Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-04

landed quietly in Copenhagen, not wanting
to be known at all until they had secured
hall and an opportunity to be heard.
column and half appeared the next day
In the leading newspaper telling with star
ing head lines how forty salvationists"
had landed the day before to storm the
forts of darkness" One Of the vexatiOns of
their early experience there was the daily
chronicling in the papers. with unfavorable
comment, Of all their sayings and doings
In public. as well as the names and ad
dresses OF all their converts, who were thus
exposed to personal persecution. Mrs.
Perry sat down all too soon for the au-
dience. The collection came next, faith
fully representing one characteristic of a
Salvation Army meeting; Mr. Woodward
announced the meeting for children, and
the Junior Auxiliary League for $3.50 We'd
nesday afternoon at Wesley Chapel, and
Ensign Marshall made an appeal for the
Auxiliary League, explaining that it gave
sympathizers an opportunity to sustain the
army by their money, moral support and
prayers. She explained that the S SUBJ
scripsions payable quarterly II desired2.
war Cry and the Monthly COnQueror, might
be sent to Secretary Woodward of the
league. 517 9Th street northwest, or to Com
mander Ballington Booth, army headquar-
ters New York. She said that the WASH
ington Auxiliary League hoped to increase
It's membership from forty-f1ve to 100 at
once. After the collection had been gath
cred another army song was sung with spir-
it. and then Ensign Marshall gave a general
view OF the army and its work, as she had
seen 1t in England, in Switzerland, in France
and In the United States, with some anec-
dotes of its slum and rescue work in New
York. In way which thrilled and touched
everybody. Her simple story of a tour of
the wretched tenements with the slum
sisters IN New York brought out graphical
ly the spirit, the methods and the success
of the army in dealing with the poorest and
the lowest In the great cities of the world,
and produced a deep impression. AS she
spoke the audience seemed to see the vast
array OF the army in all lands working with
marvellous results for the salvation of men
and women, soul and body, without regard
TO race or condition, and came to appreciate
her declaration that she loved the army
and loved to be in it because it offered her
the largest opportunity possible to grapple
with the sin and the suffering she saw all
around her In the world. The effect on the
great audience was SO plainly visible that
farland to say few words for the Auxil-
larry League. he said that he did not think
IL was necessary to add even one word to
what she had said. If there was any heart
there which had not been stirred as his
mad been by what she had said no word of
his could stir 1t. So he would only ask the
people to show their sympathy with this
Chr1st-like organization and aid it in it's
Christ-like work by joining the Auxiliary
League Ensign Marshall asked the au-
dience to rise then and had them sing a
closing verse, after which DR.. Newman dis
missed them with the benediction. Many
OF the audience came up to speak with En-
sign Marshall and Mrs. Perry, to buy
some OF the literature of the army which
they had with them, and to subscribe to
the Auxiliary League.