Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-13
GEN. BOOTH IN DENVER.
ADDRESSES GREAT AUDIENCES

ADDRESSES GREAT AUDIENCES
The Commander of the Salvation Army
Receives . Most Cordial Welcome.-
Describes the Rescue Work of the
Salvation Army.
Denver, Dec. 1o.-General William
Booth, tho veteran leader and COM
mander of the Salvation Army, arrived
in this city yesterday morning for a
two days stay. He was the guest Of
Dean Hart of the Cathedral.
Although tho general came quietly,
his presence created great deal OF
excitement later in the day. The
crowds that assembled at his meetings
were enormous. When lie was not talk
ing he was shaking hands and ac-
knowledging introductions. Dean
Hart's residence was besieged by con-
slant stream of callers all day. The
Ministerial alliance waited upon him
in a body, and complimented him on
the work he is doing. When he maze
his appearance on the street ne was
always sure of meeting large crowd
who were curious to see him. Anu
he made a grand and great picture TINS
old evangelizer. A tall, massve-poneu
man, with the head of an intellectual
giant, and the kindest and gentlest OIL
looks beaming out of his eyes. petray-
ing the grand soul within.
General Booth addressed three Dig
audiences in the Coliseum during the
day.
In the morning it was in the nature
of a sermon, in the afternoon ne de-
scribed his plans for relieving and ra!s-
ing the poor in London and other great I
cities. In the evening regular sal
vation Army meeting was held: Inc
building was packed at each or these
services.
The afternoon service was attended
by a large number Of ministers, ana
Goyenor Waite read an address OF wei
come. General Booth, after speaklnS
gratefully of the warm welcome which
he had received, outlined the work Dc
ing done in London. He said:
"The Salvation Army was founded
twenty-nine years ago to grapple win
the ploblem of wretchedness, wee
and misery. Now the flag flies In forty
two countries. No soldier is paid Tor
his services; il anyone thinks that oy
joining the Salvation Army ne Is GolnI
to have snap he is mistaken. All our
soldiers are obliged to make their OWL
living sir, aud they must also ehueaVol
to do their utmost to convert their
neighbors. We have now n,Ooo men
and women engaged In evangeilcai sei.
r,,tcainnOrinS III VOL
will or clergymen, If you will. Call
them what YOU like. 1 call them my
men and women, and II anybody sneers
at nv women in my presence he Will
be sorry for it.
1.-THE army publishes now twenty, :,
seven newspapers and periodicals, with
a combined circulation of nearly 5o,'
OOO. 900 a year, more than the circuia'
ton of all other Christian papers com.
bined. This army Is drilled to put
helping arms around a man be ne ln
tatters and rages-to put their arms
around him body and soul, to feed MN
il he is hungry, to put their arms
around this poor, forlorn, wretched'
miserable, besotted piece Of frail hu-
manity, not to pull him down, but TO
lift him up, and pull heaven down 10
him If possible. 1t is only four years
ago. however, since the social side OF
the army was inaugurated. 1t came
about through the death of my wire.
the comrade who stood by me on every
battlefield, who died after years OF
physical suffering and agony, Inoueil
I suffered as no one can tel, thouSnn II
nv heart was torn by grief untl !
thought 1t would break, her death set
me thinking. l thought OF now many
others had suffered likewise, OF ths
thousands and thousands OF men ana
women among the poorer classes Oh
London who underwent the same or
deal who saw their dear ones die Of
tion. of misery. oh, who cares
for Gods poor? Who cares for that
submerged world, whose inmates are
down. down, down there at the yer!
edge of hell! o, God, who cares Tor
"Oh. YOU Denverites know nothing OF
poyerty. of the poor and hungry, OF
sDarkest England Did you ever see
a slum? Did you ever see starvation
WHY. YOU don't know what starvation
ia. You think you do. oh, the misery
the wretchedness, the inexpressible,
horrible. terrifying squalor and poverty
of Darkest England Think OF peo-
ple who have never known what IL IS
to eat a decent meal! Think Of people
who are always. always hungry, who
are starving to death by degrees, VINO
are slipping to the very edge, ana then
sIip in. Think of a slum Of London.
A dark, miserable alley, where the sun
light rarely enters. and the breezes
Of heaven rarely, IL ever, are felt, a
foul. sinking, horrible place with put
refying garbage and offal that Is never
removed, the odor of which would be
death to one of you almost instantly.
Think of thousands of people who live
In such place all their lives, who flee
from fresh air and sunlight as II 1t
was a pest. because they are strangers
tn them. Think of the huddled beings
who scurry along this place like thieves
in the night. Think of a family OF ten
people living in one room, one room 10
eat in. one room to sleep in, one room
to dress in. one room to die in-no place
to mt the corpse until the undertaken
carries it out in pine box and throws
it in the potter's field. Under such con-
ditions can you have morality! U God,
who cares for the poor?
mo words can express my condem-
nation of a man who, for the gratihca-
ton of his appetites; would follow
life that beggars his wife and children,
and prepares himself for drunkards
grave, for drunkard's doom, and for