The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-20
MRS. DARLINGTON BOOTH
The Famous Salvation Army
Leader at the Grove
Street Barracks.

Mrs. Ballington Booth, the wife of the
world famed Salvation Army leader, visited
this city last night and made an interesting
address before a large number. of people at
the headquarters, Grove and Montgomery
street. Mrs. Booth is well known as a good
speaker, and this ability, backed by long ex-
perience in all sorts of mission work, makes
her decidedly popular. Before the meeting
the corps, headed by Staff Captain Bell,
marched through all the principal streets in
the lower section of the city. At eight o'clock
the jubilee service at the church began.
Captain Taylor played guitar solos and the
corps sang hymns. At half past eight o'clock
Mrs. Booth arrived and her entrance into
the church was the signal for applause.
Hats We're waived in the air and some one in
the audience shouted, whats the matter
with Mrs. Booth.n The reply, SO, she's al
right" caused a smile to form on the face of
the recipient Of the honors. Mrs. Booth
then mounted the platform and began her
address. She said:-
MRS. BOOTHS ADDRESS.
Il am glad that as we watch the moving
troops we can join in singing The Army's
Marching On Many of our citizens who do
not look upon us with favor have had this
truth thrust upon them. The, daily press
contains columns of matter regarding our
glorious work, but this also brings with it
criticism. No matter how much the critics
survey II give adverse criticism of our
work, we will march on until sin is con-
quered. But while we are marching onward
and upward there is a great troop marching
down to the very depths of hell. The
lust sin is daily dragging down from
virtue scores of victims. As I was
coming over here from New York | saw a
wO1nnn fnffar- o,o1 fol in N.o - Az %~.a.A
OF the Metropolis. I wished to aid the
woman, who, | supposed, had met with an
accident, but when | reached her side l found
that she was drunk. | wanted to take charge
OF her case, but a policeman, who saw the
crowd gathered about the poor woman, came
running up and hustled the woman off to Jail.
This was not the right treatment for that
case. Her disgrace by being locked up will
only help to drag her down. The Salvation
Army would have taken that woman, taught
her the error OF her way and reformed her.
Our work is for just such cases as these.
We do a work that the churches cannot
and will not do. | tell you, friends, it re-
CURES courage and heroism to do our work.
Come with us and see the work we are doing
for the Master. No one is too deep in sin for
us to convert. We go among the slums of
our large cities as willingly as we go to our
homes. We go out among he toughest of
our citizens. On the hearts that are filed
with a craving for rum, cold and full of
darkness, we try to write the name of Jesus.
and when we succeed, / tell you, there is a
wonderful transformation.
U MISSION.
1--WE all nave a work to do, a mission to
perform. Many centuries ago, while one of
our celebrated European cathedrals was in
course of construction, the men at work upon
it, one day, saw an old man halt before the
edifce. He eyed it with an interested gaze,
and upon being asked why he stopped said
he had a task to do for the Master, and re.
quested that the privilege be given him to
place a decoration on the interior. PERMITS
sion was granted, and the next day he started
to paint a picture of the Saviour on the wall,
1t was an admirable piece of work, and as he
placed the last finishing touch upon it he fell
dead. So it is with us. We all have a duty
to perform, and as soon as it is done the
Master will call us home.
Year in and year out the Salvation Army
soldiers work. Theirs is the spirit and mo-
tive of love. When love inspires the hand is
strong and the heart is inspired. We Saliva.
tionists can bear ridicule, scorn, and laugh.
ter. Our motive force is the Divine Lord
and we know that we are working for Him,
You give your money to convert the
savages, but we see sights here in our own
blessed land that would make savages blush,
Only a few days ago one of our school
soldiers had her dress torn from her back by
a gang of young hoodlums while WALKING
along one of our thoroughfares. There are
savages here as well as in Africa, and if par
of the money sent to foreign shores to con.
vert the heather were used here we would
have better results.