The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-02


asked why he signed the recommendation,
the applicant said that as he was told to
bring letter from some man VINO knew
him well, he had brought one from one
who knew him better than any one else
and that was himself. The general claims
for the army an orthodox belief, iaith
in the Bible from cover to cover.
CREED OF THE ARMY.
The creed of the army was, he said,
works., and the belief that man is to be
saved by man is founded on the fact that
man was blood-bought by a man on Cal
vary. In illustrating the efficacy of works"
he told story, in which little girl petit
toned God to not allow some wild birds to
be caught in a trap prepared By her brother.
expressing the conviction that they would
not be captured. When asked why she had
such faith that the birds would not be
caught she innocently exclaimed:
Why, before prayed to God to protect
the birds | went into the garden and broke
the traps"
This coupling of prayer with works has
been the secret of the upbuilding of the Sal
walton Army, said he. The general said that
he did not claim for the army perfect or
ganization. Nothing could be perfect which
are waging real war, said the general, and
fighting a real foe-that of sin, darkness,
ignorance, and even hell itself. Therefore
it is natural to find difficulties and meet an
occasional defeat A characteristic of hui
man nature is that if you fight a man he
ting down to the meat of his subject, the
general said: How, then, you will say, are
we to judge of the advance made?'
In this connection 1t has become common
practice among certain people to speak of
the army as having two parasitic spiritual
and the social. This the general strongly
objected to, as the two were so indissolubly
linked together that to divide them meant
death to both. The mission OF both was
to pick up men and women so entanSleo
with their troubles miseries and diseases
that they seem beyond help, and lift them
up, straighten out the tangled lives and set
them right with God, themselves and the
world. The general stated that he disliked to
quote instances in which men or women
had been saved from degradation, because
people might suppose that they were "spe-
cial plumS in the cake" while in reality
they were only instances among thousands
of woman who was pronounced thorough
ly bad, having been forty-nine times in
prison because of her habits. Each time
she seemed worse than ever, until the last
time she became mad while incarcerated 1t
requiring six policemen to take her. In her
paToxysms she tore her clothes from me-, ner
authorities were at their wits ends to find
a means for handling her, and finally, in
in incl charge of Of Z the Salvation Walton Army Rescue
Home These women at once responded
and in one minute conquered the woman
arms about her naked shoulders and inn
printing a kiss on her lips. 1t was found
that the woman had been reared by dis
and the fruit of it was eradicated in one
sisterly kiss of humble Salvationist.
The general told of a German Journalist
bitterly, who later came to England and
met such adversely that he was on the point
of suicide when the inspiration came 70
him to test the merits of the army He
came to them ragged and forlorn, earned
his lodging and food for few days by
chopping wood finally began to rise TO re-
spectability, until now he is the manager
of one of London's largest concerns.
THE WORLD THE FIELD,
In speaking of the field for work, he
stated that religious facilities, in spite Of
all claims TO the contrary, were small In
Berlin, Germany, with 100000 people, there
was church accommodation for only 10000
In New York only 2l5 per cent. of the in
habitants attend church.
While he did not oppose the great work
among the heather in foreign lands, ne did
condemn the neglect of the great mass of
unbelievers in the great centers of popula-
ton in civilized countries. His organization
was, he said, built up from its inception TO
meet this want, and while successful thus
far so little was he welded to his plan that
could anyone bring forward a better one ne ne
only expressed wish or aim was TO help
suffering mainland. The army could he
thought, be forgiven for its imperfections,
Thirty-two years ago, the general said,
the army had one member-general, CAP
tains, heutenants and soldiers were all un-
der one hat, and he wore the hat. For the
first fifteen years the work was hard ana
bitter, but the army gradually sank the
roots of their tree down and down clear 10
the "rock of ages" Then the stem shot up
with amazing rapidity until millions We're
now sheltered beneath its branches. While
in Seattle recently a miner voiced his sentl-
ments exactly. While replying to the greet
ing of the citizens a miner came up, and,
thrusting out his horny hand, said: here
xrNs lnnd or, Ilt
He desired all Christians to be imbued
with similar idea only making it Souls
or burst The salvation flag now flies IN
posts, employing thirteen thousand leaders
and 5000 lay officers. There are in the or
ganization thirteen thousand musicians.
They publish fifty-one periodicals, twenty
eight newspapers in fifty tongues, and have
a circulation of 51,OO0,OOO annually. He said
kind was because people did not look about
them. Most men were too busy with their
own affairs to do Gods work. The army
has Ais rescue homes, employing thirteen
thousand trained people in the work. Thir-
teen thousand men are daily lodged in their
shelters and ten times that number fed
each day. The rescue work is accomplished
by taking the human wrecks in a brotherly
way, furnishing them employment in their
own factories and teaching them trades.
There are sixty-nine rescue homes for girls
exclusively by the means of which five thou
sand girls are annually saved. girl is
kept in the homes four months ana then
employment is found for her and strict
correspondence maintained with her for
three years afterwards. The army has in
the past year found work for ten thousand
men in New York city alone. All this has
been accomplished by hard work in field
untouched by other hands.
''Ihis,l said the general in conclusion, is
the story of my life effort and ! will say
something's question right from the
shoulder-What are you doing with your
life"
Immense applause greeted the closing
sentences of the generals discourse and
until utterly wearied he left the hall and
was rapidly driven to the Bates House for
rest The party leaves to-day for Cleve-
land, o., where the general delivers a speech
tonight.
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