The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-09
LECTURE BY BOOTH TUCKER
COMMANDER OF FSALVATION ARMY
 MAROUAND CHAPEL.

"Darkness and Light' tho Topic-Gcn-
 eraI Work of the Army Spoken of
 Many illustrations of Its Various
 Phases
 Booth Tucker of New York, com
 mander-in-chief of the Salvation Army
 forces in the United States, lectured be
 fore an audience which completely filled
 Marquand chapel at Yale last night.
 His topic was Darkness and Light
 and he was afforded many opportunities
 to depict the conditions of the people or
 all classes and ages with whom the ot-
 fcers of the army came in contact while
 carrying on their very commendable
 work He said there was no darkness
 but which needed to be fathomed, and
 examined and was worthy of the study
 of all who were we'll wishers of human
 ity. There are humanitarian and
 Christian discoveries just as there are
 scientific discoveries and the truth is
 not realized or appreciated until an eff
 fort has been made to find it out. The
 
 CT was frank to admit, was and is not
 perfect, but there is no regret and the
 officers are trying to so improve their
 work that it will be near perfection,
 The army has no monopoly on religious work; it recognizes the efforts of oth- CTS, and it is glad to adopt ideas glean- ed from the experiences and trials of others He said that the officers took unto themselves no measure of credit for the success which had thus far at tended their efforts, but that they sim ply thanked God and prayed for more help, for without Him there would be helplessness which would soon be hopelessness and despair. He said that God was the treacher the professor in chief, as it were, and they were being educated in the university of eXper- fence, Thus far there has been measure of light brought into some of the dark places. He said there were four Goliaths who arrayed themselves against the workers in the army, and which they had to conquer and over come before their work would be at tended with the desired success. These four barriers were churchlesSness, worklessness, homelessness, and worth lessness The speaker then dWelt at some length on these four topics relat- ing many interesting stories He said that religious work in this country was one of it's essentials and one mighty mower which had contributed much to the we'll being and growth of the coun try. There are hundreds and thou l sands of people who never attend | church for any reason and who are | without virtue, morality or self-respect. | These people must be sought out and | brought to realization of the fact | that there is hope for them. The Sal vation Army was organized for the pur- pose of reaching those people who did nit go to church; who frequented the saloon and other dens of vice, and pass, ed their time that way which might be spent in church singing Gods praises and hearing Gods words Open air meetings, hall meetings, private gather ings were the means whereby this end has been in a great measure accom- plished. Tn the matter of worklessness the speaker said that there were many who were willing to work, but who from one cause or another had lost their po- sitions and the respect of their former empowers, anu Licy WSIC uiiopiC to liiiu anything to do unless assisted by the officers of the army. One of the diff culties is that there are many men who are out of work and can do only one thing, and at that there is not much activity. The army overcomes this ob- stacle by getting in touch with the em- ployers, and thus finding when they need men and put them into places. As regards homelessness, Commander | Tucker said that work in this line was directed towards the fallen, the convict the vicious, the drunkard. The work ,f the rescue homes for fallen girls ind women has been singularly suc ,essful in that about 90 per cent. of all l who pass through the homes, and this number is about 1,500 annually, lead ,irttlous lives from the time they leave ( he home. The farm colonies, and the success ! which has attended them since their formed a topic for dis : ussion, and the speaker said that they f lad far exceeded their expectations. s .ood per cent. of the money advanced t las been paid back and it is fully be- o ieved that it will all be eventually paid n ack and with interest.
 At the conclusion of the address Staff V olo. A number or questions were ask Y q concerning the work which Com II - ---- l