Crest_Vol3_No2_Spring_2002

NEWS AND VIEWS OF SALVATION ARMY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA AND BERMUDA

& The Cres't

SpRrNc 2OO2 VoLUME 3, Nurr4een 2

AnH¿y Tttr¿ ES ANp TERMS

Comments by the Director of the George Scott Railton Heritage Centre

Based 0n precedence Army first opened-fire in Hamilton, 0ntario

AN ENGRAVED granite stone in London, Ontario, The Salvation Army in North America visited London
(fifft dedicated by Commissioner Benjamin Orames in first and then went to Toronto where no soldiers were
enrolled and less than 200 people attended a public
1942, rc-dedicated by Commissioner rWycliffe Booth in meeting in the famed Massey Hall.

1955, and re-dedicated again when it was relocated in In support of Ludgate's contention that London had the
first corps, Colonel Gideon Millar, in a War Cry arncle
1969,by Commissioner Clarence Wiseman) states that
(June 6, 1942) stated that Captain Charles 'Wass
The Salvation Army began on that site. So, sssmingly, it
officially opened the Army's work at Coliseum Hall,
all began in Canada when Jack Addie and Joe Ludgate
held an open-air meeting near Market Square, London, Toronto, on the last Sunday in August of 1882-several
Ontario, inMay, L882- Or, did it? weels after 50 soldiers were sworn-in in London. rü/e do
know that Jack Addie was the first commissioned officer
IVhat is the standard for making the claim: The in Canada and his first appointment wÍrs London. Does
that mean that an ofücial co{ps \Mas first established in
SøIvøtíon Arny fint opened-fire here? ls it the first
London? Well, not according to the London Daþ Press.
meeting, the first swearing-in of soldiers, the first visit by
a commissioned officer? Or is the standard obscure? In 1882 that publication listed Toronto as "Canada's

The first meeting led by any officer or soldier took place First Corps" and London as "Canada's Second Corps".

r Halifax, N.S., in 1881. George Scott Railton (the Also, an old Field Department Cotps Openings Record
lists the first ten corps in order (according to official date
Army's first Commissioner) missed his boat to London of opening). It lists Toronto first and London, believe it
and took the opportunity to lead Army -sslingS.
or not, as seventh.
Records indicate that about the time Jack and Joe were
If the Anny officially began in London, England, in 1865,
beating the drum on the sidewalks of London a selÊ
even though William was not then a member of the East
commissioned officer, Lieutenant A. Courts, (later London Christian Mission, then the Army began in Canada
officially commissioned and sent to London) was in 1870 when a Christian Mission smigra¡rt¡ James Jermy,
felt compelled by God to do something special. Ife attracted
leading meetings in Toronto, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. a large crowd and some followers when he knelt on a busy
Freer, Mrs. Shaw, and "kish Annie" Maxwell. street in flemilto¡, Ontario, read the Bible and prayed. He
led meetings until he left the city.
V/hile Joe Ludgate refutes an article tn The War Cry rn
1926 that states that the Army began in Toronto, a netrys An alert Heritage Centre staff member was quick to

report of Salvationists conducting meetings on the quip: "Maybe the Army first opened-fire in

streets of Toronto in January 1882, puts Toronto three Newfoundland--a half an hour earlier."
months ahead of London. The Toronto World (February (l-he last comment refers to a natíonal, time zone oddity.)

6, 1882) told about students marching through the 1raE. Barrow

Toronto streets. One account stated: "No one would
think of arresting The Salvation Army." (Vy'e're unsure

of the connection between the students and the ArmV.)

Ludgate contended that Major Moore, Commander of

George Scott Railton Heritage Centre
2130 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada, M4N 3K6
PRESENTLY PRESERVINC THE PAST FOR FUTURE INSPIRATION

I son s of the Pio n""rs 17 ANIGHT

ASERIES OF OLD SONGS SUNG WHEN THE SALVATION ARMY SWEPT TO REMEMBER
ACROSS NORTH AMERICA DURING THE I.ATTER PART OF THE NINEENTH
THE LIFE AND TIT.¿ES
CENTURY AND EARLY PART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY OF

WHEr.¡ THE Pgnnl-v Gnrrs Ur.¡rolo JOHru LAWLEY

Cadet Megee, Branford, Ontario DURING the February 2002 Salvation

(Later Mrs. Sarah Graham of Lindsay Corps) Army Historical SocietY meeting
TUNE; Will you love me when I'm old
Colonel John Carew, with the use of
1. I've given up all for Jesus- 2. When the voice of Jesus calls me, over-head pictures, readings and

This vain world is not for me; And the angels whisper low, songs took the audience down
All its pleasure are forgotten
I will lean upon my Saviou¡ memory lane.
In remembering Calvary. In the valley as I go.
Though my friends, despise, forsake me, I will claim His precious promise, Among the many interesting facts
And on me the world looks cold, Worth to me a world of gold.
about Lawley were:
I've a friend who will stand by me 'Fea¡ no evil, I'll be with you
a Nine months afterhis conaersionhe
ìVhen the pearly gates unfold. When the pearly gates unfold. was Wointed as an eaangelist of The
Christian Mission.
I've a friend who will stand by me Fear no evil, I'll be with you
Afterbeing tiedin abundle and
When the pearly gates unfold. When the pearly gates unfold." rolled dwm ahillby rufians, LmleY
(at the time Stockton-on-Tee corps
CHORUS: Liþ's morn will soon be waning, offrcer) stood to his feet and shouted
"Høllelujah!"
Attd its evening bells be tolled
But nry hean willknow no sadness a L*l"y traaeled the world with
When the pearly gaies unfold.
William Booth andwas the Founiler's
3. Beyond the waves of Jordan; Flowers bloom on hills of gold outstanding prøyer meeting leader.
And the angels are in waiting
Just beyond ils slilslling tide, When the pearly gates unfold.
Blooms the Tree of Life knmortal And the angels are in waiting
And the living waters glide. When the pearly gates unfold.

In ttrat happy land of spirits

WE'RE A HAPPY LOT OF PEOPLE a Løwley wrote saseral greøt songs,
althoughhe hnd limited educøtion.
Colonel Jack Addie
A clip from a video of the
TUNE: The Lþ of the Valley
International Millennial Congress,
l. We're a happy lot of people, in the Army of the LORD, held in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., in
And we're fighting for a mansion in the sþ.
2000, showed a group of young
Our barracks have no steeples, and our church bell is the drum,
Still we're bound to win the victory by and by. people from the Ontario Central
Division. In a dramatic and unique
CHORUS:
Our seals are made offence board and they have no cushions on, presentation they showed a new corps
And we haven't any carpets on the Íloor.
We're without a big pipe organ, and the preacher gets no pay, officer meeting some of his soldiers,
StiII we're lnppy in our little Army corps.
outside the hall, as they arrived for his
2. We have no stained-glass windows, they're often made of board, welcome meeting.
For they're broken by the folks the devil hires.
In honour of Canada's achievements
We've no sunlight through our windows, but we've got it in our souls, at the Winter 2002 OlymPic Games,
society members sang with gusto "O
And that is all the blessed [-ord requires.
Canada!"

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centre and to Stuart Cornie and Paul Iskanãer of the Communications Departunent,

Territorial Headquarters, fot their skills and commitrnent to this successful project.

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-S. A. Epics | RETIRED
Rotlrlng from thct porltlon rorllrr
The Passing of lhlr yrcr, Ccrpr torgronl-Illolor Hor-
bort Jonkln¡ of Sprlngdqb, Nlld., hor
,an Unf,orgettable glvan, twanty-trVrn yocn' ¡crylco o¡
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wTsI^ttHrrseoIMjScpuohpntêsehq$teodurrfeyri-nnoccomhnCfoceobeInll8rhende8seri9intrnhsehepteoiBrrAooortiomistohtmhyne.: from her seqt ond coine qnd Born ot Twllllngctr ln 1899 lo
kneh ydoouwnknboewsidwe h"mote,wsoosyinmgy, Mrlhodl¡t pcr.ntl, ot lhr ogr of flvr
present. Herborl mov¡d to Sprlngdob wlrh hl¡
"Do fomlly. .Hr roicln¡d hl¡ llnk w-lth th¡
Mothodl¡t¡ bpt allrnd¡d thr Army on
first thought? Thqt I should not mcny occcrlon¡. ln ono of lho m¡el-
be there..to nurse you, in your lngr hr drcld¡d for Chrl¡t snd on
lost hou¡:". Aprll 13, 1941, wllh hb wlfr, wor
rrvorn-¡n a¡ a ¡oldl¡r. Shodly oftrr-
Never in reolly robust heolth, "l wqs stunned. I felt os if the word¡ h¡ wo¡ comml¡¡lonod €orpr All turned round
o smoll tumour hqd driven Mrs. whole world wos coining to o Socrrlcry whlch porlllon hr 'h¡ld for
Booth to consult o speciolist, on stondstill. Opposite me on thë nocrly rvrn yrcrr rrllnqulrhlng lt lo
woll wos o Ipícthtuoreugohf tCIhticsot uoldn boco¡no lh¡ Corpr'Srrgront-llolor ln The Testimony of Horold Pye
eminent mon who reluclontly in- the Cross. I 9'M48r.¡. Jonkln¡ l¡ on ocllvo hom¡
understond it then qs nevér be- looguo nembra . ¿f,rSloI dwyosgogteoltinngiuosnf o bus, o
formed her of the noture of her ofter me.
fore. She tolked like o heroine, Witnessing o¡ Wedhemnesihfeswheoswsoesootend
díseose. she osk-
like qn ongel, fo me; she tolked the Home Froñt the right
"How long con I live?" she bus to o certoin stop. I told her
os she hod never tolked before. Gonllnod lo c wlpol-cholr qnd r¡noblo thot she hod to get off ot the
osked. The summory of o tocf- to olt.nd rnmllngr, Mr¡. John Rllchlo, c next stop ond boqrd onother
ful reply odded up to eighteen I could soy little or nothing. lt rocrnlly, onrollod ¡oldlor ot Orongovlllc,
seemed os though o hond wos OnL, h .glod lo glvo hrr wlln¡¡¡ to
months or two yeors. They were loid on my very heort-strings. I pooplo who ¡nl¡r hor hom¡. one. She then soid thot she hod
shocking words, well-nigh un- could only kneel with h'er ond
beoroble os they struggied for ' lÂr. and Mn. Rltchlo ho¡lod o num- been on the wrong bus so mony
.bcr of locol. Solvqllonl¡t¡ whon lhry mrl
recognition. in lh¡lr homo for Mn. Rltchb'¡ rwrårlng- times thot she hod "got oll
ln corcmony conduclrd by Aux.:Ccptoin
Chorl¡¡ Cothmolr, now or Alox.

. As she drove home olone the try to proy. lurned oround".
".
cob seemed to declqre o.sen- my . . She would not fhoerorhoerf I thought of my own life ond
qhonwd I hod got
ience of déoth on everything os sqke r.em."oining home wos on lhe wrong bus
So he went to do his com. oll turned oround. I
í1 trundled by, ond especiolly on went the wrong woy for o good
its occupont poigning duty.
mqny yeors till one Sundoy, os
Cotherine Booth knelt on the Soid the Founder during the
floor of the vehicle ond desper- dork ensuíng months: "Tó go I wos sitting on o pork bench in

otely wresfled with God' in home wos onguish. To be owáy the Skid Row of Voncouver, I
wos worse. Life become o bur-
pigyer. She needed the divine den olmost too heovy lo beor, listened to the bond ond song.
sters of the Voncouver Temple
,help she hod procloimed to Corps os they were giving their
until God in o very definite mon-
others.

Everythingi wos so hqrd to ner visited me ond in.o meosu witness. Thof mode me reoliz^
derstond. thot I wos on
comforfed my heort." left my. seot itíhethweropnogrkbuorru
When she orríved ot the For o few monfhs Cotherine
Boofh's home ot Hodley Wood, went into the Horbour Light
Williom Booth, himself due to Booth continued to p'srheeoch. For o Centre. I went to the Mercy Sãot
go:ttonigHhot,lloionnd for o still longer period dictoted ond gove myself to the Lord. I
compoign letters ond oddresses for publ'
ouf to meet her. cotion. "The sick-bed proved fr followed the progromme of "

Wrote the Founder: "She tried M"crrs.wBooroldTh-w," isdoeysplhoetfrohrimstorfrioonm, The Sqlvotion Army sogo, but Horbour Light Centre ond o f.
in humon history. months loter wos enrolled os o
to smile through her leors; but
drowing me into the house she soldier.
weolbholqiecudhehnheterrotvnoedrþyroepsoupcfehfeotrlhiinnãggsmseoensr--t Speoking of his beloved's lost
unfolded to me groduolly the re- hours The Founder wrotes "She Not long ofter thqt I wos
morching olong corrying the flog
sult of the docfor's findihgs. I took hold of my hond . . . took Ilhgeovsoemmeysotensgtsimteorsnyonidn
the ring off her finger ond slip- before
¡oi down speechless. She rose mons of her life." bond.

But she wos doomed. An ot- ped it on to mine ond soid: 'By thot very some spot where II hod
mosphere of creeping deoth fell this Îo_ken we witenreowunwiteed do
upon the household. Remedies time, ond by for sol for so mony . yeors.

were tried. An operotion wos ore. thonk the Lord for those open-
unsuccessful. Cotherine B o oth united for eternity'. I kissed her,
oir meetings thot put me on the
suffered intensely. She lived on ond promised thot I would be
woy to become o different per-
o very rock of qgony. The pro- foithful to the vow ond be hers
son ond chonged my woy of liv.
gress of the diseqse wos unmis- ond hers olone for ever ond ing neorly eleven yeors ogo.
tokoble. ever."
lqm
The ring become Wi,lliom now serv-
Booth's most cherished posses-
She expressed o desire for the wos ing the
seq. So she wos moved to Cloc- sion. lt in foct qbout the Lord qs o
ton-on-Seo, where she wos pro- sum lotol of his personol prop- "Wor Cry"

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Líke the worrior Cotherine wos ot lhe

she mode her life count for Grondview
Chr.ist 1o its very lost breoth.
Like the worrior Williom wos he Corps in

ence, woged o wor ogoinst sin, sor- Voncouver.
row ond suffering os rorely o
The love story of Williom ond mqn hos done. A broken heort Wcr Cry
oided him to o fulfilled ministry. Scrgconl
Cotherine Booth is one of the Horold Pyc

noblest documents not only in

Prgo Tcn ocToBER 5, 1968 The War Cry

The War Cry Fomily Tree Cones-Toow

The Canadian War Cry made its appearance in f-f ä-/---'u7 5gUHNOaOAYL
November, 1884. lt belongs to a family of some 40 ANNEX
periodicals bearing that name in over 30 languages. (
The lnternational War Cry was first published in
London, England, at the end oÍ 1879- about a year ,

after the name The Salvation Army was adopted.

The ancestry of Salvation Army periodicals began in {ltt ililfi , tt I Ohdear,
.l Sergeant-Major Brown!
1868 wíth the publication of Tåe East London I I l¡
Aren't gou letting
Evangelist. Two years later when William Booth's
those nine-gear-olds
mission expanded beyond East London and became
The Christian Mission the monthly journal became get the better of gou?
The Christian Mission Cazette. Ten years later it was

renamed The Salvationist.

ttMuslc....tt SHg wRorE,

*... is the gift of God to man.
The only art of Heaven given to Earth.
And the only art of Eatth we take back to lleaven.
But music like every gift is only glven to us in the seed.

It Ís for us to unfold - cultivate, that its rrondrous blossoms
may bless their orrr path and bless all those who meet us upon lt.

Sing those songs in your heart or do not sing them at all.'

FORBS/ORD

By the GENERAL

This unigue FOREWARD by Generdl Evongeline Booth
wos printed ín the t936 êens for Songslers (Nunber J)
ond the book from which this imoge wos token wos used by

Grace Littleton when she wos o songster at Fenelon Folls, ontorio, conodo

IT'S IN THE 'se ?Jî g t o r e o l" urÐ þ

IN HER book A Seed in the Wind, HERITAGE CENTRE FACTS AND ARTIFACTS
Lieut.-Colonel Marlene Chase
THE SHTPPING JVEWS
takes her readers on an adventure
DITRING TI{E flrst quarter of the twentieth century' The
to the banks of the mighty Sahration Army aranged for more than 2OO'OOO peoPle to
Mississippi River, and into the imnlgrate to Canada. That means there are millions of
Canadians q¡ho owe their citlzenshipr in some measure, to
rugged and unusual exploits of the Army. The emigratlon process evolved from Wllliam
Booth's Dqrlcest EngLønd ø;nd. the utdg or¿ú scheme as
one of The Salvation Army's erçlained in a book of that title. (Reprinted copies may be

greatest heroes, the unpredictable ar¡ailable through Supplies and hrrchasing store.)

and ingenious George Scott Workers were trained in Great Britain to be everything from
gravediggers to garment makers. Then, with a sponsor in Canada
Railton. (We sort of have a special awaiting their arrival, they sailed to either Halifax, Quebec Cþ, or

claim on G.S.R. because this Montreal. The Salvation Army usually paid about $50.00 for each
heritage centre is named in his passage. A very effective Emigration Department in L,ondon, England,
and an Immigration Department in Toronto, Canada, organized the
honour.)
scheme very well. These are tJre facts. What about the artifacts?
Also, Commissioner John D.
Stored in the basement of tlle George Scott Railton Heritage Centre are
Waldron who did the research on several bound volumes of the Sailing Sheets that give the names of the
"The Salvation Army in St. l,ouis, people immigrating to Canada, the ships they sailed on, the people who
Missouri" (the subject of Chase's would be their sponsors, their destinations in Canada, their job titles,
their marriage status and a few other interesting and helpful bits of
book) both named and opened
the George Scott Railton Heri- information.

tage Centre 2O years ago. Bessie Power a faithful and effective volunteer is busy, almost daily,
keyrng in ship log names into the computer system. She has passed
The book, published in 1995 by the 4,OOO mark. Only about 195,487 more and the task is completed!
the Central Territory, Chicago, Nothing is impossible, especially with Bessie's indomitable spirit!

U.S.A., unfolds the stories of the Congratulation to Bessie, for receiving a medal from the Federal
struggles and victories of Railton
and seven young women as they Government, presented by MP John Godfrey of Don Valley West Riding.
The royal-mint medallion \¡/as in recognition of Bessie's contribution to
faced hunger and hostility in the community as a volunteer.

their battle for souls in America's PRorurr.¡ ENT H rstontcAL SoclErv M erraeEn
gateway to the west. PnoruotED To Glonv

Pictures in the book range from a Former Mayor of St. Catharines, ON, Bandsman Roy Adams, was
snapshot of the old wooden levee recently Promoted to Glory. A few months prior to being diagnosed

along the river where Railton with a terminal illness 80-year-old Roy spoke to the Historical
proclaimed his message of
Society about his experiences as a young Salvationist on military
salvation to a photograph of the
modern, high-rise Railton Rest service during World War II.
Home in St. Louis.
Despite his advanced age and health concerns, Roy was a dynamic
There is an historic picture and most interesting speaker. Society members assure Pearl and the
(taken in 19321 of the famous family of their condolences and prayers during these difficult days.

Captain Eliza Shirley (then Mrs.

Brigadier Symonds) the first

officer from outside of Canada to

be appointed to a corps in this

territory. To London, Ontario.
I.E.B.

A SEED IN THE WIND

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THE SALVATION AR]VIY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS

IT ISWELLWITU MY SOUL

Keeping olive the Empress of fireland story

At the Empress of 4relandMonument

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Sunday, May 26, 3:00 P.m.

5 eciol Feotures Wíll f nclude

t The Rev. Paul lvanY
t Honour Roll Call
f Memorial Wreath
t Promoted to Glory
f North Toronto Citadel Band

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