Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-11
GENERAL ARLINGTON BOOTH.
Will Address Mems Meeting at Jacques
 Sunday Afternoon


 Sunday Afternoon.
 Waterbury people will have an or portunity of unusual interest next Sun day in hearing addresses by General Ballington Booth, commander-in-chief of the Volunteers of America. The general will speak at the I. NJ. c. A. meeting in Jacques opera house on Sun day afternoon and in the Second Con- gregational church ill the evening.
 The general is so well known in Wa terbury both by reputation and from many previous visits that it is not necessary to say much regarding him personally or concerning the noble en- terprise in which he is engaged. Few n.s2 are more widely known in Anerf- ca than Ballington Booth. He was for many years in charge of the Sal vation Army work in the United States. Since the incorporation Of the Volunteers of America in 1So6 the general has been. deyoting his time to the development of this work ill a great many cities and towns with his national headquarters in New York city
 Many of the most aristocratic and ,wealtfy of New Yorks society men an women are giving the general their heartiest support with influential and financial aid.
 General Booth never fails to attract immense audiences in Waterbury. and l he is received with a warmer welcome on each visit. Few men are tendered such an ovation as is accorded to him. The work which Mrs Booth has done in the state prisons of tliis country cannot be too lightly commended, and her reputation is second only to that Of her husband.
 Of the Volunteer movement which the general renresents it is said, ssIt l is not too much to assert that the closing years of the nineteenth century l did not produce a more helpful home l missionary cause than the Christian I enternTise known as the Volunteers of America. Cradled in the midst of politi- I cad agitation and reared during the alb- sorption of national war. so that it's resources were taxed to the utmost l limit. it has nevertheless maintained l its existence ard has nassod its forces | almost throughout the United States to form an agency potent for moral, phiaa ntbropir and relagious benefit. Though the representation made by I fio1lres is often Inadequate in setting 1 forth flle character and advance of a work like that done by these Christian | Volunteers few ffgnres will be help l ful in forming soIneSconception Of its l extent The annual aggregate attend anre in halls and open air meetings has heen four million of people. By care ful estimation from the reports not less than B per cent of the converts have become members of the evangelf cal churches. As an example of the manner in which the posts or societies have been advancing on the line of self sustentation it is stated that over ESQ., 900 was raised and expended by them l in one year
 Regarding the prison work through ont the country. it is becoming q known and recognized srcress. not onlv within the prison walls but among the many who turn to the Vol ilIat aerS for help on 1aavino the prison
 The meetirre Sunday will be a rare onnortrnity for Waterbury men to hear I this man of immense mersonaI magnet ism and such a forceeul speaker