, 1885-02-26
SALVATION WAR.
WHAT THE ARMY IS DOING HERE
AND ABROAD.
Its Organization, s1ethods. and Results.
Both Material and spiritual-Groat
success in Many Parts ofthe
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Tine Salvation army. up to the present
I time. has not boon a success in the United
states There are good reasons for this.
some OF which are obvious enough, while
others lie a little below the surface. How
ever that may beeit is certain that tho Sal
walton army has won for itself, in its twenty
year, OF warfare, a Recognized place among
the religious forces OF the world. They
have now in the United Kingdom GS7 corps
and 1,044 officers; In France and Switzer-
land. Is corps and IS officers; In
Sweden. A corps and II officers;
in Canada. n corps and Peg OIL
GERS; In India, "a corps and IS officers; in
Australia. n corps and 1888 officers. in New
Zealand and Tasmania, 20 corps and 90
officers. and In the United States, s. corps
and 1913 officers. Besides these, there are
"a little soldiers corps. During the year
933 meetings were held weekly-that is to
say. 1870 meetings in all-with an average
attendance each week of Al. 65S persons.
Three hundred and three villages in the
United kingdom are regularly occupied by
army corps, and 100 are occasionally visited.
This. Of conrse, is entirely outside the main
work, which is in the cities.
Tho balance-sheet of the army for 1881,
just published, show receipts of E,fSj
pounds sterling, and expenditures to nearly
the sam, amount. or this 1876 pounds
sterling was paid to the general
spiritual funi for carrying on meetingA
paying officers, etc. 10, 047 pounds sterling
went tn the training homes. and 30, l4b
pounds sterling was put into the building
fund. Tho army mover goes in debt. Its
officers work fof very small wnges, and
some OF them serve at their owh expense.
The organization OF the army Is thorough.
Its general. William Booth. wields an au-
thority almost absolute. He is assisted in
his executive duties by a staff OF about 151
| officers, who conduct the general business OF
the army in london. The chief OF staff IS
tho generals eldest son, Mr.. w. Bramwell
Booth The Booth family, indeed, appear
prominently in the list of officers The
generals wife is the principal writer OF sal
walton litsrature Several sons perform
staff duty. Two daughters are among the
most earnest and effective eaders
Thu methods of the army are tolerably
we'll known. They have professions, headed
by banis, which march through the streets
and try to draw crowd 70 hear street or
halt preaching and singing. They hold
meetings, very much like old-fashioned re-
halls. houses barns, or wherever
they can. Their object is to
reach the masses, and they adopt the
means they consider best adapted to that
end The soldiers wear a distinctive uni
form or badge, which is often a great cross
to them. but which, they claim, aids them
very much in more than one way. 1t tend
TO kesp the soldiers steady in their PROBES
sion. 1t draws attention, and Is often the
means OF leading people to ask for inforlna-
ton and direction. 1t helps the esprit du
~corps-binds the soldiers more closely to
gether in comradeship.
2oluaf.nu urruu anIIfara 10 not drfnE sar
use any narcotics or stimulants. Their aim
as it is set forth in their publications and
speeches is to lead holy ives. They are per
fectionists. and so far as can be gathered
from their u~tterances, their doctrine, though
not formulated, does not differ much from
the orthodox faith as held by the leading
Protestant churches.
The growth Of The work en- their hands
has compelled tho leaders to organize vari-
Gus auxiliary societies and institutions A
"Rescue home" care, for fallen women. A
discharged prisoners home, an ~orphanage,
and. perhaps most important Of all, a train
ing homo, are carried ON under army super
vision At this training nome cadets ara re
ceived and instructed, by precept and pracs
tice, until they are con sidered competent for
promotion. All officers must 60 through
this preliminary training.
It will havo been noticed, in the list Of
corps in different parts of the world, that
the results ara greatest in England and
English colonies. In addition TO the figures
already given as indicative Of the army's
growth, IL may DO mentioned that the
cornerstone Of q large and handsome bar.
racks, was laid last year at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, by the chief secretary of the colony
OF Victoria, Mr.. Graham Berry; that the
work of the army in Australia has receive
the hearty approval Of such men as Sir
Henry Parkos; that during the year a grand
celebration in the Melbourne exhibition
building was attended by 10000 people, and
n great congress in New Zealand called to-
gether G,00O more. In Canada, the Saliva
ton headquarters at Toronto is one of tho
show building of the city. In Stockholm.
Sweden, n building containing two halls,
one of which soat3 100 and the other 5000
people, was erected by a Swedish gentleman
and given to the army outright.
SO much for the material prosperity OF
the army. As TO its spiritual work, perhaps
no better description can be given than that
Of one who has closely watched the work IN
England;
"Nlght after night l saw in that little hal
the people who ~avowcdly mover go to any
church or chapel, and talking with some OF
the most rufiianly in the after-meeting
found that they came at first from a row
or a lark. and came again, because that feel
low talked sense, or because they liked thu
singing. l saw some OF them in the first
meetings dirty and ragged and noisy. and
in the last ones with clean faces and hands
mended coats, and quiet, orderly behavior.
The Salvation army does civilize these men
a little in cases where 1t fails to con
vert them. In the open-air meetings,
saw slatternly, evil-looking women with barr
arms and heads, and heard vile oaths from
their lips mingle with the cry Of babes In
their arms. Poor soulsl They hated the
little ring OF singers because they could lool
happy In their life, and cursed them out oil
the depth OF misery such as had never
looked upon before. 1 saw embodied there al
the evil and vice of which had ever heard
l Learned how hate and malice eau express
itself in look, word, and decd UNDERSTAND
how moderated shame and w~ickedness ar
OF any manifestations Of goodness, and will
it all / learned slowly the secret Of thu
Salvation look 1t meant-charity, and II
could only come from an entire surrender Of
the soul to the service Of God in saving otheI