The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-03-18
SALVATION ARMY MANIFESTO.
Gen. william Booth Regrets His Sons
Action-Brands a Calumny.

Gen. william Booth Regrets His Sons
Action-Brands a Calumny.
New York, March II The following
manifesto from Gen. Booth was read to
the soldiers and officers of the central
division at their meeting Tuesday
night:
London. England. Monday. March o.
Comrades l find 1t impossible to describe
the sense of sorrow with which I am over
whelmed to-day. On receiving details Of
the great loss which has fallen upon US
in the action of my son, your late COM
mander. every high anticipation Of my
heart for him. for nearly 40 years. seems
to have been swept away, and every ten
der association of his life with my own
and with his beloved mothers seems to
be trampled under foot in this hour Of his
sore temptation.
THE melancholy course of action upon
which he has embarked has been taken in
the face of the eXpostula lions of the chief
OF the staff, in spite of the affectionate
entreaties of his brother and one sister,
1nu one OF my most trusted officers, sent
expressly to New York to reason with
MIN, without any communication with me
OF any kind, and in utter disregard to
three telegraph messages from myself urg-
ing MIN to meet me in London on my re-
turn from India, to which cable have not
even received a reply. But, though sorely
wounded by this calamity, am more than
ever resolved, in the strength of God, to
olrect the government of this army upon
the principle of equal justice between man
and man.
Il have never permitted the close re:a-
tlonships OF family love, which have sub-
sisted between me and my children, TO
secure for them any preference in the af-
fairs in the kingdom of God over their
comrades, who, though not blood rela-
lions, have ever been dear to me for their
works sake. 1 will not do so. Your well
| come to my daughter, Commissioner Eva,
IN her temporary command has much graf
| 1hed me. Every sensible man must rec
ognize that if 1 had been willing to retain
the loyalty of my son by sacrificing the
principles of the army / should at the
same moment have lost, and deservedly
SO, the confidence and esteem of all hon
est-hearted men, as well as the approval
| of my own conscience.
THE suggestion that 1 had sought to
Anglicize the army in the United States
| is at once q falsehood and calumny
You, who have heard me plead the claims
of the lost world, know it is. You have
stood with me near the cross, and you
| know that under the shadow of that tree
1 have pledged you to devote your lives
| to no less a purpose than that for which
the bleeding Victim died-the salvation of
every nation.
1.-The Salvation Army is as much Ameri
can as it is English. 1t is of the kindred Of
the poor, and belongs to every land. Com
rades, I rely upon you. You have acted
| just as I should have expected you to act.
| By your toll and self-sacrifice and devotion
| you made the army what it is in America,
and you have not been willing to stand by
and see it destroyed. You will show no
want of patience with those who have
| fallen beneath an almost unparalleled
weight of temptation and fattery You
will pray for them without ceasing. You
will, by daily faithfulness, compel even
| your most bitter critics to see that you are
seeking only the good of all men. You
will allow no difficulty to check your adj
vance, You will not fail your general
You will not fail your Lord. Let US re-
member the millions without God and de-
| vote ourselves anew to their salvation,
| and He will grant US our hearts desire
and fulfill all our counsel Your general,
| full of love for ALL