New-York tribune., 1886-11-07
GENERAL BOOTH IN CHICAGO.
trom Ths CAleaao Aelss.

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General Booth Cln. Ia.ner angular man. Win
busuy gay har and ueald lis e &C 1Ie oio"A,
VeIed LOOK wL-cn usually ueLO.es dlef'Ae7s. ~
Lose Dc VI the cAueme hOnan wye "A ~ "eis
LOT 80 INN. lis uarsn iast ~4Au -
stye delivery conversational ana Aahl'4iar' lie
neslIates aud reDeaIs tne same pIIA's oNof
and over, as Il IInpIcss II uEOn las IsentIs.
IAe Generals aUuIess Vas one VI eaiAesI am
starting eAhoItAtlon 70 he people. lie aSoNe WIZ
Ine LIE tnOA VI dCcustOleu " sway nc halssc7
LurOugn appeal " LAer scAsDA-llrs, BdO NO. "a
HUra-Gy nor WIN more seAsd1ioAA4lsIA NHAn HiV''
eSaAse.sts deem permissible
NO lhe preacher was speaking druIkeL man
taggeIod mo lhe room. las elo.LinS vas covered &
bows. An usAer seated MN lar BACK IA Tie Adu.
lie wouldn't stay there, however, Du. perss'ed III
a.ain ana babe hin stil but the mAn AAd pur'
lose and wa determined 10 carry 1t Out. lie s'as
Converts lie was the hrst 10 enter there ana LIS
presence proved TO be the signal or olhers U P''S
one woman, VINO held a babe in her arms, sat be-
side Ger husband. lie, too, held u1tle cBLu lAe
hls ear the while Presently, stl nOdIhs lhc niue
one he went forward ana Aneit Hs race Wa sum
and qu.et Tor q tne, but soon became suuused WIN
tears. When he hal arisen anu uecdIeu nIs slus
forglven, General Booth look him Dy the haiid ana
isd n IN back " his Weeping wife.
Vow Ass your mlsus anu 20 home with Cod
Peace - he sad Ihe man bent iorwari and kissed
Ms s.t St' ni.ht the rink was filed with listeners
ait is now twenty years s.nce nist started
the work which has grown Hto Ihe o"lN"'4on Army
''' ~ was reared IN the Church of England, but at
tor that of the Wesleyan McthOd.sJs Al lhe ase VI
seventeen urged 10 go INTO tne MetAcuss WVlh @
A a local preacher. ! refused. i hdd a leehhs Ohds
couIn save more JJuE rough and reduy Plal
pIan that attracted the attention OF the poorest anu
most vretcbed of human Oeugs stu1eH SIN '.rt
Ur,ved oycr the problem how 10 make gVou cteNSuS
OF them IL didn't come to me III a day Oue hians
resolved Itself into TIE salvation Army. a l.. .
I've know methods lLNOhe ruiclo ant ~.
,s,on They are the methods, though, TO reacn the
la ~ NJ neoDle we and who belong 10 no chelVn
We don't want converts from the cnurcneS .1y nnVy
don,t make good soldiers. They have tber u'di-
ttons and their own IDEAS OF respectaDhlly -
About four out of every dozen wDO seeh p,,
,o,n the Army We began work IN ms COZ COUNT up
Zen years, ago There IL no CENSUS VI , oui I,st
diery we have 1000 officers on our '"iaS a,i-
49, ,h,,eand OF these officers are women no & ~,
vaton Army has done more uo"a,u nj nasses than
uItIVh oh,n "a sIse 40 the as twenty years ferhap-
any LIE that led me INTO my appreciation Oh me
oI ase w1,men should occupy was ue DRESSING ! 20
PsaSS ,n INV dear wife, who II as truly the mother
90 his WORK as / am the father have eight chli
Srsn and six OF them are now In the WORK
+" A. 10 uniform, at nr-N We WOic oauecs ~
that when we we're travelling or IN strange places
We would recognize each other. We then felt we
Red was chosen the predominatng color because IL
Is distinctive some OF the soldiers dress altogether
in rcd ,.- 90 ,,v.
Christ an life and work the salvation or oehe,s
we REQUIRE that the soldiers shall not innuise Ln 80
use OF into xicating Liquors or tobacco All VINO arc
not accepted officers and sahrlcd 70 mar nrrad
Occup ed In honorable vocation tosaSIng toi neo-
sour work Ia not limited to Engnsn paeth IL
pie. One Of my daughters, La nars1t s'Sss torces We
have the War CRY published in seven uiaeeno ah nanea
ruaSes There arc twenty two papers escn .I nan -
The war Cry issued. 1t has Q uni'oo eireuA''on VI
405, 900 copies"