The Salvation Army.
General Booth and the Salvation Army was brought before the Lang' lon (North Staffordshire) Maghitoffeii m a case m which Samuel Ghallinor and Joseph Fowlinson, potters by trade, were charged withobstitoctinj the thoroughfare. It apjHssired that on Sunday, General Booth cAme to Langlon to open the. new Salvation Barracks. Defendants followed the procession with a donkey dressed m a black cloak and a Salvation bonnet on. One side of the clbkk was*l4S»l--led " Salvation Jenny." and on the other si de " Hallelujah Ass. *' They also dressed up a hull-dog with a Salvation honnet and jei-sejr, the bitter bearing the motto of the Army, 11 Blood and Fire." All along tht route of procession obatruoti«mMtcidk. place, thousands turning out to witness the scene. TJje ijftigtatmtjM held that, -whilst they Mere aa^iafied that defendants caused tbe F!obstruction, the Salvationists habi tua] ly obstructed . th.fi rqsd*,<tj«f d refused to convict, on defendant:} prQniisiftg not to. repeat .the offenqp.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 247, 15 September 1884, Page 2
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157The Salvation Army. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 247, 15 September 1884, Page 2
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