The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-03

the plain but very handsome uniform OF
her rank in which she makes as charm
| ing an appearance as Is possible. The
noted Christian soldier is looking the
picture Of health, and as she herself ex-
pressed it, it is one of the greatest
sources Of pleasure she has, to think
that her strength ia being restored to
her after her severe illness, in order
that she may continue her great work.
Mrs. Booth has recently suffered two
| severe nervous breakdowns, the latter
of which necessitated her going abroad
and taking a complete rest for about
three months. The vacation was the
first that she had had in eleven years
of the hardest kind Of hard work in
her chosen field in this country and it
seems wonderful that her health has
been so soon restored.
When asked In regard to the service
of the morning, Mrs. Booth said that 1t
had been one of great satisfaction to
her for she felt that the prisoners,
many of them, at least, were beginning
to see the better way Of life and turn
ing towards true repentance through
the fundamentally of the work done in
the institution by the Volunteers.
Mrs. Booth said: 1T is much better,
think, that no one is allowed to be
present at the services in the prison
any more. 1 felt it so this morning, for
could talk to the men as l could not
were we not alone. never plan my
sermons. rely on the inspiration of the
time to aid me, and this morning my
great thought was to inspire in the
hearts of these fallen men a desire to
seek the way of life, and I believe the
seed has fallen in some cases in good
ground. The chapel was filed, every
available seat being taken, and the best
Of attention was given me. The attend
ance is purely voluntary and the men
seemed to enjoy it very much. 1t did my
heart good to hear them join in the
singing. They sing beautifully and they
seemed to throw their very souls into
the music today.
mo, do not know that my visit to
| Worcester has any particular signif1-
canoe at this time. have been devoting
my time so thoroughly to the prison.
rescue movement Of late, that the
members of the Volunteers are begin
ming to think that am forgetting them
and for little time shall go around
as have the opportunity and cheer on
the faithful workers as best may. The
camp at Worcester has few financial
obligations that l hope will be dis
charged as the result of my visit to
your city. The members of that camp
are some of our best workers and Capt
Howard is a very earnest and excellent
man, who is striving with all his might
in the face of somewhat adverse cir
cumstances, but he is doing splendid
work nevertheless.
Il shall arrive in Worcester about l
o'clock in the afternoon, and shall leave
again at midnight. l am going from
Worcester to New York and shall
probably remain there for some time,
attending to the details of some Of the
rescue work there. We have in Hone
oil n111s I11ic soil
who have been recently discharged
from penal institutions, and we are
every day graduating those in the sin
certify of whose resolve to lead better
life we are confident, and placing them
in positions where they can again
make their way in the world. New
ones come to us on their discharge from
prisons located over a very large area.
We have nearly as many from Massa-
chusetts prisons as from those of New
York, and we are striving to reach this
class of unfortunates wherever we
can.
When asked if she did not find the
sight of so many fellow-creatures de-
prived of their liberty and in such mo-
raj degradation, so pathetic as to de-
press her spirits almost beyond the
line of safety, Mrs. Booth answered
with one of the rare smiles which fair
ly illuminate her countenance "Oh
IL ulu dt HtStf Until bcSetl 10 sec Tie
cheerful side of it. When 1 first start
ed on this work, it seemed to me as if
1t was the most terrible thing In the
world to see all these human beings
penned in like so many dangerous
beasts and to realize the dreadful
things they had done to bring this
upon them. but when began to realize
the blessed work that there is to do
in this field for the Master, it made me
strong to take it up; and when 1 saw,
as l soon did, the results that win come
from such work, 1t took away all the
bitterness Of it and made me feel as