Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-27
DOING A GREAT WORK.
Booths Lads and Lasses Are Gaining
Ground in This Country.
TAUNTS BECOME LESS FREQUENT.
Salvation Army Folders Will Welcome
the New Adjutant
WILL CELEBRATE A WEDDING TO-DAY

Adjutant and Mrs Farver, of the Sal
walton Army, stationed at Chicago,
whose wedding was celebrated there re-
Gently, will be welcomed to Pittsburg with
q grand reception and wedding banquet to-
morrow, rendered by the local army and
friends. The reception will be given in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, at South
Twenty-fourth street, near Carson, and will
be conducted by Ensign Allen, of McKees-
port, assisted by Rev. j. A. Ballantyne. j.
| H. Buckingham and officers from the
neighboring CORPS The banquet is to be
| given the following day at the Salvation
Army headquarters, on Carson, between
Twenty-second and Twenty third streets,
| as host and hostess.
The progress made by the Salvation Army
since the inception Of the idea by General
Ballington Booth, of England's metropolis,
2o years ago, is remarkable.
Work OF the Salvation Army.
Captain MAXWELL, in speaking yesterday
of the work OF the Salvation Army, grew
enthusiastic as he said:
breezes of nearly every cline. The red and
blue garments of the men are worn in nearly
every nation upon the European continent
The belief is so simple, the demands SO few
and the rewards so easily obtained that
those who have hesitated for years 10 enter
religious bodies for various reasons place
are upward Of A000 officers each caring for
a corps ranging in membership from half a
score to more than hundred.
During its existence the organization has
had nearly as much to withstand, barring
death, as had the Christians in their earlier
days. They have been the brunt of jibes,
teerS, taunts. and In many cases received
their teachings, and yet, notwithstanding
all these things, they simply tread over their
ground and say that these people have not
can soon be forgotten, for they do not un-
derstand.
Brighter Days for the Workers.
But the days are not as hard as they once
were. for the people are progressing faster.
and as our domain spreads out and our work
becomes better known, these prosecutions
cease. and soon, 1 Iapprehend, we will not be
molested by anyone. In various small
towns and also in cities we were abused by
the rowdies and down-trodden by the Of
ficials But better days are coming and
soon we shall be where others are and
the Salvation Army in London, Paris. New
York and other great cities is Of such good
that 1t has attracted attention from promi-
nent persons. and now we are not only suf-
fered to remain, but are assisted in many
ways.
Among the poorer and more ignorant peo-
pie the progress we have made is something
well worth viewing. We have prevented
more crimes than the world can ever con-
ceive. The work was started upon a re-
ligious basis, and, as we gradually draw
away from the tolls of sin those who are on
the verge of ruin, the work is certainly com
mendable. In Allegheny county the corps
is gradually strengthening and we are gain
ing converts in large and small numbers.
wi in nd of a
district of Western Pennsylvania and will
undoubtedlY greatly assist our CORDS.