The Salvation Army
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The Salvation Army and the Skeleton Army
The temperance movement drove the Salvation Army as much as anything early on, right? They focused their ministry on alcoholics, morphine addicts and prostitutes. So in fact, they preached against alcohol so virulently that they ended up making a lot of enemies amongst the pub owners in London. The skeleton army would stalk their gatherings and interrupt by throwing rocks, bones, tar and rats at them.
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