The sun., 1902-10-06

Con Booth. accompanied bv his SON
Ir.law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs, Booth
Tucker, Joint commanders of the army
in this country. by Col Lawrey from he
British headquarters. who travels wit III Gen.
Boo'h wherever he goes, and by various
a'ar and field officers on duty in his
country. came on the platform few min
rtes after II o'clock AT the morning meet =
ing W sooner was the white haired and
vhfe-hearded leader seen than the army
band. stationed in the front rows on the
south side Of the house gave him a salvo
from horns and drums and every soldier
and lassie in the theatre jumped up. cheered
appauded and waved handkerchiefs after
the fashion Of Chautauqua. There was
short service Of prayer and song, after
which Booth-Tucker presented his father
In-law 10 the audience.
when some more Of the surplus enthu-
siasm had been worked of. the General
announced that he would take as his
text Paul's saying: Il can do all things
through Christ which strengtheneth me 4"
The head of the Salvationists said that
Paul was a man OF standing and educat ion
and that his family was one Of importance
II mean s,omething' he went on. for
man like this to come out and confess
Christ and follow him, but he did it. He did
man Wonderful ability! Now some Of Of
you people are saving that you cant come
out for Christ, You can't declare your
selves, because it will interfere with your
business, or YOU will have TO sacrifice some
Of your social connections. That's just
what Paul had to do. and he did it, He
was wiser, much wiser than you He sacri-
feed some Of the things Of this life that he
might be sure Of joyous life hereafter.
Ny friends, you're going to live lot longer
in heaven or hell than you will on this earth,
and II YOU would escape the tortlires of hell
hereafter, you'd better prepare for heaven
here
Gen Booth sat down and Col. Lawrey
began pleading with sinners and back
sders 10 come up 10 the penitent form
and be saved. The leader of the Army
had talked nearly an hour. He has not a
good speaking voice and he frequently
az "'' '''' ''' ''"''' anu ''O'' "''
Col Iawrny kept up he call to the uncon-
verted from the stage, and members % the
organization went up and down the aisles
pleading with individuals to come up and
be saved Meanwhile the singing corps
sang softly and the band played on. II
was long time before the first man came
forward and knelt at the rail inclos-
ing the space where the orchestra sat
Once the ice was broken, others followed,
until inst before o'clock, thirty-nine men
and women had come forward and had
been taken into a room back of he stage
10 be talked TO by Gen. Booth and to
give their names and addresses Col,
lAwrey tried hard to make il forty, but 1t
was thirtynlne when the meeting closed.
For the afternoon meeting the doors
were cloesd AZ 2 o'clock, and those on the
outside were told by Young officer nj the
door that there We're no more seats in the
house
You don't know what you are talking
about, said one of group OF five appl-
cants. There are at least 100 seats in
the first gallery on the south side.
IF you can find 100 vacant seats in this
theatre, or ten, or five, I'll give you 500,
Your" on, said the other. PUT up so
forfeit and III show you the seats"
Put up your money" said the army
man, and he pulled out long leather wal
let
Another member of the army elbowed
ms way up TO his brother officer and almost
shouted
What are YOU thinking of Put that
money back"
guess I'd better" replied the other
Sayationl,s,t, but | don't like to stand by
and be called liar"
NV I'lllfilS were not Uldny Ill IUt
afternoon Booth Tucker left the platform
ana went half way up the centre aisle.
where he stopped and began talking to
Young man IN the end seat on the south
slde. Every now and again the young
man could be seen to shake his head Fl
haHy the American commander seized the
mans coat collar, but the man wouldn't
sur.
he Commander passed on and four
NNailon lasses tackled the young man,
VINO was presently weeping When the
asses pointed to the penitent form. how
ever, he shook his head and at last they
gave him up. The campaign Of persuasion
was kept up until $50 when il was an
honhced that twenty-six souls had been
won Prayer was offered for the victory
ana me meeting closed.
II was noticeable fact that most Of
me converts made AT the morning and
AFTERNOON meetings were men. Maybe
quarter of those who came forward at both
,n''t!hgs were women past their first youth.
IN u" evening the women came out strong,
anu many OF them were very modish and
on 'he sunny side Of 30. The General spoke
loi an hour on the text: What shall II
prom man if he shall gain the whole world
ana los" his own soul'" II he hadn't shown
fnlch power "a public speaker at the morn
"lE ana afternoon meetings, he showed
-pne AZ night
Is al The former meetings he preached
hn-compromise doctrine and insisted that
very word Of the Bible must he accepted
1S TACT He preached a birthstone hell
ana a golden paved heaven, and at times
no was very dramatic. The most signifi-
sdId
III" most crimson of all sinners, the
I'ahest and the worst IL the backsider-.
,h" man who has forgotten his vows, or
."s gone back on them, though he vowed
/" VOC to his family and to his friends to
sep them forever"
whoever Joins the Salvation Army takes
~ 'u" =" remain in it as long as he lives.
'""T" M"ro many in the house who seemed
d ,lilhN that Gen. Booth had Balington
n'",h IN mind as he spoke Although
'' 'p"n"ra l. 73 years old. he talked for an
l,p'r Al night and seemed as flesh as a
'd.>V when he had finished.
A'"r the sermon II took fifteen minutes
ge' mo first convert, but in the next
I'ur or A. lOl5, seventy-fve were kneeling
-, NJ orchestra rail. Then Booth-Tucker
,uh charge and kept at il until 1880, when
~" ,"'hi had reached eighty one. or lt8
r me day. There weren't more than
Nth'y,hve persons in the house then and
a. me D1Kology was sung and the bene-
dic'ion pronounced.