The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-20
TALK OF
THE FIESTA
Ministerial Union
Discusses
Event.
THINKS EVILS
ACCOMPANY IT
Major Wood Gives Paper on the
Evolution Of the Saliva
ton Army.

Major Wood OF the Salvation Army
held the attention Of the Ministerial
Union at its meeting yesterday morn
ing IN Central Union church. with an
excellent paper upon The Evolution
OF the Salvation Army" Among those
present were Rev DR.. Serene Bishop.
Rev. r. 8. Nuckley. Rev. w. VI. Kin
caid. Rev. w. II. Rice. Rev. George L.
Pearson. Rev. ]. =. Erdman. Theodore
Richards. Rev. Hiram Bingham. Rev.
o. II. Gulick. II. c. Brown. Major
Wood. before reading his paper. said
that criticisms had been frequent that
the Salvation Army was not all II
should be. He said he knew this only
too well. but that IL was carrying on
its work TO the best OF its ability. Some
OF the criticisms were friendly. some
otherwise. knowing how far il came
short OF perfection the Army always
welcomed the former. and II such crit
icisms are put forth in practical shape
and can be used. they are seized and
acted upon. for the Army was always
ready TO learn and Is prepared to adopt
\ any plan which approves itself to their
judgment as one by which more souls
can be saved. Many find fault with
| some OF the departments Of the work
| believing that the Army would do bet
ter without them. adhering strictly to
the spiritual part. Major Woods pur-
pose I'm his paper was 10 show that the
Army was an evolution. that il did not
spring complete from the brain OF the
founder. but grew gradually. many OF
it's customs being practically forced
upon IL by circumstances over which
IL had no control. For every one OF the
Arrny's methods. strange and eccentric
though they may sometimes appear,
there Is n reason.
To give n correct idea OF the evolution
or the Salvation Army from the time
when IL consisted solely of two persons.
up to this present time when it's rami-
fications are found in almost every cor
ner of the earth. IL was necessary for
the Major To give n brief account of the |
lives Of the founders. which he narrat-
ed In an interesting way:
we come TO notable day said ne, |
THE one from which our Army dates |
its inception. July .. 1866. on that night |
William Booth began his work in Lon |
don. The people who gathered were
OF the most degraded type. and when |
he stood among them and talked OF |
salvation. they listened with mingled |
curiosity and dcrision. on his part he |
felt n profound and almost prophetic |
interest In the crowd. Hitherto he had |
spoken To country people in market |
places and had thanked God for the /
privilege. then i'm the towns with their /
working population and was supremacy |
grateful; but now he stood in the |
streets OF London. with a multitude eX-
ceediug the population OF most OF those
towns added together"
The Mission tent. an old one to start
with al LONG, - 70.
grief in the high winds. \ dancing sa-
loon, holding about 600 people was then
taken FOR the Sunday services. while
an old wool warehouse served the pur-
We're occupied. an old chapel. a bowling
alley. a stable.
The venture with the old rascaIly
Eiiingham theater was a big success.
Upon the stage a crowd OF converted |
prize fighters. drunkards. profligates.
and the disreputable ragged edge OF
the hem OF society's garment. told with
effect what God had done
for them.
Mr.. Herbert Gladstone. in speaking
nj one OF the annual meetings. referred
To some statistics given. saying: II
say that this is a great result because
YOU must remember that the class OF |
men dealt with in these homes are of ,
the most dangerous character and
were untouched by any work or inilu-
proof OF the practical work done by the
Army for the last six years. In my Off
'ial capacity at the Home office and
~ Member OF Parliament have Civ
N close and personal attention to pris-
IN matters. and / say emphatically
here is no society or body In the coun-
~ which has done more valuable work
or the rescue OF criminals than the
Army"
We now have 13 Of these homes in
operation. through which 1900 criminals
90 every year to lead new and Chris
lar lives.
Again there was the out-of-works
he man down on his luck o
IhiS opened up 4 tremendously large /
ield. The Army has always believed
n the principle that He who only
ecds the poor is their greatest enemy.
While he who employs them in useful {.
lbor is their best friend" For the IL
nan without n trade. Salvage Brigades
we're formed. in which men We're EN- d
loyed with wagons and push carts to .
20 around and collect paper. rags.
tring. bottles. old clothes. broken fur
iiure. anything and everything.
1wenty-four different governments,
esldes many municipalities. now rec
gnize the Army's work officially and =
make annual grants toward its support -
While several OF the Australian colonies )
ave turned over their boys and girls
eformatories To the charge Of the
Army.
The proposed fiesta FOR Honolulu was
discussed and caused considerable talk. =
= many OF those present feared that -
here were evils which would 60 hand
u hand with IL. Rev. W. II. Rice stat -,
4 that he had already written To Rev. .
:. :. Chapman at Los Angeles for in "
rruatlcn regarding the excuses which q.
@ said accompanied such affairs. Rev.
:. ;. MuCkley was appointed 10 max.
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