The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26

Sn dsss.scyins Il. That Ya. tsstF idss . TstssE:
SsSchstsl srrsnsed e take ali q. Us BONE
with thsp and TO send us TO our place! from
i Ssdfrith the way asT % CSs q sN &. halt Ssi. hS %s i.s s1S ts ssI.
lowed two By two, thirty strong. The police
soon az We had passed through the Hines the
and beaten. A%SS Ny com q e vas nSi inos SGS V SoMn.
and SlhTiSssd. and Some man. kinder than tSe
80 she and ! got out with his help, and made
to come SSs and We s S%S y the them inc F ISs : V Sksn
all had appeared, with a few broken ribs,
God for taking care Of US g and nd asked Him to help
1 ssn telI yop h t0g they had az syeatfai night
ing any more meetings and put its official seal
on the doors and windows OF our hall. We
police forbade even family prayer. we vent
on holding meetings in cottages and kitchens
just the same. and soon President Ruchonet.
who was a very good Christian man, sent out
a commission OF two men to examine into tho
work of the Army. The commission reported
theirs, and that our work was turning many
bad citizens Into good ones. That was our vic.
tory. The seals were removed from our hall
and our work went on. President Ruchonet's
times since then.
Miss Sterling. a Scotch woman. WINS impris.
oned In the castle OF Chillon, where only men
o Of the lSse msd sgpS are Tb t%P sbspss , for holding Ornssy1 a
present had consented to their going there.
her health was impaired for life. I shall never
forget the day she was taken TO Chillon. She
'Spk Sf s ssSt ia at %e' .S s%1ls9; and Il 'h %ss iit at the
times Of the Hugucnots In France and the Cow
Sutherland 1Sihiiiss she wang %"S in a p Ras $ the GS'5 jail il
y had one other corps in switzerland. but my
health gave out. and I hnn to 20 home on II
thrss.mon,hs' fqrlOush;; Then | was sent az q
was very different from my life in sWi,zer:
were u little indifferent about salvation, and
we we had ihlo Sea M " mS nmi | was there alone
eSr 'n week m end conducted ndu x.i''S q m a@shinS eTery
while there got Instructions to come to
get ny guardian's permission. She con.
rented. as my brother. who is also a Major In
in I'm. That That was was t OVER Seven snu years : Geu ago n'e 1 W wes
q SaPte Nm .he,,,, ard for a ysnr and = half l
iiinPps .l %S SrS,SSr In o 5nS S Ssna5Is19s sT Me 1 Sai
then in Reade street; and only one other wo-
man officer was on at headquarters at that time.
iiiCi " ulbs az dltbHBL1CE. IL hocIib
strange now, doesn't il, when there are hun.
dreds Of ust lie received other work, l was
put in charge of his work, and Prof. New
comb OF Wellesley College came To assist me.
| gave the closest attention to the auxiliary do
partmcnt. 1t had only twenty members in
his city then and only $50 in all. | began to
call them together and we met every six
weeks. l conceived tho idea OF speaking in
churches and parlors, and soon this department
grew so | had to give up the candidates' de-
partment- BEFORE long we had half n dozen
officers working at it and the membership had
Increased to between 5000 and 1000. After
having this work for three years, a year ago
| receiyed the junior department. which Is
practically Sunday school work. At the end
OF ten months l was shifted again, and this
summer l was commissioned as n national
travelling special.
When I had charge OF the auxiliary depart
ncnt l was to visit all OF the principal cities
in the Union and to interest people In Army
work by speaking IN churches and parlors, and
L Is now about the same. Capt. Emily CARR
Fnn. a typical American girl, bright and win
ming and u fine muslcian. will travel with me.
When we enter the homes Of the very rich my
'irst idea is not to interest the inmates In the
salvation Army, but to benefit them spirit
ually. II succeed in doing that ! know that
they will want to help tho Army. My life il 80
peaceful here in America hat | often wonder
+ I am the same girl who started her career rs
= Salvationist among the bowling mobs OF
| France and Switzerland"