Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-21

incalculable service to the organiza-
ton. The greatest danger which men
aces them today Is the possibility of
their becoming so respectable that they
will no longer be exposed to the biting
blasts of ridicule and denunciation,
which, like Kingsley's Worcester. has
made them the men they are.
II you were to ask General Booth
what he regarded as the secret of his
strange success, he would tell you that
It was> because he was man of one
idea. From first to last he has been
dominated by one central thought,
which has possessed him as by con-
suming passion. The one idea has been
a passionate yearning love for his fell
low-men. From his boyhood in Not
| tingham he has always been full Of
sorrow for the sufferings and the mis-
cries of men and women. His heart
has gone out to them, and his whole
soul has been pre-occupied with the
one question, How can best do some
thing for them? How can | best bring
some light and warmth and love and
Joy into these darkened, cold and mis-
cradle hearts?"
General Booth has immense aspira-
tons, but he can hardly be said to have
gigantic schemes. He did not devise
the Salvation Army. It grew. So did
his Social Scheme. And SO will the
other schemes that are still to come.
/ They are born Of circumstances acted
upon by the constraining passion Of
love for men. General Booth does not
do what he wishes to do; he does what
he is driven to do.
The general did not plan out the con-
quest of the world. Each of his sue
cessive advances was forced upon him.
He could not help himself. Why did
the Salvation Army go to Australia
Because a quondam drunken milkmaid
who had been saved at Stepney emf
a grated to Adelaide, and sent over an
e urgent summons for help to start the
= holy war in Australia. In like man.
ner IL was a convert from Coventry
= who, having settled in Philadelphia
brought over the Salvation to thu
United States. But when a door |.
. opened General Booth dare not refus,
n to go through II to proclaim the glat
. tidings of a gospel Of happiness an,
love.
He has hitherto had the advantage
of having had no reputation to lose
While others can do nothing withou
o considering and hearing and discuss
a. ing and wondering what this, that, o
;. the other person would do or say o
think, he has gone ahead and done tn
81 work that was given him to do. An,
who is there even among the mos
sceptical of his opponents can deny tina
it has been a great work? Apart alto
gether from its direct effects, Genera
Booths life has been trumpet call t.
Il the churches OF Christendom. The for
ward movement among the Wesleyan
and the Church Army in the Establish
: ment are but two illustrations of tn
e effect which he has produced outsid
IS the immediate range of his own opera
n tons. Nor is It only the churches tina
have felt the quickening and rehnin
influence of his loving heart and cour
l. ageous faith. The whole trend of SO
cial legislation for many year to com
r. will bear unmistakable signs Of the in
10 fuence OF his great passion for the wei
fare Of men; and when the law Of CIV
~ lized countries enfranchises woman
10 will but be attesting the change /
Sc the popular estimates OF the capacitie
\ OF women which has been most largel
. brought about by the work of the Sal
9 walton Army.