Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-03
SALVATION ARMY.
Special Services w ere Held in
Horticultural Hall Sunday.
Lieut.. Col. Cozzens Tells of the Work
ingmen's Hotel and Its Success in
the Afternoon Testimony Meet
ing in the Evening.

! The Salvation Army held special
meetings all day Sunday, conducted by
Lieut. Col Cozzens and Maj Mcintyre
of the New England command. Col Coz
zens has been in this city before hay
ing conducted meetings here year
ago, but it was Maj McIntyre's first
visit to Worcester
The sunrise and 10. 80 o'clock services
were held at the army's own hall, on
Commercial street. but the afternoon
meeting, at 8, and the evening service,
at 1880 O'Clock, both took place in Hor-
ticultural Hall. The exercises were rem
dered unusually interesting and effective
by the presence of the .Hallelujah
Band" which is now touring the New
England states under the auspices of
the army.
In the afternoon Lieut.. Col. Cozzens
told the fair-siZed audience something
about the social side of the Salvation
Army's work and of the Workingmen' 5
Hotel which was recently started in
Boston, in charge of that branch of the
army.
Col. Cozzens said that soon after the
Salvation Army was organized, it was
discovered that it was absolutely neces-
sary to do something for the temporal
as well as the spiritual wants Of the
poor unfortunateS that came to its at
tention. 1t was impossible to preach
the salvation of Jesus Christ to starv-
ing man, so the gospel of bread and
butter was determined upon.
All over the country the members of
the army had found in their travels
about the cities. families without the
bare necessities of life. The brigade
went into the garrets and In the cell
iars; In both places they found whole
families living in a single ROOM But
before anything was done toward bring
ing them to the Lord Jesus Christ, their
temporal sufferings were allev!ated:
gradually the gospel and salvation
worked their way in. From 50 humble
beginning came the social side Of the
work Of the Salvation Army, which is
| now attracting the attention of the en-
tire world.
Col. Cozzens then related the steps
which led up to the opening of the
,Worklngmen's Hotel in Boston. When
ne came there Is months ago from Gin
clnnatl to assume charge of the work in
new england he found the spiritual
work of the army was being beautifully
ana thoroughly executed. He found
there, too, many social needs and de-
termlned that something should be done
by the army in that direction Accord
ingly on February % the Workingne 8
Hotel was opened on Washington street
and In ten months of it's existence about
/ $4,000 men have been accommodated.
The applicants for beds became so
numerous that he determined to open
another similar hotel, and so a five
years lease of the old Hub Theatre on
Hanover street was taken, and there
B o l. i
nightly.
Since we opened the Washington
street hotel" he said eve have not had
an empty bed any night. We charge
each man ten cents, which entities him
to all the privileges of an ordinary
hotel He can have as good a bed as
any one needs, although they are double
deckers. We give them the privileges
of hot, cold and shower baths, and if
he has not yet learned the value Of
water we soon teach it to him. Then in
addition we have library and a writ
ing room for the use of all. We give
them a hair cut or a shave and let them
shine their shoes. At the Hanover
street hotel, we have to charge Is cents
as the rent there is $1,000 more a year.
Both places are self supporting"
Lieut. Col. Cozzens closed by saying
that similar hotels were to be estab-
lished in Portland, in Lynn, in Fall
River and in Providence, and he would
like to see one started in this city of
Worcester. If philanthropic people
were willing to contribute one-half the
cost of the plant, such a hotel could be
started He would give assurances that
there would be no demands made for
further contributions, for every hotel
was made self-supporting
The afternoon exercises closed with
the contribution, which by dint of hard
effort was made to reach $40, and the
singing of hymns by the audience.
In the evening a praise and testimony
meeting was held The two bands con-
solidated and played number of stirr-
ing hymns, the congregation joining in
the choruses A number of those pres
ent, mostly members of the army, testi-
fed to their own salvation and to the
comfort they found in believing in the
Lord Jesus Christ.
Lieut.. Col. CozZens made a very brief
address from the question who will be
in help" The speaker said he did not
want to take his own words for an an
swer The Lord had already answered
that question in the Psalms, when he
said: THE wicked shall be turned into
hell" ''If that's So" he said, ST don't
want to be wicked. I want to escape
the damnation of hell"
This is a question, he said, that is not
often considered in our churches. And
why? Because 1t is an unpleasant mat
ter. In New England there are many
people who do not believe in hell, and
the denominations who entertain that
view are strongest here. But if there
is no hell, why did Jesus Christ leave
his glory to come TO earth?
But there is a hell, and / don't want
to go there. I hate hell; bate the very
sound of the word. l would gladly tear
it out from Webster or any other die
tionary, if by so doing l could obliter-
ate it from the universe He'll is the
logical outcome of sin, and sinners are
the ones that will be found there. Any
one who is outside of heaven will be in
hell until the end of time.
After Col. Cozzens' address. a few re-
marks were made by Maj. Mcintyre, af-
ter which the service closed with prayer.
There were several conversions at the
two services.