New-York tribune., 1896-02-04
HIS WIFE.

Nth ,hc meeting is shown by the fact that not a
siaele officer solder or recruit was seen IL WAS
,s Mr. pepcw said in his opening remarks
Every denomination was represented except '''
.pc which rnigh, he presumed to BE- most N''''''
concerned In IA" object
II was SO o'clock when Mr.. pep'"' WIN
WAS H.. chairman Of the meeting. appear'' "'-
...,,,.,,t.l h, the venerable Bishop J.. q. An
drews and Mayor Strong Closely '''l""l''h
yy.r,. the Rev. Dr. Charles CuthbrTt man, nv
R.v. Dr. Josiah Strong the Rev pr' y. IL
Hradford. r. Fulton Cutting and WIFI I'm T.
p,1g. Among the minister's on the stage were
the Re- Theodore Il. Wilson. the Rev j. -
Johnston. the Rev. George J. Mnsins' the i'N'
bernhard Angel the Rev. Dr. Maxim, ana inc
Rey ~ Lopez CULLEN. Without any delaS
the chairman introduced Dr. Hall. VINO mndc
the opening prayer. and who In his petition asked
that the assemhaEr might be hl"'Srd IN '"e
purposc FOR which il was conceived. ana tha'
the meeting might be made T. contribute 10
TN. good of the great work SO dear to us all
IL closed with the Lords Prayer. In which ne
was Joined by the audience.
\ TELEGRAM FROM LONDON
Chauncey NJ Depcw. in rising to open ire
meeting was received with sustained applause
Before beginning his address he read the iol-
lowing message from BramwcI Booth, cher OF
ston in London. which WAS address ii To Mayor
Strong:
Thanks for telegram General Booth s travelling
In India cnsnso IN eomn4 indfaieS ha sers mo n
remain true to world purpose Of the army. ne
and heartily helping his and daughter In carry;
ing out their own declarations ana IN thrir
consccratlon 10 The whole worlds 7"N"''oh' '"''S'
love overcomes AL Side Issues
MIR. DEpEW EXPRESSES AN OPINION.
Taking his cue from the closing sentences OF
the telegram Mr.. Drpew said that the meeting
had not been called to take any issue upon the
purposes expressed In the message. but moment
| later. with characteristic qualification he said
| thut "A Yankee had habit OF expressing ms @" Il
| views without much regard To what London
mlgh, think This sentiment the audience cheerrd
| loudly and Notwithstanding 'ht expressed IDEAS
Of those responsible for the formation of the meet
! ING Tint nothing Of "A controversial nature should
/ md nm outlet I'm the meeting this one Drlet-
lived incident indIsputably demonstrated that the
| snirit of the great meeting tended more toward
| protesting than supplicatlng But, added the
! sneaker Il huve not said this In "A spirit or re-
bnllion; only In spirit that the infant over here
is large lthe and liable 10 kick" But the cheers
that mingled with the laughter following TINS
sally were not nearly Of such volume as those
| Immediately preceding. Then Mr.. Dcpew after
| lnsfancng the remarkable feature of so large Il
| gsthcrlng of different creeds ana representative
denominations 70 pay tribute to n single other de-
| nomination, proceeded TO pass sequence OF
| eulOgcs upon the personality anu "orh Oh b'"-
| cral Booth the founder OF the Salvation Army.
THE TRIBUTE TO GENERAL BOOTH
Alluding to a meeting which General Booth had
addressed In that hall on the occasion OF his last
visit to New-York. Mr.. Depew said:
I, uas an inspiring meeting because we stood in
| the presence OF il remarkable man. "A man VINO by
his individual effort has organized n movement
superior In It's operations ana influence 10 anytns
that has been done by any other human force IN
this generation We as Americans love force ana
| power in the individual. 1t IL In consonance with
the spirit OF our institutions ana the spirit OF our
liberty All other governments than ours nave becn
hut upon the sword the classes. or privilege, or
the throne hut forefathers discarded all these
foundations and built their government on the IN,
| dIvdual with every man enjoying freedom ana
| equal rights From this foundation or American
liberty has come the growth ana power OF the
! American Republic. We are accustomed TO see
men arise and accomplish great results, to see them
come from log cabins. from the farm ana from the
| workshop and become numbered among the great
| of the earth and the leaders OF our people.
THE RELIGIOUS WORK OF THE ARMY.
| After drawing "A parallel between the ndvid
uai force OF character and personal achieve
men:s Of General Booth and such men as Wash
| lngton. Daniel Webster, Lincoln Wllberforcc
Wesley. Cnannng. Jonathan Edwards, Fulton
Of steamboat fame; Morse and Edison. Mr.
Depew sought his way to deal with the methods
Of the religious efforts Of the Army. In pictur-
esque language the speaker described the evo-
luton Of a small town to great city. and with
| It's growth the evolution Of once suburban
neighborhood Of prosperous cottages ard houses
| into a huddled mass Of tenement habitations
How was the seethng slum. that lived In these