And she started to walk with me, and put her jacket round my shoulders.

In that moment I felt that The Salvation Army was something for me." Not only did this woman get saved, but her husband and children, too, as a result of that loving act.
There came times in many cities, both in England and elsewhere, when our opposers were formally organised against us, under such names as "Opposition and Skeleton Armies," etc.

These were organisations, in some instances so formidable, especially on Sunday afternoons, that at one time, in 1882, there would be 1,500 police on extra duty to protect us from their attack.

This, of course, we much disliked, and we gave up our marches entirely for a few weeks, so that when we began again the police might get proper control.

They never allowed the formation of these bands again, for they had learned their lesson by that time.