers a space of 700 by 1,000 miles. A small settlement of 15,000 whites populates the south, while the forests of the north arc the hp.unts of the redmen, who kill the fov.ls anl fish in the'miglity rivers for livc']ihood. The principal food is drie 1 lisli and a Ivind of buffalo meat called Pemican. I'here are estimated to be 40,000 Indians in British ('ol^ii^ibia, compriRing t]ie Great Slave and Quagutl tribes. To win these people we will have to become Indians, live as they do and in ewery way adapt ourselves to their customs. Thank God, the pioneer brigade is propariiig, ( utirely composed of volunteers for this work. The Salvation Army is destined to christianize tne lioathen of Canada; and wliy should it not ];e so with such men and women as, thank God, we liave in the Salvation Army ? AVe .believe tliat, ere long, the lion-spirit that now rules in the brearst of the redman will l)e reduced to that of a lamb. c: '- v '' ' =■ ^ > ' There will bo difficulties; only consider that there are ov(^r two hnndi-ed different languag^^s ].)oken SAVING THE NATlONa. 121 amoiij^st tlieni. Ainoii.'^' llio trilios wc are now worldiif^ in tliu rc'hoi'vi'S of OjiluvIo, coinj'visiiig the iNfohawlvH, CliippowayB, Scnocas, Ouoidas, ('ayiig.as, and Ononda- p:aH, English is protty \vid(;ly 'jjoken, but not so in tlicso parts; but if I know anyihiiig of the Salvation Army, it is not one of its principles to run away from difticulties, but in the strength of God w^e go forth to conquer. Not only are we preparing for all those rapid strides in our o\Yn Dominion, but we arc doing our l>art to help savg the naLions of the earth. Besides tlie contingent of eight Olliccrs wo have sent to Hin- (iiistan, and two whicli have just gone to the Southern States, we are just about to equip an expedition for Germany. In fact, it only requires our territory to be opened to get Candidates for all parts of the world. Germans, Swedes, Norwegians, Dutch, Italians, Chinese and French are flocking in train-loads to- wards the West, and many are amongst our oldest settlerSi To open our territory we only want men and means. What will you do to help us ? . . ^ \\n ^^1 %:i i ■v4--^--'^ :.^^ :'• , h..' .^•?'.',r •■ I tj I' I TJHE fIGJHT EbSEWjHEF^E. CHAPTEE X. The United States. * ■ any section of the Salvation Army > knows of opposing forces and difti-* culty, our comrades over the border surely take the palm. For not only have they had to meet the enemy as most of us have to meet him, but*?.^ through the unfaithfulness of those who should have shown a better ex- ample, they have had to wade through seas of i^is- representation and slander, and suffer in ways indescribable. The very paiiJul task of dismissing a leader, who had been unfaithful to the charge entrusted to him, had to be resorted to in order to vindicate aud main- tain the integi'ity aiid honor of our Army. Out of the chaos formed by the unfaithfulness new work had to be commenced and proper foundations V #' THE FIGHT ELSBWHBRB. 128 r- f- er ly IS it i- i- 'S s laid, which, thank God, He has enabled us to do iii spite of every opposing force, and, God be praised, He has stood by Commissioner Smith and his brave force of valiant Officers, and inch by inch the walls of prejudice are crumbling, and the mighty Army blood and fire Chariot is rolling on faster than ever. Take a small retrospect of the advance. Two years ago they were able to gather together out of tho wreck and debris the former Commissionti- had left 30 corps and aboijt 100 officers. During the first year after the arrival of Commissioner Smith one hundred and fifty stations were opened ; that is to say, some thousands of souls have been converted to God, and thousands of lives made happy. At the present time we are able to report 218 corps, 84 out- posts, and 585 officers. One cannot help but shout for joy, not only for what has been done, but for the great and glorious possibilities of the future. This is the country which is populated by the most cosmopolitan people in the world, for settlers flock in thousands from all parts of the globe, and from tho American forces we are destined to get thousands of men and women who will carry the glaf* tidings of Salvation to the uttermost part of the earth. Here is this powerful legion of Salvation Soldiery raised up in so short a time, although surrounded by tremendous and apparently unsurmountable difficul- ties, marching on to continual victory, and it is not too much to expect that they will not only do v° noble service for foreign work, but that they will over-run every State and territory of the American Union. God speed them is our prayer. i 124 CALIFORNIA. if California. Then comes California with its mass of souls, pur- chased by the same Calvary-spilt blood. The inhabi- tants of this part of the world seem especially bent on making money; thousand upon thousands have left their native lands and flocked here to seek their fortunes amongst the golden sands and diamond valleys. Oh ! that God Almighty may get a chance at their hearts so that they will turn their attention to making themselves rich in faith and love to God. Already the Salvation Cannons are booming, and the sound of ])attle is being heard on every hand. One of our great difficulties here is the want of Officers, and the expense caused by so great a dis- tance prevents us sending them from other lands. Yet God is giving them the victory, and they are not only carrying on the war in many cities in California alone, but are stretching out their borders. Staif- Capt. Stilwcll, immediately upon hearing that a Major was coming out to relieve him in his command, sent his wife into the Territory of Oregon, where many souls have already stopped into the light. Have they difficulties, ask you ? I should guess so. They have been left without a Commander for some months, through circumstances over which Head- quarters had no centvol, and yet amidst it all "Ad- vance ! " has been their watchword. Now that Com- missioner Smith has the oversight of this corner of the earth, and lias appointed a Major to the more immcMliate oversiglit, we may look for still more lively things from our Californian Braves. 'i:y^^ AuSTRAIjASIA. Some noble work for God has been done by our . "J KSMH RESCUE WORK IN AUSTRALIA. 125 ■4^ comrades in AnstvalaHia. Only about four years ago the Ai-my set foot in the eolonit^s, and the work lias spread like a vast prairie firo. Town after town has been boni])arded l)y our soldteiy, the cities have been seized in the name of the King, and some of the most brilliant victories ever recorded in our annals have been achieved in our Antipodes. They have solid ranks of soldiers numbering at the very least twelve thousand, saying nothing of the thousands who have joined the churches and of the numbers who have been benefitted morally and spiritually. For the last two years a marvellous advance has been made, under the command of Marshal Balling- ton Booth, not only in the populous cities and towns of the colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, but also among the bush rangers of the north. Since the departure of the Marshal, Commissioner Howard has been in command and has just conducted their first great Intercolonial Congress, when some lifteen hundred soldiers, in full uniform, marched the streets of Melbourne, and the largest building on the continent was packed almost to suffocation at the night meeting, the people contributing some $1,200 00 to help on the War. This congress was attended by representatives from all the colonies, including New Zealand and Tasmaina. Commissioner Howard, in the course of his address, said that the Salvation Army in the colonies had become a national institution. In four years they had increased a thousandfold. They had no less than six " War Crys," having a circulation of some 80,000 copies per week. Their labours have been owned and ])losscd by God, which you will affirm when we say TBI FIGHT BL8EWHERB. chat in a period of six mouths no less than 11,000 Bouls have sought Salvation at our penitent forms. One of the grandest featm'es of the work here is the Eescue of Fallen Sisters and the Prison Brigade work. They have now eleven homes in full operation, through which thousands have passed, and we have good reason to believe that sixty-live per cent, are now leading upright and Godly lives. The Secretary of the Government Reformation and Industrial Department, wrote to the Congress as fol- lows : " I have much pleasure in stating, in reply to the under-secretary's inquiry, that this department has, in many instances, been materially assisted in its work of protection and reclamation by the exertions of the several branches of the Salvation Army organ- ization. This more especially applies to the case of those young persons who, having been at one time wards of this department, had relapsed into evil ways subsequently to tli€ termination of its legal control over them. " 1. Many such are known to have been rescued, and to be now leading respectable lives. "2. In the case also of absconding girls, supposed to have been enticed into dangerous companionship in the city. Colonel Barker has, for some time, kindly permitted us to send him instant notice of the cases, and this has resulted not infrequently in their recov- ery within a few hours — a matter of great moment, but which, without such help, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, so promptly to secm'e ; and I have sometimes had occasion to regret that he was not armed with power to personally efifect an T GOVERNMENT PERSECUTION. 127 arrest, and so avoid the delay ^ind risk of failure involved in calling in the services of a constable. " 3. In not a few cases, parents and other rela- tives, applying to be again entrusted with the care of their children from the department here, have acknow- ledged their indebtedness to the Army for that change of character and mode of life by which they have been enabled to again form a home for those belonging to them, and thus relieve the state of their further maintenance. *' 4. I feel that, on these several grounds, Colonel Barker and his coadjutors are entitled to cordial recognition for the benefits which have resulted from their self-denying labours. " (Signed) George Guillaumb, " Secretary." It is also worthy of note that the Government granted our people the sum of $5,000 towards the rescue work in that country, which speaks volumes for what has been done. To give a separate description of the work in each colony, or to write of the victories in Tasmania, and among the Maoris of New Zealand, space fails us, and can only rejoice with our comrades for what has been accomplished. In the city of Sydney has been established our first Chinese corps. Forty of these people have been res- cued from the opium dens and made into soldiers of Jesus Christ, and among them are candidates ready at any moment to take Salvation to the idolatrous millions of China. Lord hasten the day ! Sweden., In the pages of the War Cry we have given an ac- count of the wonderful commencement of the work in 128 THE FIGHT BLSBWHERES. this country and we rejoice to say tluit in spite of every opposition it has gone blessedly forward. This is our hardest field of political and goverjiiiunt perse- cution. Some time ago a decree was issued that no meetings were to be held after nine o'clock. This rule was for some time obeyed as far as possible \'>y oui- oiHcers, but in one or two instances when they did iKjt (dose just at the moment, the police were down u2)on tliem m an instant, and they wara taken oil' to prison, one young officer, Oapt. Jim Toft, bi'ing •sentenced to thirty-three days in Norrkoping jail. The only option to these imprisonments is the piiy- iiig of an enormous line, sometimes as high as $50. Tliis of course our ofiicers and soldiers refuse to do, and so invariablj^ have to Buffer for Jesus by going to prison. But prison bars and bitter persecution have not jiindcred the work of God, hundreds of souls ha c:! prevailed. In particular, when she spoke of thoxr own heart's need and of the separation of loved onos by death, one could see the condition of soul in which many found themselves. Tears ran down many cheeks, and these strong men struggled with their feelings, as she impressed upon them (1st) the need Oi a religion which does not consist merely of a mass of theories, dogmas, and theological specula- tions which can hardly satisfy the intellect, much less the heart. 2ndly, there is a religion which can satisfy the heart as well as the intellect, and (3rdly) this religion is the religion of Jesus Christ." The students of these universities, and in fact, a great part of the population of Sweden, are infidels; but we are glad to say that during T»[iss Charles- worth's visit many were led into the light. A few weeks ago, StafF-Ca]>t. liellburg was sen- tenced to a term of fifty-three days in prison for holding a meeting after nine ; but the King of Sweden ordered his immediate release, afior he 1-ad Bpent some days in the cells. God bless the King. Eeports say the work in Norrkoping is goiiig on won- derfully. Sixty have lately come out for the blessing. Not many months since the rouglis were all but unmanagable at times, one of our sergeants being beaten till life was despaired of; but now we have some of the most prominent of these savi-d and figlit- ing undei- the colors, v>-liile one of the Ji.ore. respect- able " roughs," a gentleman who was well known to hate us, has learned to love us through three of his children getting saved in our meetings, and has just sent some superfluous jewellery for our new barracks in Stockholm. .. , ** BLUB BLOOD " IN THE MBBTIMaB. 191 but At Kingsholmen (Stockholm II), three lasses hold the fort right m the thick of thousands of " the great unwashed," and God saves many souls. Arrange- ments are just being made to open Stockholm III, and several other places. Staff-Capt. Perry writes : "While we get in the rude and uncultivated, we also get " blue blood " in the meetings. The Crown Prince of Denmark, with four of Lis suite, were pre- sent on a recent Sunday afternoon. *' Urgent appeals for the extension of our borders come almost daily. Norway offers an open field of labour which we cannot much longer pass over, Den- mark calls for us. It is certain that our pioneers will have a hard time when they do go there, but success is equally certain. Lapland, with its simple inhabit- ants and with next to no spiritual light at all, is a standing call for us to do something for the souls up there. We see no reason why the whole of Sweden and Norway should not be worked in .camps, while we long for the day when we shall be able to send off a couple of Salvation sledges, each containing an officer who, drawn by a reindeer, clad in the simple garb and living on the coarse food of the people, shall go from place to place, holding meetings, talking to the people, and by every means saving souls." Feanoe and Switzerland. 'Tis not in the power of language, spoken or written to convey to the minds of our readers any adequate idea of the terrible persecutions and sufferings borne by our noble comrades on this, perha^js the most diffioult, field of Salvation Warfare. In spite of it rii 182 THB tiailT SLBEWHERlt. all, ** En Avant ! " has been their motto, and forward step by step they have advanced. Even when tho Goliatbs of infidelity have stridden across the track, and when the firey furnace of persecution has been heated to the highest pitch before their very eyes, and when Government decrees have put a dungeon penalty upon every prayer meeting and every effort to save the lost, though opposed by policemen and blood-thirsty mobs, and though expulsion and exile has sought to shut out the message of Salvation from cities and people, God has given them the victory and helped them to march ** En Avant ! " Wherever the Army methods have been brought to bear upon the kingdoms of darkness God has honored them with success. As we look back five years ago at the little band, composed of the General's eldest daughter, Mar^chale Catherine Booth, Miss Soper (now Mrs. Br am well Booth), and two others, as they enter that city of gaity and vanity, we look at those first meet- ings in the Kue d' Angoulfeme among the vilest class of Parisian cut-throats, and as we look back at those fierce conflicts in the Oberkaumff Hall where nothing but slander, opposition, and even death stared them in the face, with scarcely a friend to stand by them, but when there was no hand to help God was not far off, and the efforts put forth in fear and trembling have been blessed to the Salvation of thousands ; I say, as we look back at that handful of braves and now behold an Army of forty corps and one hundred and thirty Officers, saying nothing of the thousands of soldiers and converts, it makes om* hearts rejoice. Detailed accounts of these live years of warfare, of expulsions, imprisonments, assaults, of government and hand-to-hand persecutions would fill a volume. i DBATH OF LOUIS JEAKMONOD. 188 We "will, however, briefly review the past year's war. Scarcely had the new year (1886) dawned upon the face of time than Louis Jeanmonod fell a martyr for God. At the door of that Quai Valmy Hall, in Paris, where many a fierce struggle has taken place, as he was keeping the door a French ruffian rushed at him head first, and infiicted a death-blow near the heart. Two or three days of intense sufiering followed, but without a murmur he bore it all, and passed on to the front to be with Jesus. How blessedly and triumphantly he died ! As his comrades gathered around him and sang, 'neath the suppressed sobs, • " Radieoz S^jour, Radieux Sejour, Oti les anges vont me porter tin jour *' ("Radiant Home, Radiant Home, Where the angels will carry me one day "), with the words '' It is too beautiful " on his lips, his spirit took its flight to its Heavenly Home. Thus he died, a martyr for God ! Perhaps the most difficult part of our work here, especially in Paris, is "En Avant ! " Selling in the caf^s and on the streets our officers and soldiers have been stoned, arrested, im- prisoned and persecuted in every possible way, yet God has blessed this work, and it is carried on to-day with great success. In Switzerland the fight has been terrible. The Mar^chale and also Colonel Clibborn have been banished from several of the Cantons. Our officers go about with their lives in their hands. Expelled English OfEcers have crossed the frontier at night or in disguise, and held meetings op. this forbidden soil so far without being caught, though the police on one occasion just arrived in hot haste as the bird had flown. On another occasion Colonel Clibborn reached 184 THK FIGHT BLfiBWHERB. Neuchatel, in the heart of the Canton, at night, held a meeting at six in the morning, saw and accepted tix candidates for the Training Home, got oJBf unde- tected, and reached Paris the same night. In the Canton de Berne, the Colonel and his brother were arrested as they were passing through, and were thrust into a dark dismal dungeon. They were sen- tenced to some weeks in prison. During the time they were in they were not idle ; they began to sing, and presently they saw a pair of eyes looking through from the next cell ; the poor fellow said he wanted to be converted J they prayed with him, and as they Bang : '•The cross now covers my ^in." he grasped it by faith, and the burden rolled away. German Switzerland has been attacked. Of the dreadful brutalities at Zurich, Capt. Kupfer writes as follows : " Wednesday evening the meeting was quiet enough ; but the roughs waited for us outside. When they saw we had gone, they at once fell upon our Soldiers. The young Honneger, he who was saved the Sunday you were with us, was terribly illtreated. He has several holes in his head, and is almost unrecognis- able. Others knocked down. "Friday evening, good meetmg; the roughs came again, but we did not let them enter. Towards the end of the meeting they tried to force an entrance. The Soldiers held fast the door inside, whilst the women prayed, and asked God with faith to guard us. After a while they went away, but only the women dared to leave the house, and even they received some hustling from the mob. ** ^1 &t once dome piercing shrieks were heard at THE FIQHT AT ZUBIOH« 186 •:*■ our door. Two men opened it and at the same time the family Volveider were attacked in the doorway with iron laden sticks. Oh ! that scene ! It was too awful for me to describe. I really thought that several would have been killed ; it was a real slaughter I The young V had been stationed only a week or two before at one of the oldest Corps in that country, and he told mu how the Barracks were still quite crowded, and in tlie open air poor sinners are still crying for mercy, whik' our borders are stretching out on the right hand and on the left, new cities, towns and villages being cap- tured, and hundreds of souls being brouglit to the Saviour's feet. The wonderful congregation of all the different nationalities at the International Congress in London was one of the most mighty gatherings ever seen by any religious organization since the days of the Apostles. A. solid column of 2,000 Officers marched through the most crowded thoroughfares of the great Metro- polis, causing men and women to think of Salvation, and recognize us even if against their will. Have our Comrades had it all their own way without meeting with opposition ? Let the Chief-of- Staff speak. Have we not had to endure Government persecution ? and all hell has been set in battle array and tried to upset the Salvation Army. Eternity will only reveal what was gone through during those months of trial in what is kjio^ -n as the " Armstrong "Case." Not only did the Chief suffer, but our dear lads and lasses up and down the land felt the persecution most keenly, but, thank God, they weathered the Hi 142 THE FIGHT ELSEWHERE. storm, and while devils and v/icked men -were looking for om* downfall God came in and gnyo victory. A universal all-night of prayer was lield all romid the world, and in answer to those petitions God delivered UB from the hands of our enemies. Since tiien scores of poor girls have been emanci- pated from the thraldoju and slavery of their lustful habits and are now leading; lives of ^'irtue and right- eousness, and scores of broken-hearted mothers have been made glad l.>y the wandering girl's return. Mrs. Bramv/ell .Booth, the wife of our beloved Chief, is now at the hcid of one of the most powerful women's rescue organization in the world. There are now eleven rvescue Homes in England, and thousands yet will bless the day that ever William Bramwell Booth set down his foot, and with his heart filled with hve to God and our fallen sisterhood, swore by Heaven and earth to do all he could to save them. Wo might mention one case of a dear girl who had strayed away from her home in Holland, and led a life of vice in an English cit}'. Her partnits communi- cated with Headquarters, they got to work, found out the poor girl, got her converted, and sent Jior back to Holland to rejoice the hearts of her parents* and there are scores of such cases. Also the Prison-Gate Work, yet in its infancy, has bcefi blessed in a marvellous way to the poor prison- ers, and we are confide:it that greater things will be done for the hundreds of this class tiiere are in Eng- land, and lessen the appalling rate at which tliey are increasing. Here, in the Salvation Army, is aii effort put forth to save them, which, thank God, it is being most wonderfully successful in doing. Qjie case is worthy of note. A young man, who had been in IN THE SLUMb. 143 prison for sixteen years for burglary, was seized by our Brigade as he came out of the prison, and is now one of the most useful and brilliant Soldiers in the Home. He is employed in making and repairing shoes for the Training Homes. We could write a whole book on the work of Com- mandant and Miss E. M. Booth in the Training Home, with the Cadets who are being there trained for war in every land. The latest departure in con- nection with the Training Homes is the " Field Ses- sions," which may be described as follows: — For three months in the year all the male Cadets aLtired in Salvation uniform go on a march through the village districts of England, accompanied by the " Cavalry Vans," which are large covered waggons drawn by horses. In these they do what little cook- ing is done, and carry all their necessary articles. At each village or town they stop, and hold meetings, sell ** War Crys," and speak to people about their souU. The women, instead of going on the march, go on jaunting cars and vans similar to the ones mentioned. This system is calculated to bring out the qualities of those in training, and make them more efficient in the fight. And not only does it do this, but is a blessed means of carrying Salvation to the villages. With three months of this work and three months in the Training Home, a Cadet is supposed to be fit for field service. ♦ Language again fails to describe what bas been done by the Cellar, Gutter and Garret Brigades, of which Miss Eva Booth has the oversight The follow- ing is an extract from the report of a recent visit to to the Blums: I 144 THB FiaHT ELSBWHEBB. ** A coloured man was found in one of the lodging- houses, who, on being offered a paper, said he could not read, and wac a Freethinker ; but afterwards he was brought to tell his story, and confessed that he had once belonged to The Salvation Army in America, had lost all his earthly possessions in the sinking of a ship, had come to England, travelled considerably in Scotland, and finally had sunk so low in the social scale as to be found in a common lodging-house. *' He began his little bits of arguments in defence of his beliefs, or non-beliefs I had better say, which were soon, by the Spirit of God, knocked from under his feet, leaving him to feel his utter helplessness and spiritual poverty. *' Upon the girls leaving the lodging-house, he ac- companied them to the door, with the tears standing in his eyes, promising to meet them again, though he would not yield then. "Many of the frequenters of these dens constantly remark their surprise at such lasses coming there at all^ comparing them to very hells, and saying they would not be there themselves if in any way they could help it." And still on our comrades go laying hold of the most degraded and bringing them to the Master's feet. Then comes our Italian work. As to the commencement of this work among the Italians, we translate the following from " II grido di guerra," " The Italian War Cry " : " Staff-Capt. J. B. Vint, moved with compassion by the misery and , spiritual defcrkness so prevalent in the Italian quarter, resolved to go single-handed amongst them and cause some light to " shine in the darkness." Accordingly in the month of September last year, he commenced PRIiPABATIOMS FOB CONQUEST. 146 by house to house visiting, exhorting, praying and reading the word of Godis" This was the beginning, and as the Captain him- self says, "The first effort put forth in fear and trembling, has been blessed to the salvation of many. An old loft in the top of a cow-shed serves as a Barracks, and in this old buildinj^^ SaUation has streamed into many an Italian heart." The work is still progressing, and from this company of Saved organ-grinders and ice-cream sellers, we are raising up a force that will ere long, we trust, carry the War into their own country, Italy; and what are the prospects for the futm-e? Beyond anything we can imagine, I am sure. Sucli arrangements are being made that every corner of the old land shall have in it a Salvation Army corps, and we mean to so labour that no one shall go down to hell without a chance of getting Salvation. As to our future advance on other countries, I have only to say preparations are being made to at once attack Germany, Italy, Holland, Mexico, Jamaca,* while already work has begun in St. Helena, and we have already people in training for China, while Canada supplies a candidate for Japan. Truly this is marvellous. The time is coming when salvation shall cover the earth, and if I know any- thing about it, the Salvation Army is determined to cover it also. Will you help ? '< i STATEMENT OF DONATIONS TO TEMPLE From Oct. Ut. 1885 to Sep. 30th, 1886. Ashtoa, Capt. $ Andrewfl, I. Albert, Gapi. Aikins, Dr. Anou. Brandou, J. Farreti, Mrs. Brown, W B. Britneli, A Batohaxd Mibb Bowden, John Brown, B Bryoe, Oapt, Blake, S. H. Bawden, J. Banks, Gapt. Briggs, S- B. Bell, Lieut. Bye^'Wm. Bouoiiex. Miss Bainfield, W. H. 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Members are enrolled at any time. Members of the League pay $5 per annum or $2 quarterly, and are supplied every year, on payment of their subscription, with a small leather ticket bear- ing the official recognition of Headquar tors, together with their name and number, which entitles them to the direct sympathy of. and recognition from all Sal- vations, Soldiers and Corps, and ensures for them a hearty welcome in \rmy civi'lrH at home and abroad, A small badge is sent to each member of the League which if so inclined, they can wear to denote mem- bership. A list of the members of the League is published, and sent to every member annually ; but Auxiliaries are announced anonymously when we are so requested. A copy of the *' War Cry" is mailed free to each member weekly. We rely upon the Auxiliaries to show their sympa- thy and help by : — Prayer at all times, and especially joining our inter- national prayer union at 12.30 every day, whcni the Soldiers of The Salvation Army, at liome and abroad, unite in prayer for one another, and the Salvation of the world. Influence. — Let it be known in their circle that they are in sympathy with us; occasionally, at least, attending our meetings; defending us against the numerous misinterpretations and slanders invented by enemies, and often* believed and circu- lated by the misinformed, who frequently only need to know the real facts to come over to our side. Auxiliaries can always have the fullest information as to the truth or otherwise of any specific charge brought, if they will write to Headquarters. Gifts. — Assisting us in supplying funds for the current work and the constant fresh opportunities which we are constrained to seize, at home and abroad, for spreading salvation. A copy of the Annual Eeport and Balance Sheets is sent to every Auxiliary at Christmas. The oppor- tunity offered to Auxiliaries in this respect is almost without parallel, for no day passes in which The Army is not compelled to refuse some very extraor- dinary opening to do good for want of funds. Our need is most urgent. New stations have been opened at great expense. From the far North, from the South, and the East, and West, the cry is still, '* Come and help us !" Without the means, we can- not possibly respond to this bitter cry. We invite all who have the well-being of Canada at heart, to immediately come to our help, and the help of the Lord, in this way. The League, although of recent date, already com- prises members of nearly all denominations, and many ministers. Cheques or Postal Orders to be made to THOS. B. COOMBS. For further information, and full particulars of the work of The Salvation Army, apply personally or by letter to tln) CoMMibbioNLJi, Salvation Temple Toronto. > Publications of the Salvation Army, BY THE GENERAL. THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN.— This book ehould be read by every father and mother who desirci to train their children for God. Even the most hos- tile critics of the Salvation Army have reviewed this work most favourably, and pronounced it to be a valuable addition to family literature. Limp cloth, 75 cents ; extra cloth, boards, gold lettered, rede dges, $1.00. SALVATION SOLDIER.— Being a Series of Ad- dresses and Papers descriptive of the characteristics of God's best Soldiers (with eight illustrations). Contents : — To the Rescue. David, a True Type and Forerunner of the Salvation Army Cadet. Get- ting Rid of the Filth. Jeremiah, or Putting Down The Salvationist. Unsealing the Lips. A Merry Christmas. The Baptism of Fire. Die at Your Post. Straight Truth, etc. Price, paper, 85 cents. ; cloth, 50 cents. HOLY LIVING ; or WHAT THE SALVATION ARMY TEACHES ABOUT SANCTIFICATION. Price, 5 oents. ** THE GENERAL'S LETTERS." Being a reprint of the General's weekly letters in the Wab Cry of 1885, together with life-like Portrait of the writer. Paper, 85 cents; extra cloth V ards, gilt, 50 oents. ALL ABOUT THE SALVATION ABMY. New Edi- ilea. Price, 6 oents. 8 boolv esiro hoK- this be a loth, iges, Ad- stics rype Get- own erry *ost. oth, [ON ON. the fc of rds, m- ^''.