The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-18

The speaker had touched a responsive
chord and the "amens" and the '-hale-
lujahs" and the cheers vibrated through
the vast Interior.
1T works upon the lower levels" con.
tinued Mr.. SutTo. 1T reaches men and
women who could not be reached by
churches and missi0nar es. 1t lifts these
men ana women and these children TO a
higher and bsiter sphere. 1t is to-day
the greatest and most efficient charity 10
our midst. Ii finds food and shelter and
employment for those who without it
would become paupers aud criminals.
1t extends helping hand to the
heipless; Ii whispers hope 10 the hope
less. 1t has the courage of its own
convictions and. amid the sneers and the
rldlcuie OF the unthin king masses, it
has bravely st Cd up and grown into
mighty organization through ont the Clio be.
IL sleeps not, nor does it slumber.
The man who has emphasized all
this, who has organized this great work.
who has unflinchingly stood by this, his
life's task. who to-day is It's great general,
Is among US.
That is as far as the Mayor-elect could
proceed for the next minute or so. There
was simultaneous uprising and a chorus
Of "hallelujah ID anticipation of what
was coming next.
II have the honor" Mr.. Sutro wedged
in. TO Introduce TO you Generil William
Booth"
This time the crowd gave that rOuser
Brigadier keppel had spoken about 1t
far exceeded the first demonstration, and
1t really seemed as if 1T would never lot
go. But the crowd was anxious TO hear
from the revered chief and finally sub
sided enough to allow him to begin. The
generals face denotes his keenness to
selze opportunity. he began:
"Honored sir, ladies and gentlemen.
comrades and friends" he began, in a low
key. Il am glad to have the opportunity
OF standing before you tonight and saying
something IN explanation, in advance, in
advocacy OF tie scheme which has come to
be known throughout the world as my
Darkest England scheme. That term,
l wish t. state. is misleading; or, rather
1t leads those who are outsiders, as it were.
to suppose that the necessity exists only
IN England, and that the methods ad-
vorate are applicable only to the sins and
sorrows of that country"
These sins and sorrows and evils, he
continued, were existent in every great
city on the civilized globe. and the mel hods
no advocated were equally applicable TO
these evils wherever found.
He then thanked the audience for the
KIND welcome extended ana told them Of
the similar ones received and the euco-
mlums heaped upon him all along the line.
Ihese evils. he went On, with which his
methods sought TO deal were of serious
character and existed in all parts of the
world he had visited-in South Africa, that
land OF gold and diamonds; in Aus ralasia.
Inc nations of which have been described
as tile paradise of the workman, as well as
In America and in "Darkesi E gland"
Before he would proceed to unfold his
remedies, he said, he would first point out
tDoSe TO whom those remedies were to be
appHed-the drunkard. the criminal, the
fallen woman. the starving. He called
attention 20 the frontispiece of the Eng
lish edition Of the BOOK, and said that he
mad been called 10 task for making the
picture Too horrible. He denied that he
mad. anu then proceeded, with graphic IL
iustrauons, In vibrant voice, more ex-
presSiVe. more magnetic every minute 10
Illustrate the woes of the wreiched ttat
had come under his notice. He drew iiyid
pictures OF the glazing misery ana poverty
ana brutality OF the sums OF the sick
ness ana death and utter abjsctness of the
jewellers therein, until his hearers fairly
drew back as they real zad the awful hor.
ror such an existence must be.
You in America don't know what him.
gel Is. You never knew what it wasev
ceps when you were so young that the
more you ate the hungrler you got. You
know nothing OIL Del e hungry. You only
eat on suspicion that you may bs some
time"
That was the touch the crowd needei tn
relieve it from the sorrows OF the generals
picture of the slums. 1t reused them to
laughter. Then he gave them another
beautiful this tme-a heartfelt tribute TO
the works and sacrifices of the angels of
the slums, the biue-bonDet-d girls and
women who raised theldegraded and min