History
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
 
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