The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-10-23

/ the poor fallen creatures Of their own
sex. irving 70 induce them 70 give up
Z their horrible life, and turn 10 better
one In our San Francisco home
there Sre about thirty Of these women
who have EXPRESSED s desire 10 lead
7 better lives We keep them in the
homes for while, Snd then place
themIu Christian families, where the
{ influences are pure, and they are not
subjected 10 temptSuon.
s-On March Is, lS7s5, eight officers Of
. the army landed in New York. Some
time after this their leader wSS re
called to Europe, but the Others
struggled on. and the result i thst
now there Srs six hundred corps IN
America, eighteen hundred comml>-
stoned officers and twenty thousand
no1-com miSsionei officers. ami this IN
less thSn twenty yeArS.
I'VE have in the United States If
teen Sl,lm po>tS. This work Is some
thing like our Rescue Homes Yet Is
different II i carried on by the
women only. They 80 into the worst
parts q the great cities. and rent
room Ia the midst Of the utmost
>eus,o-. They do not wesr the army
uniform. Sui this in itself Is great
sacrifice, a. they love II. They dresS
p.sinly, and make themselves as
much one % the people s. l. possible.
They 80 70 their neighboTs and find
ont their needs. II they are starving
they give them food; If they sre dirty
they Try TO mSke them clean. They
DO all they can for their bodily COM
fori, aud don't forget their spiritual
needs - well. Ii IL a noble work,
molly carried on.
Another branch of the army work
i the labor IN the outlying districts.
Wsy Cp in The mountains IN the lum-
Der camps are settlements where the
men IeyeT hssr The gospel preached
from yezr's end 10 years end. We
send or men there. and give them
good iidings.
4 90 Dot want 10 take up too much
Of your time in ia king about the
strength OF the army sud am going TO
tell you something about our finances.
/ have hesri il said that General
Booth only USED the army IS s means
OF making money This Is not 80.
General Booth does Dot draw a cent
Of sslSry for his peT>OnSl expenses,
Sni / know that he ha> never nad one
cent from the funds for has own use.
Several Of the higher officers ale the
same, B2liingtCn Booth among them.
As 10 the other Officers, none Of Us will
ever get Tich. The highest salary Te-
csiye1 i $ 3 week, and Ihi. they do
not always get. Last year the salaries
Of the officers Of the Pacific Coast di-
vision averaged only Sl50 s week.
YOl msy wonder how they managed
10 live on thSt-I can only answer,
the Lord takes care Of them
Cadets in training are not allowed
sBy salary. but they sre not charged
anything for their training unless
they wish 10 give il. On entering the
field IS lieutenanIs, the men receive
$ and the women s. 3 week. They
probably think il does not cost 80 I
much for s woman 10 live IS 1t
does for s man When they get
10 be csptsius, the men receive 5,
sni the women S.. 20 you see that
We can not easily become Tich. Ihsye 4
said that We did not always get even .
this money. This Is because We feel .
il our duty to pay all our own expen- .
So If possible, and not 10 call on head .
quarters for : cent. When this Is .
A1Lcs - ALS4E = aLN money lclL over /.
We tzke O1r szlaries.-if not, We don't
get them. And then, We are not al .
lowed - draw back salaries. II =
member does not draw his salary for a /
year, ne csn never get the balance 4
supposedly due him. We will never .
b Eieh, nor do We want 10 bs. II We
happen 10 get more than enough mo
ley 70 pay expenses, We Use II for spec
.sI purposes, such s. building new
barracks, and IN pushing the work
into new fields. We sre al one fam
.ly in the army. and we never clash,
= We have only one work in mind,
the furtbsrinz of Gods kiDgfom."
AGjGtsnt EgBeT was listened 70 with
great attention by the large congrega-
.iOn, and his talk seemed to be greatly
enjoyed. When he had finished, the
.hr=e q. salvation lsssss " present each
poke for s few moments. Then
. number Of the recent con-
-s-ts told Of their salvation. The Ad-
Utsnt then made an earnest plea 10
hose present 10 accept christianity.
The meeting did not end until ten
icIOck.
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