The Salvation Army.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 97, 2 April 1883, Page 2

The Salvation Army.

(by telegraph.) (united press association.) Dunedin, This Day. The Salvation Army opened warfare yesterday at the barracks m the Temperance Hall. Their day services only attracted small audiences, probably owing to the bad weather. Prior to the services m the hall, they met m the centre of the town and did some sinking, which the captain accompanied with a concertina, and some exhorting. There are three of the 'vrmy, Captain ■P6l!ard,and Lieut Burfo'd and his wife. They have uniforms with brass buttons, I collars adorned with laMpm, badges on ' their bosoms, and caps with bands with "The Salvation Army" printed on them. They "are unedacated, and use v'y commonplace lan«"as;e. Lieut, i Rnrford said hf» hai been a coster* m->n?er m the East End of London. They each took their part m the indoor at rvicee, sinering, prayinsr and exhorting m turn. They come without naony, and have engaged the Temperance Hall for three years at £300 a year, trusting m the Lord's goodness to raise up funds to pay for it. Their mission is to reach the degraded, the drunken, and the fallen, and they will go to their homes and haunts and lure them out to services with singing and bands of music. From Dunedin they will send out officers, as these are enrolled, to the other centres of the colong.