The morning call., 1893-04-06

pole, nor tie it on the end Of an umbrella.
but we take il 10 him in person, and show
him whati it is that we offer.
Il remember au old woman in one oil the
worst tenement districts of London, whom
some of our slum workers ran across. They
were going to the fluor above which she
lived, 10 see sick man, when tb = saw this
o!d woman standing in her doorway. They
stopped and spoke to her, but she would
not give them chance to say much, saying
that she didn't want none of their religion
The lassies kept On up the stairs, and when
they came down the old woman was still
there.
This time she said, In rather ungraeious
way, III you want TO come in you can,
and in they went. Her room was filthy. 1t
did not look as though il had been sw ept
In wears much less washed.
THE girls asked tho woman il she had
never had any one speak to her of religion
and Christ.
'Oh, yes said she there was fine lady
came hera once and pushed tract at me
through the door, and asked me had ever
been to church. | told her No. and that |
never was goin'. Then she asked me had l
you haven't. said this lady, you'll go to
tophet when you die. you can go there
now" says /, and slammed the door on her.
That is the only religious talk ever heard
We do not talk 10 people in this way.
We pray with them, not about the stars, the
moon and the tirmament but about them
selves, their children and their souls.
The Salvation Army is to-day what 1t
started out to be twenty-seven years ago
an army of salvation. Our plans OF feeding
and caring for poor people are only means
toward an end. Oar drum. that is heard in
thirty-nlne different countries, is only
means toward an end.
MANY people complain of our drum. but
it has done good work. 1 know of one
case of man who was about TO hang him.
self in n harm md cd ba n
neck. He heard our drum beat. and said lie
to himself, 1 guess I'll postpone this hang
Ing till l find out what that is He did it,
and is now in the army and has never
wanted to hang himself since. Will you
condemn our drum now?
Every morning this winter iu New York
the doors of the army barracks have been
thrown open to poor child ZEN, giving them
some bread and hot coffee before they go TO
school. Many of them would have no
breakfast at all If 1t were not for this that
we give them. We are not the kind that
give the poor nothing but sermons. We
give soup first and sermons afterward.
"A great many say that the poor deserve
all the hardshlps they suffer; that they
bring them on themselves 1t is easy for n
rich man TO talk in this way, but | tell you
that there Is more martyTdOm, more hero
ism and more self-denial among the poor of
our large cities than those who do not see it
can imagine; but when the judgment day
anu pOOl anu IlCU are lUdu6 10 StdHu
before their Maker. then it will all be known.
The sin, selfshness and degradation is
not confined alone to tue people OF the
slums, but there is more of il in houses of
the rich than among the poor. We are in
position TO see it, We 20 down Into the
depths and bring up with us souls, and
make them pure and good in the sight of the
Lord"
Captain Cox then asked that collection
be taken up for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of the meeting. There was
liberal response from tho audience and
soon enough fol- all expenses WAS obtained.
Captain Cox will be here until next
Wednesday. There will be special meet
ings held every day until then. To-day
there will be an officers council at the
Mission-street hall at 10 A. NJ. and 2:30 P.
NJ. In the evening Captain Cox will speak
on the army work in India at headquarters,
1889 Market street.
The only meeting tomorrow will be a
holiness meeting at headquarters in the
evening. Saturday the staff captain will
review the work done by the army in this
city, and Sunday she will speak in Oakland
morning and afternoon. and at Congress
Hall In the evening on the rescue work
among fallen women.