The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-03-14
TIE NEW MOVEMENT.

Mr.. and Mrs. darlington Booth at Cooper
Union-Most enthusiastically Received
The Hall w to Its Utmost. and
Many Thousands Turned Away-Wm Or
ganize a Mission to the Middle Classes
New York. March 9.--Mr. and Mrs.
Darlington Booth addressed an I'M
mense audience at Cooper Union last
night. 1t was one of the largest gath
erings ever held in the historic build
ing. A few minutes after the doors
were opened there was not an C
pied seat in the hall, and it is esti-
mated that five thousand men, women
and children were turned away.
The stage was decorated with the
national flag, and pictures of Wash
ington. \ large crayon portrait OF
Washington occupied the center of the
stage. One of the favorite hymns sung
while the crowd was waiting for Mr.
and Mrs. Ballington Booth to appear
was that containing the lines:
we never. never will give in;
No we wont, no we wont"
At precisely eight o'clock Mr.. and
Mrs. Booth appeared on the stage n
the immense audience fairly went wild
with enthusiasm. Hats. handker-
chiefs. flags. canes and bonnets were
waved and those present cheered and
shouted for fully Is minutes without
ceasing. During this procedure Mr..
Booth stood with bowed head while
Mrs. Booth knelt in prayer.
Some one shouted: Three cheers for
our American commander The
cheers were given and for another in-
terval of ten minutes the crowd went
fairly wild with enthusiasm. Cheer
after cheer was given for Mr.. and Mrs
Booth.
Mai. Peter Glen then addressed the
audience as follows:
This is not a meeting where we
have come together to talk about that
which seems uppermost in everyones
mind. We are here to have a purely
spiritual meeting"
Mr.. Booth then led III prayer, and at
its conclusion he spoke as follows:
Mrs. Booth and myself have not
come to this gathering for the purpose
Of abiding to the recent sad events in
our experience.
1T is true that after deliberate
thought, we have decided to inaugu-
rate a new movement. Cheers. l.
Could it have been avoided. it would
not nave been thought of. Mrs. Booth
and l received from the
people of the United States, fighting
on behalf of Jesus Christ, that We
had done a work for which they were
rateful and would not quietly sub
NIT that we should retire to private
life and relinquish d field which is the
largest of any on tle globe; where
there is not only votI for n Saliva
ton army. but for Il hundred.
I'VE have resolved. to the best OF
our ability, to do something to britS
over the middle or artisan classes 20
COD. We do not intend to enter into
any battle or strife with the Salvation
army. We want no fight, neither
ritual or verbal"
Don't believe it, shouted Il man n
the audience.
That is a brother" replied Mr..
Booth. who continued his address by
saying I'VE want to have a mission -
reach the masses. We have resolved
that the conservation we shall make.
shall be lasting
fIr. Booth then spoke of cOnsec-a-
ton of the heart and mind in religion.
and closed by saying:
Il want to assure Mrs Booth and
those officers who have taken Il stand
by me, that by faith | see in the dis
tant future a movement that we will
not regret having linked our naales
with"
Mrs. Booth spoke briefly and was
cheered enthusiastically. She made
no reference to the troubles in tAe