, 1880-02-22

TIE SALVATION AKIN I.
cry aoorH AND 111s WORK IN ENGLAND.
The London correspondent Of the New
York Herald has been looking at the "Sal~
yation Army'' and its now famous COM
mauder, Gen. Booth, Of whom and his work
he gives the following interesting descrlp-
ton:
Imagine tall, dark man, with spare
and somewhat angular figure; dark, shaggy
locks and beard, tinged with gray; small,
piercing eyes, whose color you lose in their
glitter; high, narrow head and shrunken
ch,rkB; and-last but not least-a huge Wei
lingtohian nose! Surely more Generallike
proboscis was never seen on human face 1t
resembles the nose of-let me see-Napoleon?
No. Hannibal? No. Caesar? No. It re-
sembles nothing of the kind that can think
Of 50 much as the o1factory organ Of Don
Quixote as depicted by that prince OF lmners,
Gustaye Dore. Indeed, the whole man struck
you as being of the Quixotic type. I do not
mean to apply the description disparagingly,
quite the contrary. You cannot help feel
ing that the man is of that nervous, enthusl-
astic disposition, Of that restless, aggressive
temperament, and Of that unselfish nature
Of which men who take up desperate and
forlorn enterprises are made. Courage, de-
termination and enthusiasm are written on
every lineament Of his face. He is, more
over, man to command, lead, and sway men-
His eye seems to read you through.
l stated briefly my. errand and without
the slightest circum1ocuhon. Mr.. Booth
launched in qnedids res. He began this
work fourteen years ago. He had a position,
friends, comfort-pretty much all, indeed,
That makes Life tolerabIe. But "Heathen
england" appals him, especially the poor,
lowly, neglected, and self-neg1ecting portion
thereof. There was work for him to do, and
30 be started forth to his mission. He began
me very Whitechapel where he now has
his Headquarters. His work was blessed; it
oore trult He was helped by his wife, and
subsequently BY some of his children. He
mas now three 1aboring in the cause, and
sthers growing up to it. Some three years
sgo, When there was much talk all over the
continent about arming, one Of the Generaps
Nau said, 1--WE are volunteer army
No." said the General, "we are a salvation
army" and so they. adopted the name, and
me organization has been the result sour
sole endeavor," said the General, ''has been
toget the attention Of the people, andif we can
get it in this way we are justified, and expe-
Hence has proved the wisdom of the course.
1he trst thing is to get people to think" he
continued. "H you get people to think OF
hell they will want to run away from it; II
you get them to think Of Heaven they will
want to go there; and so our first thought is
70 III their attention."
asked the question as to whether the chief
recruits were not among the lower orders.
les" he replied, it was with them they
were concerned. It was appalling to him to
ulak that in London 90 per cent of the work
ns classes never went to a place Of worship.
Iney were lost; they drank, they swore, they
ScFte altogether given over to sin. buC the
tnhalsallon a. Army was winning them back 70
~ ~ Lord. 1t was wonderful what power
uele was in them when once Won. Iney
xS9ald give up everything and join the cause: rs
;metkand unlimited prospects to throw MS !ot
ID n,s With them, and all they could otter him
~ ~ d shlllings week, and that noI certain.
5os;y, nisy could not get this devotion from the
utlaale classes. ..-..
Did they belong to any particular sect, u
crAo; they preached and practiced the
tItalristanLty ~ Of the Bible. They presented
III me tine Gospel. They were in opposition to
10 te sect He had personally the greatest re-
fpect pat 1or anytruebe believer, no matter WEet6ei
Faplst, Noilan1medan, or whatsoever. He did
not war against them, but only against ig-
I3o1ance, Phariseeism, and the devil. These
he mad attacked aud would attack wherever
ne found them,
% f:lr they had had wonderful success,
dn,e d.ole than he could have expected: Every
uay the movement was extending. They had
now rs corps and stations and $50 officers
SSnolly engaged in the work. Their CHIEF
hslu q labor had been England and Wales;
SSot 1hey had also got corps III Ireland and
scotland, aud were making headway in each
GIoantly. They had got all advance guard IN
Jersey with a view to an early descent on
france. The Lord, he continued, was in tue
rnolk. and it was likely that He intended that
~ Wy should conquer the whole world Some
~. ~ ms officers were already in America; Ihey
nLended to start the cause there, but ne die
aot know whether they would succeed. ANY
aoW, it would have to be done, and they were
;nseady thinking Of making the attack IN
.b. .bbice. lput question as to his method 'o1
..aooslng his officers. He chose earnest CON
t:rS ssrls and set them to work. II they failed be
lieu ui1eu them again. Some failed three OF touI
tunes and then succeeded. If they failed