The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-10-23
Central Uaioa CAacoh Crowded 10
he VERY Doors.
Start Ayo sSoFTs OF TEE ARMY.
a Few >sSs5ssse> =ns Nscz reformation
Given SoEtIhs ss=ezI 4 gent for Mans
6Soed-Tle Lev >&lz-sts Received by
The SS-Ee>- EolIowe-, - Gen. Booth.

Tie largest congregation which k2>
been in The Central Union Chuoeh
since Dr.. IaInsse preached there
some months $50, assembled lS>t even
ing. A5jri2nt Egue. and hi> aSsoci-
a.es conducted tie service, the former
telling some q The circumstances OF
! The ta-uing q The salvation Army,
sid zlso giving feS statistics q is
monetary zt4irs He sA;d, in part:
- love 70 tel The people about the
doi0gs 0. the zrmy, if by doing % I
csn accomplish aoy good, bui would
rather 50 10 work practically. Was
Z a>kei 70 hold this meeting. Snd I con-
seated, 3 understand tha; there are
many people here II Eo1oI1lu who
know nothing q The workings q the
army. I hsve been 70, the LAST eight
f yeaCs Sctivsly connected with the
work q the aruy IN Anlerics, sud
during Jhs! tine ! have Learned s
Z graSl cssl shout is workings
As yOC know, General William
. =.
E Very early ID his Christian life, sn
American Clergyman visited England
. SD6 held some remarkable meetings
Z -At one q these meetings Nh. Booth
EsS Craslly impressed. aud shortly
S1te-Esr6 he started leS1iDg s series
q street meetings Al the Sge O
tveory-tour he entered the ministry
a16 hSd 5 remarkable sDccsss in sSy-
ing souls He felt IhzI MS mission in
lie HSS 70 80 oUI sni SEEK the los.
SD Degleetei classes He took the
sSst end q London, zld those Of yOQ
who know tbs! psrl Of the city, know
whSI 81 SEtul plSes tits He resl gnsd
-ron TIE Church SDd, 81 the age Of
TEenty-slx, he married His wife T2s
with him hasrt 21d soul in all his
Nork. s1d he has ssid many times
that Ls6 ]. 10. been for her, he would
have given down under his trials many
times
-On July i, 1855, General Booth
held Ehst afterwards TUNED ont 10 be
Tie frs. Salvation Army meeting.
have haSr5 II sid tbs. ST thai meet
lcg The crowd was msi= up Of The
worst class q people q those Sums
c1uhr1SIs s1d there's For . while
= seemed s. EboCgh tie crowd would
XII TIE general sn3 his sssocis-ss- He
closed his eyes Snd Przyed for them
t5Tv5utly- When b5 opened his eyes.
many q those r01Eb men present were
seepiCE The work sp-eSc. sD5 calls
began 70 come from other parts Of Lon
con s1d q England.
General Booth 81 Ers- sid that his
t6sz Sss only % convert people and
send them 70 TIE churches. BIT IL
U.S. found l1zt they were Dot wanted
U1zTz. IIiS Day sound cruel, tut II
: -. 60 1u- Da81 % ssy the LEAD
IS Cll 10. wish then 70 come. bu-
these converts wsrs men taken from
11e Lowest ranks ot life, z1i they were
co- accustomed 70 the ways q the
church Tbsy did Dot know Ebst sn
Ushs- %ss. and when they went 10
church they would take sBy seat they
wanted. and often they would b
zsks1 70 Leave. Another reason wzS
that they DID DO1 want 20 20. They .
felt more 81 home 81 the PLACES where /
they hs1 been converted, and besides, {
they fa-t thai they wanted 10 help .
o0lTsTT others. - they went 10 Gen
erzl Booth. and asked him 70 Let them I
STAY AID S0Ek with him Heco1seDt- {
d, and the 11els1s q the Amy vas .
formed.
The work spread rapidly and very
UneTpscte1ly assumed the military .
tolu now il Use. In 1S-S what was
called the council q wzT was held. In 4
lS77 b1t tS=nfy-eight stations were in {
existence One year later there we've
fly. and ever =IEe= that time there
hEs been 2 steady and grez. increase.
soon ztt@r this i VS. decided 70 call
the organization The Salvation Army
instead q the Christian Union, BY
which name i Lzd been formerly
E1gEG-
Il an Do- going 70 give yOu many
statistics - they might not interest
yOu al. b1t I viii give few regard
Ing tLs Standing q The army [ have
D5l any late statistics the latest BE-
ing those q four years ago, bit these
vii give yo8 z1 Icez Of our work Al
-1zt ZINE Ne had four thousand eOrps
IN active wU-E- with Ten thousand
commissioned officers. We had q
hundred training homes T5sss lat
ter Eill require 2 little description.
They Ers homes where young men and
women sye trained for active work in
ne army They stay there three, six
lins and sometimes twelve months,
nd then they sT= ready 70 take the
fed. The principal training i IN
active and practical work At the
Oakland home, for instance, three
iEys o. the week were given I'D TO I
st16y We studied the Bible, the
amy Tules and regulations, and I
PRACTICAL theology. The other days
we're occupied in visiting. 90 not
5elleTe there : 3 house il Oakland
Shieh has n0- been visited Dy an
I'M: cadet who has asked permis-
ion % enter aud pray They were
5ot always welcomed with open arms, 4
1t ~7 are = pushing kind Of people, l
nd II Ez BeTe refused zdmit-zne- We
E0Ul1 pray On TIE stsp= or o. rhe I
ice%slk- Inen again, part Of OBT
ims Ezs PIT in by selling the War
II. We lore 70 push tie sale q
hat paper- IL does great good, and
@aehes PLACES which cannot Other ,
.ise o reschej. The viIest q vile
sns q iuigUity IN Auefiez hzs seen ;
Or soldiers enter Eith this paper IN ( /
5eif hands zDa some are always Ief.
. every pisse-
I've have ffty Tesc7s houses for
allen wOmen- 7 think that this work
: the most Cbri-tlike Of any done By
be army. All the work i done bv
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