people who have taken on a mythical quality over the years.
We think of our Army forefathers as heroes possessing a
were real people facing the needs of their time just as we do.
born to working class parents during the In-
dustrial Revolution in Coventry, England. She
was rather timid, had an average education
and likely would have gone into factory work
like countless others in her community; that is,
until The Christian Mission came to town.
upheaval in society. Yet these Missioners fas-
cinated Eliza, and it didn't take long for the
teenager to join a friend in sneaking into one
of the mission meetings to satisfy their curios-
ity. As the revivalists sang, "Oh you must be a
you die
grace of Jesus Christ. That night, she moved
forward and knelt at the crude altar of the
rough hall in Coventry and became both a child
of God and a member of The Christian Mission.
in the work of the Mission. The leader of the
work at the time was another colorful char-
acter in Army history. Elijah Cadman, who
wore a uniform and called himself a captain in
God's Army, discipled and nurtured the fam-
ily in their faith and work. He saw something