. The War Cry . sking himto oome and l&ke tha work off ourbands or makeus ofiiue-s in the ^rmJIn a few days tho Major, came, webad a groat meeting in the WellingtonStreet Methodist Church, tho Armymethods were explained, and we wereformed into a corps of Lho SalvationArmy, this being the first Canadiancorps, hat Toronto had tbe first com-missioned officers sent thorn, that is thareason Toronto is called No. 1. A fandays later on I received, a letter eayingI was to proceed to Brooklyn, N. 7., bytho next train. Thiswoe at eightoclock at night, and tbe next trainwent at 11:30 the anma night, I sa
. The War Cry . sking himto oome and l&ke tha work off ourbands or makeus ofiiue-s in the ^rmJIn a few days tho Major, came, webad a groat meeting in the WellingtonStreet Methodist Church, tho Armymethods were explained, and we wereformed into a corps of Lho SalvationArmy, this being the first Canadiancorps, hat Toronto had tbe first com-missioned officers sent thorn, that is thareason Toronto is called No. 1. A fandays later on I received, a letter eayingI was to proceed to Brooklyn, N. 7., bytho next train. Thiswoe at eightoclock at night, and tbe next trainwent at 11:30 the anma night, I saidHaUolujah, want home and settled myaffairs, and was escorted to the abont £0 or more of our converts. Arriving at Brooklyn I was commis-sioned lieutenant to Captain Joe Irons,at tbe Lyceum, a month tatcr I potorders to proceed to Patterson, HewJereey, witn captain, now Brigade MejcrJonas Inman, 1 can look bock un tbofew weeks: spent with thie dear old vet-eran, as tha beet of my official carrier. CAPTAIN Joe Ludgate, the poor fallen creatures ^rho warshuddled together in thaw awful to this time I bad ntt txn muchof the Salvation Army, huL at last Iattended a holiness meeting Tod by thoOhiof-of-Staif, Mr. Bramweil Booth, attbe Whiteehapnl Borr&clG. I gotconvicted for tbe blessing of holinessand a short time afterwards, in anafternoon believers meeting at thoArmy Headquarters, Queen Victoriastreet, X sought and found the blessingof holiness. 1 walked in all tbo tightGod gave me until He ted me in tbeArmy, 1 Said, Nn, TnrH, that is toohard, and right there 1 lost the bless-ing, and I became so unhappy that Idecided to come to Canada to get awayfrom tho Army. I arrived in Canadathe 29th of January, 2888, got to Lon-don, OmV, where I met a Salvation Addle. We attended some revivalmeetings together, but fait out of place,bo on the flrd Sunday in May Jack andt, with a few prussod singers, whoagreed to Bland by and sing, but not tos&eak, took our stand for God inVi
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