"When in 1896 an American break-away group led by her brother Ballington and his wife Maud Ballington Booth attempted to tempt American Salvationists away from The Salvation Army and into a rival group called Volunteers of America, General Booth sent Evangeline to New York. When she arrived the doors to Army headquarters on 14th Street had been locked against her. However, "she mounted the fire escape and climbed through a rear window. The dissidents hissed and booed until she literally wrapped herself in an available American flag and challenged: "Hiss that, if you dare." In the stunned silence she played her concertina and sang "Over Jordan without Fearing." Ballington's rebellion was quelled."
Try and top:
Playing a singing a hymn, playing a concertina, wrapped in an American flag.
I bet you can't...
Monday, April 12, 2010
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I heard that Ballington's secretary then turned to one of his associates and said, "She's big in Europe."
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