The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-09-25

came international In character when
! work WAS common need I'm America and
Australia In issl General Booths cid
est doushter Catherine Initiated The
Work in Frame, which was the real
beginning OF the vast foreign mission.
airy operations OF the army now carried
on IN many lands. The headnuarterg
were then IN London, as they still con
tlnue TO be. But, while money flows
londonWard from all parts OF The
world, II II quickly disbursed again 20
the Tour quarters Of the globe In Tie
sense that II had its origin i'm England
the salvation Army Is AN English instl.
tution. but one Of the generals aims IA
laiier years has been 20 make II inter-
national as well AK undenomlnstional.
in 1885 the army started the purity
aeitation'i and presented 20 the house
or commons monster petition with
s'S'Vo0 signatures coilcd up in a roll
fohlalnlng two miles of paper and
bound together with the army colors.
Ire army's interest in the "submorg.
ca starving. vicious and criminal
classes. had been apparent from the
hist, but found its emphatic expression
IN General Booths really wonderful
book. In Darkest England and the
Way out first published I'm 1890 and
which attracted so much attention that
edition after edition was-taken as a
came from the press. II was I'm this
book that the vast colonization schemes
for the relief OF the starving poor of
England's cities were outlined and
shown TO be practicable by unstinted
use OF money and energies devoted 10
that end The general declared that II
his city colony, farm colony and over
sea colony we're established i'm twenty
years no man, woman or child In ENG.
land willing TO work would be unem.
pioyed. The colonization scheme was
originally planned for the benefit of the
British poor and for populating unset.
lied tracts within English dominion
only, but an American colonization
plan has been successfully initiated
ana placed on the road 20 prosperity.
by these means II Is possible TO re-
lleNe consested districts of large cities
or their very poor and place them on
Farms wrested from sterility, where
they can have a chance To become self
supporting producers instead of help
less, hopeless dead weights in the bodv
polite. The most notable of these colo.
MES, perhaps, ~ the Fort Amity set
N'N''''T'N - >N'V'0ANf NHAtHs lUOukn eS-
ia bished only three years ago, IS rap
idly becoming self supporting and is a
credit to it's founders.
In the year OF his great triumph Gen.
eral Booth lost by death his devoted
wife and helpmcet. 20 whom ne had
been united thrty-hve years Mrs
Booth, as all Aho knew her testified
and as her work in the army has
shown, was in every way worthy TO be
the mate OF one whose whole life was
dedicated TO the uplifting of strug-
Cling humanity. She was eloquent on
the platform and helpful in the families
or the poor, rejoicing in the title be.
slowed upon her OF the army mother"
Ind. In common with her husband glad
20 consecrate her best talent, her life /
ind their children to the work In which I
both were engaged All their sous and .
daughters were brought UP TO feel that
heir place was in the army, and
doubtless much OF the success of the
has resulted from this fact,
or the Booths are found in control OF
he army at nearly every important
tation in the world. When asked IL
he had put all her children into the
movement. Mre. Booth answered: Yes.
'less God! And IL we had twenty we
would do so. But ! stand here before