Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-05-19

try to Philadelphia. They missed the
familiar Army meetings and on their
own initiative this man with his wife
and daughter started to hold open airs
in their own neighborhoOd, then rent
ed an old chair factory and held regu
lar Army meetings. They appealed to
( the General for help: he refused, as
/ ne had no wish TO work outside OF
Great Trtain. but they kept making
| their appeals more importunatc until
! in 1850 he decided to heed IT and sent
/ over eight officers to commence the
work. twenty-five years have since
rolled away and now we have 1l9
corps. 2O7 Social Institutions and 1924
officers in the United States.
The following year appeals came
from France and Australia and after
considerable delay were acted upon. To
infdel and Catholic France the Gener.
al sent his own eldest daughter as the
pioneer. while in Australia a convert
ed milkman started the work. the
opening of some countries reads al.
most like a romance.
From country after country appeals
have come until today, 81 years after
that eventful meeting in the East End
of London. we are working in AZ diff
ferent countries and colonies with
nearly 5000 stations and over $4,000 Of
ficers. constituting one of the largest
ii not the largest missionary societies
. in existence.
, In connection with the foreign work
| suppose should mention the Naval
, and Military League, which had TO be
, organized in order to band together
and keep track of our converts and
] soldiers either on board men-of.war or
in military garrlsons and camps. lts
members are found in every part Of
J the world. Homes for this class Of
. men have been opened In many Of the
!. principal ports, as, for instance, Gi.
!. braltar, Yokohama, Portsmouth, Hong.
!. kong, Malta, etc.
: The first headquarters was opened
0 away back in 1867 an old saloon. Inc
Eastern Star, very significant name.
being taken. Here one room in the
rear was used as the office with one in
the front where song books and Ielig
, ious books and papers were sold. From
this insignificant establishment has
/ slowly evolved our international head.
. quarters in London, where alone iOl1
/ persons are employed and the similar
z although smaller headquarters which
l are to be found in every territory.
: From that little front room on White
3 Chapel road the Army's Printing and
/, Trading Departments have grown into
b, a mammoth concern. First OF all, II
was simply for printing purposes. In
: 1868 little sheet called the Fast
, London Evangelist" was issued, the
/ following year 1t became the Chris.
tian Mission Magazine; ten years la.
: ter II appeared as The Salvationist" (.
, while the next year it finally evolved
, into the world renowned War Cry"
, That was in 1880. At the present time
, We issue 46 weekly and 10 monthly pc.
riodicals, in a number OF languages,
with a total combined circulation Of
over million copies weekly.
lnnumerable books have been pub.
~ lishcd, the first one being, How to
q reach the Masses" With the advent
of the military idea, uniform was nee.
, essary, badges caps, cap.bands, bon.
, nets. flags. With the formation Of the
, Army brass bands there came the ne.
, cessity for band music and band in.
struments, and as there are at this
, late something like 1871 bandsmen.
this meant no small item.
a Training Home for women was
/, opened in May, 1850, and at the end Of
A the year another for men. The advan.
tages of those institutions was quickly
, seen and~when the following year a
A large disused orphanage at Clayton
y was offered to the Army cheap it was
bought the central quadrangle was
. covered and converted into an amphi.
theater, seating 5000 persons, while the
!. building proper furnished accommoda,
q ton for some 400 cadets, and from
. That building workers have gone out
| into all parts of the world. Every
I country nearly has its training school,
r there being some forty altogether at
the present time.
i The annual international self.denial
effort is production Of invention of
e the Army and has also been both a spi.
; ritual and financial blessing. The first
l was held u years ago in Great Brit.
= ain alone, when some funds were
/ pressingly needed for the foreign
! work; it realized something like $780,.
!. GEO, and so marked was the success of
, It that It has been continued ever since
Q year by year. This years effort which
) has just closed will estimate, result
in something Ike 100000 for the Ar,