The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-22

midnight, or after, and go on the
streets bringing messages of hope 70
the poor fallen creatures of their own
sex, trying to induce them TO give up
their horrible life, and turn TO better
one. In our San Francisco home
there are about thirty of these women
who have expressed a desire TO lead
better lives. We keep them in the
homes for a while, and then place
them in Christian families, where the
! influences are pure, and they are not
subjected to temptation.
son March ID, 1877, eight officers OF
{ the army landed in New York. some
| time after this their leader was re-
| called TO Europe, but the others
/ struggled on, and the result Is that
now there are six hundred corps IN
| America, eighteen hundred conltlIs,
| stoned officers and twenty Thousand
non-coumissioned officers, and this in
! less than twenty years.
awe have in the United States fif-
/ teen slum posts. This work IS some
/ thing like our Rescue Homes, yet Is
I different. 1t is carried on by the
women only. They 90 into the worst
parts of the great cities, and rent a
room in the midst of the utmost
squalOr. They do not wear the army
uniform, and this in itself is a great
sacrifice, as they love 1t. They dress
plainly, and make themselves as
much one Of the people as is possible.
They 60 to their neighbors and find
out their needs. If they are starving
they give them food; if they are dirty
they try to make them clean. They
do all they can for their bodily COM
fort, and don't forget their spiritual
needs as well. 1t is q noble work,
nobly carried on.
Another branch of the army work
is the labor in the outlying districts.
Way up in the mountains in the lum-
Der camps, are settlements where the
men never hear the gospel preached
from years end TO years end. We
send orr men there, and give them
good tidings.
81 do not want to take up too much
of your time in talking about the
strength of the army and am going to
tell you something about our finances.
/ have heard it said that General
Booth only used the army as means
of making money. This is not so.
General Booth does not draw cent
of salary for his personal expenses,
and know that he has never had one
cent from the funds for his own use.
Several Of the higher officers are the
same, Darlington Booth among them.
AS to the other officers, none OF US will
ever get rich. The highest salary re-
ceived is 81 a week, and this they do
not always get. Last year the salaries
OF the officers of the Pacific Coast di-
vision averaged only S1.50 a week.
You may wonder how they managed
to live on that can only answer,
the Lord takes care of them.
Cadets in training are not allowed
any salary, but they are not charged
-. sw.s.. Nrnls
they wish to give il. On entering the
field as lieutenants, the men receive
So and the women s. week. They
probably think it does not cost so
much for a woman to live as it
does for q man. When they get
to be captains, the men receive 81,
and the women So. SO you see that
we can not easily become rich. Ihave
said that we did not always get even
this money. This Is because we feel
it our duty to pay all our own expen-
ses if possible, and not to call on head
quarters for a cent. When this is
we take our salaries,-if not, we don't
get them. And then, we are not al
lowed to draw back salaries. If q
member does not draw his salary for
year, he can never get the balance
supposedly due him. We will never
be rich, nor do we want to be. If we
happen to get more than enough mo-
ney TO pay expenses, we use it for spec
ial purposes, such as building new
barracks, and in pushing the work
into new fields. We are all one fam
lily in the army, and we never clash,
as we have only one work in mind,
the furthering OF Gods kingdom"
Adjutant Egner was listened to with
great attention by the large congrega-
ton, and his talk seemed to be greatly
enjoyed. When he had finished, the
three " salvation lasses" present each
spoke for a few moments. Then
a number of the recent con-
verts told of their salvation. The Ad-
jutant then made an earnest plea to
those present to accept christianity.
The meeting did not end until ten
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