The Washington times., 1895-06-02
Salvation Arnlys Simple but
Very Effective Methods.
LABoRING WITH THB LoWLY
Capt. Nottner and Lieut.. Campbell
Tell of Their Work In the siums OF
New -washington's Moral
Atmosphere Not Nearly So Polluted
as 1t Is Generally Represented.


mode of making conversions now -a-days
and that of the days when Saul of Tarsus
turned Christian while journeying from
Jerusalem to Damascus In those days,
| it was the result Of direct, divine in
spiration and not accomplished as now
principally through persistent, intelli-
| gent religious teachings.
Possibly the most persistent, Jealous
and untiring workers to-day for the conver-
| sion of the irreligious are the officers
| and soldiers of the Salvation Army. Con-
! secrated to the work of Christ, the labor
of these humble heroes and heroines is
lifelong battle against sin. Nor do
| they seek to prosecute their teachings
among those, or in such places or in such
/ a way as would naturally make it the most
agreeable, and where the results labored
| for would possibly be more easily effected
WORKING AMONG THE LOwLY
! But, while not discriminating in favor of
or against any particular class or condition
of people they especially prosecute their
work and disseminate of the Word of God
in such places and among those who are,
| as rule, not reached by the many other
| classes OF Christian Workers.
| Their methods OF attaining this object
| the reclamation of lost souls-differ es-
sentialy from the practices of others seek
| ing the same end. Having once gained even
| momentary advantage over the receding
soul they feel that the battle between the
good and evil has only begun and with
redoubied efforts they wage q relentless
war against the powers of darkness, never
| ceasug until the wayward soul is safe
within the citadel.
Nightly a little band of the Christian
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| singing, signing, and sorrowlng in their
efforts TO save souls. But with what success
only those who sympathiZe ith and feel
| the influence which this band wields have
| any proper conception.
These are not fair weather christians, but
undeterred they brave the elements which
/ beat upon them as they may, and kueel in
the open air, with nothing but the canopy
of heaven above, and offer prayers for the
! wayward and wicked. Nor is this all,
| for often are they subjected TO the SCOTS
| and insults of those whose weakness and
worldliness blind them to all that is good
! and godly.
THEIR RATTLE WITH EVIL.
Though not of9.this latter class, Capt.
! Nottner and Lieiit- Campbell. who have been
/ in charge of the Salvation barracks here
| for the last four or five months have
had an extensive aud trying experience
/ dilIODR IH0 WOTsJ CIdSSeS Ol wv U EOHtlUeDES-
/ Speaking OF fheFc6nversionandex Experiences
Capt. Nottner saidshe was born in London,
! England, twepty-six years ago. At the
| age of thirteen she began to experience
! the lack OF something which she could not
| fu lily comprehend. Always religiously
| inclined, she very early became constant
attendant at the open air meetings OF the
| Salvation ba pds. -
Entering the ranks as novice she served
| three years asa soldier before she wasmade
/ an officer. Since that time she travelled
over England and the continent and a great
| part of America.
Capt Nottner briefly described the
methods practiced by the Salvation bands
] in making converts. 1t is simple, she said,
and the secret of all success is in never
taking mo" for an answer. Comparing
| Washington with other large cities, she
/ thinks that this city is not nearly SO bad
as it is sometimes painted.
This conclusion was reached from the
| fact that in her visitations to the slums
| she and her soldiers Were treated much
better than had been their experience
| elsewhere.
| TWO WONDERFUL CONVERSIONS.
| Lieut.. Campbell, who had spent many
years doing Salvation work in the slums
| of New York city, said that there, she
! believed, crime and sin in all their various
| phases had reached the lowest point.
| In all her experience, she said, she neverI
| knew OF anything SO truly wonderful
| as the conversion of VIM. Fairbroth and
Annie Burden, two notorious characters
who had made themselves infamous on
| the Bowery and in the Tenderloin districts,
| it having been said OF them that not even
| their depraN ed associates dared steep
| themselves so deep in crime and sin as
| they.
| But turning point came. and one night
| VIM. Fairbroth, in state of maudlin
drunkenness, staggered into a Salvation
| Army meeting AS was the custom, the
captain asked any and every one TO come
| TO the penitent form" to be prayed for.
To the surprise of all, Fairbroth went
| up to the railing and knelt down to be
| prayed for.
! When called on to confess, he rose. and in
| a loud voice, still husky from drink he told
| the story of his life. He was still young,
| but, as he painted himself, he was blacker
| than the blacklist. Begotten in sin and
| nurtured In crime in all its most despicable
| forms, he had lived q life of dissipation.
| There is no crime prohibited by the deca-
| logue, except murder, which he had not
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