Kansas City journal., 1898-02-20


disease.
sands of men and women who never entered
church edifices He determined to carry the
gospel to those who would not &c. to the
helpers as devoted as himself. carrying joy
to the joyless. help to the helpless. the light
to those in darkness, salvation to the lost.
ganization. not equaled in modern times,
has planted his citadels in every part Of
" mot TO e but TO
eulogy from human lips: His title. general
Of the Salvation Army. is the noblest worn
by any earthly monarch"
General Booth was given an ovation last
ing several minutes when he rose to speak.
Used as he was to these enthusiastic re-
ceptions, the general was not unmoved.
The general stood erect as an Indian as
he delivered his address. His hands were
to and fro with a characteristic movement.
He hardly used a gesture during his en-
entire speech. He spoke for an hour and
half without note and he was strongest
when he closed.
General Booths Talk.
81 like to have the Salvation Army in
| quired into and investigated said the
general after thanking the chairman for
his kind words.
Judge us by Our work. not by public
| the next cruelty Him. Nor judge US by
what We think Of ourselves. for we think
very well Of ourselves Do not judge us BY
sinners, We. are orthodox Tor we have
smashing the traps set for unwary men.
| We believe in the words of the Almighty
s tS be not by d6ea ner
by their response to the call of the Lord.
Judge US by our works; l do S-l not claim
long long wa way from Perfection, but we are
improving all the time; We are. a long
ao war hf eTe must % defeats an
world. the flesh and the devil and some
to fight against lies but the truth is mighty
and must prevail.
Some people are only half saved. I must
to make haste and get all for God and all
for Christ. You must save some people So
versa ,~6. :.
1 The general spoke very rapidly during his
whole discourse and told many anecdotes
The general gave an interesting account
of the organization Of the Army A. ., ..ooa
alone. in London with my precious wife.
Fer fourteen years our efforts, were re-
Th ry s%a IS knoSn
Our flag is Wv ns sHa R
| corps led by 13.09S officers, there are 10000
| local officers who support themselves: we
have 1900 bandsmen. we have fifty news news
|
weekly Circulation of 100000 copies.
The Americans are great people sn, to os,3 60
Of my followers. ! have seen tn, the most most
beautiful things in the world. but the most
| interesting things in the world Is men
to Sen these su1ns 1 s9g
some people get impatient with me: they
they can't make out TheS 1eSk look foe
among am the fools. the rogues and the liars
and Of course they don't find me. Let them
for e %e pv M %so Ieveny
fcrent industries to help the idle. 1t IS hard
to find people with both grace and com
We sans feed 'e aoco % to 10000 hungry persons
night. 1000 in the United States alone. We
give them lodging for cents. with a crust
of bread and kind word For cents more or
parasites site hI though III he came in 5000 strong
I'VE have fifty-nine homes for lost girls,
| don't believe in making the path of sin
easier. But don't stop to ask how man o.
woman got down. Give them chance. We
pass 5000 fallen girls through ho our INC, homes ie
stitutions in this country, ~ waiting va to ,., be
opened. We have passed 10000 girls since
| we started: "a per cent are saved; $l4 saves
a g1rl. less than many women spend on
their bonnets and men on their cigars
There are 800 criminals t nnaer m enoneot ehr an
peaI for assistance for the work of the
army.
| The following are the visiting officers:
Topeka-Ensign and Mrs. Hawk, Captain
ard Mrs. Frank Reisner, Leutenan,
Thomas and Cadet Havercamp.
Ottawa-Captain kennitz and Lieutenant
E.mporia-Captain Hughes and Cadet Met.
calf.
I.awrence-Ensign Austly.
l tn
AbiIene-Captain and Mrs. Roshon.
Fort scot.-Lieutena,nt Gailagher AL Snn;,,ns W
B. Davey and John Davey.
Pittsburs. Kas.-Captain and Mrs. Qurk
Wamego. Kas.-Captain and Mrs. Fisher
I.omas. Neb.--Captain E: E. Lowans.
GtF aSebIieutenant nam Rim RneSar
and Lieutenant Delaney; Delaney, p,,o,,,oao .n,
Norfoik' Neb.NCaptain Lyons.
: York Neb.-Lieutenant Richert and Cap
!, Galena Kas..Adjutant and Mrs. Wash
Arkansas City. Kas.-captain and Mrs
Wichita-Cadet Sam Shriver. Ensigl
Narraway and Captain sdnts Iom,insoar ann,eea+e
Gram Grand Island. Neb-Lieutenant Smith ant
siinii ssiina. Kas."captain Unruh and Lieuten
: | ant Bloom. ,~,
3 Coffeyville. Eas.-Captain and Mrs Burge
: Erie. Pa.-Ensign Brazeir and Captain
AIchison. Kas-Ensign Thomas and Lieu
. Waco. Tex.-Mrs. Captain Sinclair.
! Galveston. Tex.-Mrs. Captain McAffe.
, Local Salvation Army Officers.
The following are the local officers II
t charge of the Booth meetings; -
Mrs McDonalI. Adjutant III. f. Roe, En-
sign Leigh Captain .Doddrill. Captain an
: Mrs. Hale. Captain Norton. Captain Lum
| by Lieutenant Davey. Cadet Applegate
Cadet Gordon. Cadet Furgeson. Cade
Moss. Cadet Brown. Ensign Mrs Dodds
. | Ensign Stuyvesant, Lieutenant Crossmar
e | CAPTAIN Bookshelf Lieutenant PistoriuS
: lieutenant Swanson, Cadet Metcalf.