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125 YEARS OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN FAKENHAM
Our Corps No. 493 was opened on the 29th of December 1883 by Captain Lottie Blandy and Lieutenant Wilson. (Unfortunately no record of this exists in our Corps History as the book containing the records from 1883 to 1923 was destroyed when our Corps was bombed in 1941.)
We are fortunate to have been able to obtain the article below which is an account found in the "War Cry" dated Wednesday 30th January 1884. It makes fascinating reading and of course is of special interest to those of us attending Fakenham Corps as our place of worship nowadays. We will soon be celebrating our 125th Corps Anniversary (2008) and it is wonderful to be able to read that when the Corps was opened ..."150 precious souls have been rescued from the hands of the devil this past fortnight"..."the whole town is in a blaze of revival glory."
The wording and phrases used are so challenging to all of us in the "Army" today..."wherever the lasses go into people's houses, they have someone down and crying for mercy before they leave. For about eight days after opening , the lasses and the Hallelujah Hawkers, who are helping them could not rest anywhere night or day." ... "Two of the attacking party not satisfied with the work in the town, walked to a village called Sculthorpe, and bombarded it, calling at about seventy houses, praying and telling of Salvation...We have a barn here fitted up at a very heavy expense, costing nearly £120."
We pray that God will fill Fakenham Corps with revival fire and that we will have the same zeal shown 125 years ago.
Clippings taken from the War Cry dated 1933 for Fakenham Corps 50th Anniversary showing first Commanding Officers and members of Corps in 1883.
War Cry 30th Jan. 1884
Headlines 1883 - 1932 50 YEARS OF SALVATION ARMY IN FAKENHAM 1933 - 1942 1943 - 1952 1953 - 1962 1963 - 1972 90 YEARS OF SALVATION ARMY IN FAKENHAM 1973 - 1982 1983 - 1984 FAKENHAM CENTENARY YEAR Centenary Photographs 1984 - 1992 1993 - 2002 2003 - 2004 2005 - 2006 2007 - Present Day YP Corps Band YP Band Songsters Singing Company Corps Buildings Links from this document: 1883 - 1932 | 50 YEARS OF SALVATION ARMY IN FAKENHAM | 1933 - 1942 | 1943 - 1952 | 1953 - 1962 | 1963 - 1972 | 90 YEARS OF SALVATION ARMY IN FAKENHAM | 1973 - 1982 | 1983 - 1984 FAKENHAM CENTENARY YEAR | Centenary Photographs | 1984 - 1992 | 1993 - 2002 | 2003 - 2004 | 2005 - 2006 | 2007 - Present Day | YP Corps | Band | YP Band | Songsters | Singing Company | Corps Buildings (» denotes external link) publicationsSalvationist War Cry Quick Links
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