Early opposition

In the early days, The Salvation Army’s loud brass-band marches and open-air meetings didn’t always impress. “Skeleton Armies” – groups of people (often local larrikins) intent on causing The Salvation Army mischief – were active in many towns. In Kalbar it’s told that the early Salvationists faced a torrid time. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom. A document in the Fassifern Salvation Army archives states that following one particularly stormy meeting, an ejected tough returned, became convicted, a Salvationist and later an officer (Col. A Cross)