The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-13
MRS. BALLINGTON BOOTH
Talked About the Work of the Sal
vatiOn Army.

Since last October Mrs. Maud Ballirg-
ton Booth, wife of the leader OF the Saliva
tion Army in America, has travelled 1863
miles, hss addressed ~ meetings and last
night at the Y. NJ. Z. A. Hall before a large
audience she brought her protracted New
England tour to an end and left for New
York on the midnight train.
In this town Mrs. Booth has not only
enlig ghtened great number of people of
the important work done by the saliva
ton frmy, hut mas materially aided it 10y
enrolling 500 auXilaries TO the list OF
supporters OF this religi orgnnizatl ION !;
thus completing the six thoussndth mark
of Ruxilinries IN this country by enrolling
30 members of last evenings meeting.
Colonel Eadie of the staff. opened the
meeting by few PREDATORY remarks, and
after staff Captain Brengie had led the
audience in prayer Adiutant May Agnew,
the head of the musical department in
America, sang several inspiring Salvation
Army songs.
Mrs. Booth then appeared and delivered
n simple but deeply interesting address
on the subject of "Human Mreckage. -
She said In brief:
1.-THE work and mission of the Saliva
tion Army is to deal with the sim hard .
ened characters in the slums of cur great
cities-to look after the outcasts of society.
We have labored under many disadvan-
tages, but by the earnest jealous work
Cf the corps, have won our position to-
day, as being recognized as the best
organization with which TO deal with the
outcas;s and criminals OF the world in
general and espec ally with the poor
wretches that iniest the inJernos OF our
great cities. Thousands have been re-
deemed and saved ty our work, but | do
not stand here TO say that our work has
been accomplished, for ths Saviour OF
Humanity worked unccasingly until He
~ IL "A .,.I
10 follow His example till death carries us
off.
"We 60 to those places called He'll on
Earth and Ii in there that we labor TO
show glimpse OF Heaven to those mis-.
guided creatures besodden with sin. We
go 10 them with a kind word and n low
ing hand outstretched to help and save
n n -LaEa-nInIn- ~ tan
burine because these instruments have
more attractions Tor that class Of people
than the organ.
sin this Church of the Black Sheep
there is tendency 10 backslide az well
as there is in any church, snd it is a won
der that Thousands instead OF hundreds
do not leave the ranks OF the army, for
they are teased by their friends, given
the cold shoulder and treated in a way TO
make ones heart sad; but II they do
backslide we 60 not give them up, but
work With renewed zeal in an endoayor
to reconYert them"
Mrs. Booths speech abounded with
many touching stories of slum life and
numerous metaphors in each OF when
the point desired could be easily seen.
When soliciting for auxiliary supporters
to the army Mrs. Booth warned The au-
d1ence against an impostor, who travels
from city to city under the name of Cap
tain or Ensign MAJ shall, and several other
aliases, and dresssd in the regulation
army uniform represents himself as an
agent OF the organization soliciting sub
scriptions to the support OF the army.
lie Is short, has black hair with white
streak in the center and speaks in de-
cidedly pleasant and soft tone Of voice.
At the conclusion OF the mee,ing Mrs.
Booth met the local CORPS OF the army in
room and had friendly chat with them
before leaving for new York.