The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-09-10

is a good-locking man, and is most
earnest in his support of the army.
He is the editor of the Pacific Coast
War Cry, the organ of the Salvaton-
lists. and paper of an immense circu-
lation.
ave will begin holding services
here as soon as possible" said Captain
Milsaps. eve have selected a hail.
over John Motifs store, on King street,
and as soon as the necessary altera-
t;ons IAN be made we will begin work.
This will probably be by wednesday
or Thursday at the latest.
1--WE do not cOnfine our work 10 any
ona Gloss of people, said the Saliva
Zionist. in answer to q question. our
r,ission is to reach the unreached.
There is large floating popuIatl0n
here. people who never go TO cnuIch'
and these we shall try 10 lhhuetce
6rot OF course, we try to reach the
natives as we'll. This is our policy in
oil the many countries in which we
labor. bo
ovyora that this is what we members
in the army of the Lord call our JUDI
Ice wear. 1t was just fifty years ago
that our leader, General Booth, oe-
came converted, and we are celebrating
This Jubilee by extending the army
work in all directions. rms opening
up as we call 1T, OF the dawallah
Islands is one of our new ventures;
We also have man in Japan, ana
will nrobably begin our campaign
tbera in a short time. Other places to
he attacked are Malta and Gibralter,
which so many English sailors ana
soldiers pass on their way TO lndla,
lava, Egypt, and possibly Jerusalem.
We are especially anxious TO reacn
the soldiers and sailors, ana Gloralter
will be splendid place to begin ope-
rations. a large number OF man OF
warsmen belong to our RANKS, anu
know of one English ship that mas
80 twenty sailors who are members
of the army. a.,
siThere are five members or the
army with me. They are Adjutant
TGner and his wife and child, Captain
thinner. Lieutenant LETTERS, and sister
V;o1a Monroe. / shall stay here
about a month, and see everything Ia
GOOD working order before l return TO
INV San Francisco duties. When L
leave, Adiutant Egner will be lett IN
charg of the work mere: we naee
great hopes OF accomplishing Lnuoh
good in Honolulu"
4 number of interesting statistics
CONCERNING the army were given oy
the Captain during the progress OF MS
Toll, The War Cry, of which he Is the
Pacific Coast editor, is published In
about twenty languages, among WnlGh
are English, French, German, Dutch,
EIemiSh. Danish, Swedish, NorWe-
gian, Finnish, !tallan' spanish ; anu
Several of the dialects of India. Inc
work itself is carried on in nearly all
tbaoountries of the world, even among
tbe ZnIus and the HOttentOts. The
army contains about 12,OO0 commas
stoned offices. and over 10000 non
commissioned, such as the sergeants.
The army itself numbers nearly
10000. -,
Ten wears ago the army had nara
struggle. 1t was rldlculed oy inc
press and the people, and the tough
element took delight In torcloIy break
ing up its meetings, and even the po-
lice took a hand. Now the army has
the support of nearly all the news
papers of the Unithd States. lt Is
allowed to hold its open air meetings
unmolested, aud the good 1t has done
is being acknowledged by everyone.
The usual course of holding outdoor
meetings will probably be followed
here. a short service Will De
held on the street, ana tnen the
crowd will be invited to the hall,
where the regular services will
be held. AS Captain Milsaps said;
ave attract crowd by making
noise, get its curiosity excited, and
then II follows u.s."
Captain Milsaps will SEM accounts
of the work here to the war Cry, ana
when he returns he will take with MIN
a humber of cuts to illustrate the
islands.