SALVATION ARMY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2110, 30 March 1914, Page 5

SALVATION ARMY.

CONGRESS DBMONSmATIQNS, The <demons'ti , sfMpji.s- .oil Saturday and Sunday in connection ivith (lie Ba.UsatittivArmySooßiicl Aninual Congress were tuarked with great entrluraasiiv. Fish* ■ably itifl most important gathering was the; dftiiionslirfttio.il in tjie Basin Bciscrys, Ttfjs was , the fir§t open-air gifihe.rfng of its kind ajidj -ill spite of the l-ifebi misty ram that fell, tlie.ro wero fiitjy lOOE)' members <>f %o Army .present. Cpiamissioner Bieliarfts. gave an ad- 1 direst as also did Brigadier Braj , , StajF* daptasi Gmm, oi Dtotehitrelj, svntl others. I'i'ayers Were incited and' hymns wfirq swig, while seVectioij-s werb reiiderird at iittctjtajß ,! bj the taflds. The ■bays from the Bltham Boys' GeHefie an aqtiou soiig. . Saturday's Belebratlpfts. f On Saturday aitenjooft the fivs Salvation Army bauds winch inclilded Iliose fro-in DiDVediu aftd. Feildiiig, lijot at Lajulifeii Statio.ii .and, marching through thjft niai:n stsects, rendered; sefectiffips alternately. Sttbsequetitly the bijpds, comprising aKofrqtlier 135 men, sai .db«rt' to tea at- Scott's. the' first af a series of ■private confcreiices in coiiHacfciftft witii the eonK.ttss w'a.s he-id m Saturday, The Con-fore-nee lasted front 1.0 o'clock to 1 o'clock and during that time a ijumbcr of papesrs read dealing with important featiires ail ■ "Connection, with Army work. Tho Musical >cs,ttv.aT. iliewusieal festival in the-Citadel, Vivian Street «H Sa.tiird.ay. *a;s a gr.eitt; success.. 'Mrs pttildiiig was much t<lo ■sjna.M to accominodato afl ft'liO' Wished to ■obtain qntranoe. ivljile- the fortunato ones in islio btfiMinj; were treated to :fi- w.V fiiit iim-sical: Ccimni-issioiicr Ri-Ghards fitosided, white tli.e chie.? sec> Totajfy {:Lie«tc«ai3:t-dolonel I'owle.y) aiid ; B.taff, togeflvcr with tho delegates Id the Ijoiidon Na'tipniil Conftr.fiss:, wore among those present, The folJowTng bands and songsters .took part ji) fire . : conc.«Tt;~" Ounedin Oity Bajid (Ba.ii.dmjtsteF Lwp,'p). Weliington City Band (Bandmaster (Sofia), Spsitii WdlßVKtw Band (fiavulm«s:tei' Feifdiiig Band (Bandmaster Johnson), Botono Bawd 03endmssiei, M'Caliuiii), "Wellington Cit.V Ssngsteris (sonSster-leadei:, Major Collflo}ge)i and tjio ■Wellingto.i.i tjiiy a«4 Soulli'Wellßigton Boys 1 Bands. Other Dohionstratlohs. ' ■On ?!un4fty iUpttiiftfl at tho Qj.ta.dol Commisstaujsr Iticiiards gi(¥c a $:t|iting addross whjeh was ;rt-te.iftjve.l:y listoncd to. Ho was supported by.tFiß tihiof seeI'etatVj Powloy. Thp fieiebmtipns w<;fe tontinuod in tlje. evening iji Bis j\'[d]esiy's TheStre. Iji tho presence of dvm , t\v;(> thousand' people Co)nmis.si<)ner RjcJmtcis giiVo an address, taking i'paf his tsst doth it pre-fit a niait if lie gain the whole world and: suffer tjifi loss of his own soul." GoTiimlssioiieF W* Siipported by LiQu:tona|it»Coloi.iel PowMsj\ Tlio eragramme" for the. oveniiig included stlfletioiv? f»m tlig lj.i'ijis.s bands and orohoetirs, vocal solaj and praye.j's, . %'hp s only iniblic celebration 'ttr-dny wi-U bo that of the young people's ds-* inratstroiion jin tho Citadbl. PrivAt-e eftnforeifcses will be hold to-day alicl tomorrow, n'hilo W-ednesdaj' iyi.ll seo the Oiieniiiß of the Ifesternjity Hospital hi EiMisijifitoii Street by His AVoi-shjp the' Slayor (Mf. J. P. Lqlw), and Thursday tlio oi)ftniii{? of tl)& Willi am Rofttlj iU-'-uioriai TrrtinJßg Collßge'b.y tho lion. P. M, 13. Fisher, Ji.]?. ..fli.e conrfvidinK. featiire of the Coiißrtss will be the ih*' and favoAVc'li to i\\(i ljiter* national'C<?ngre:!?s tfelcßaies at the tuvni Edit th.i sitm.eevftn.inK.