The San Francisco call., 1896-05-08
The Detection in the Salvation
Army Has Gone as Far
as It Will.
so SAYS THE COMMANDER
Interesting Talk of the Consul With
the Auxiliaries-0fficers
Leave To-Day.

The Commander and Consul Booth
Tucker had busy day yesterday. Wi tn
the commander goes the headquarters of
the Salvation Army in the United States
and that means an immense quantity of
business. The early morning was de-
voted to correspondence. 4 little before
noon the commander started on tour of
the Salvation Army institutions on this
side of the bay-Captain Woods Lifeboat,
the Children's Home and the Women's
Shelter.
At 8 o'clock they met with the Auxil-
iaries at metropolitan Temple. The con-
sui, being very sick woman, remained
in bed until just before this meeting.
There she made the address of all the ad-
dresses of her visit.
Her audience was not as large as those
OF the evening meetings, but it was won
mpletely. She spoke of the desertion of
Ballington Booth from the army. First as
family matter that was the greatest sor-
row the family had suffered; that it was
telling upon her ia ther greatly in the mat
ter of his health despite his efforts to over
come it by hard work. But the more
serious effect of the detection of the former
commander OF the army was the blow II
struck at the army itself.
1t would not be strange If the American
troops should look with suspicion and dis
trust upon the new commanders, or that
many of them should have followed the
former commander in his new movement
as they had followed him in the old. The
wonder was that the army had proved so
| true; that they had shown their devotion
and loyalty to the army itself and its prin-
ciples; had waited patiently in darkness
until some explanation could be given or
word came from the general. :.
Tne last words her father said to her as
he kissed her through the carriage window
as the train was moving out of the station
in London were, Turn the eyes of the
army from the controversy and toward
the throne of God" She had found the
great mass OF the army steadfastly looking
to the throne and gaining strength there.
She had received letter from the gen.
eral, she said, that very morning, in which
he said that the detection III America
must certainly work for good ultimately.
cit is not given to every nation to be
put to such test of its fealty to the work.
America had been having very easy time
OF 1t compared with those countries where
the soldiers were prosecuted. put in Jail,
their goods conhscated. The Lord seemed
to have been at the trouble to set the army
| in America, by this great trial, as city
on hill that could not be hid. The
world would look now 10 see what stuff
the Salvation Army of this country was
made of. We are going to give them
something to look at" she said. LET
them look now; we invite it; it will do
them good. We are to have greater victories
than ever. The work has really only
begun here. If you would only see the
letters thrust upon US from eager workers,
! saying, If there be room, if any are fall
! ing out, give me place; 1 want to be an
officer in the Army you would be sure
that time of rapid progress is here. For
this work, to take part in it, l will gladly
leave home and country for the rescuing
of the sinful. the weak, the needy"
Commander Booth-Tucker in an address
said that the army had really lost but very
few officers and soldiers by the detection,
and that the bomb had burst and practi-
calIy all the damage that it could do had
been done.
A big meeting was held at Metropolitan
Temple last evening, and a number of
converts went forward to the penitent's
bench.
This morning the consul and COM
mander will hold a meeting with the Off
GERS of the army exclusively, and this
evening they start for Portland and Ia
coma.