The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-05
BOOTH EXPLAINS HIS ARMY
APPROVING AUDIENCE HEARS or
THE WORN IT mas DONE.

\ VItaIINInE Force which IEas Modified
civilization the World Over. He calls "a
housing Personal welcome to the
GenersI Dy a Packed Carnegie Iaa:''
A capacity audience assembled last night
in Carnegie Hall to listen to Gen. William
| Booths promised disclosure Of the Secret
| Of the Success of the Salvation Army"
| The General confessed tOward the end Of
his discourse that perhaps he hadn't given
IL quite all away, but his hearers gave every
possible evidence Of entire approval Of
what he did tell them.
They clapped and they stamped. and
J they whistled and they cheered They
rose and yelled @Allelujah." they sat down
and murnLured amen" They laughed
and wspt. and apparently contributed
! freely with coin to the plates which were
passed around as soon as the General had
finished talking.
After expressing his appreciation Of the
rOusing welcome which greeted his ap-
pearance upOn the stage, Gen. Booth care
fully explained that while he did not wish
10 be construed as saying hat the Saliva
ton Army was perfect in every respect,
il really had made wonderful progress in
the .fOrty-two years Of it's existence and
IL was undoubtedly useful ana profitable
TO humanity and ~glorifying TO God.
The first evidence Of all these things,
he said, was public opinion. which In fifty
three countries was giving ffty-thIee
varieties Of expressions Of approval and
faith n sympathy.
As illustrations ne cited AustralasiA's
annual subsidy Of 10000. Japan's en-
thusiastic reception OF himself. Rerlin's
surrender to the comets. drums and tam
bouFines. R~ooseveltis recent letter OF
congratulatiOn. and last. but not least.
his oxford degree of~doctor Of civil law.
Il wondered at first" ne said, -why they
thought Of that particular degree in rela-
ton to me. but all Of a sudden | remembered
that 1 had probably made more laws than
any man living"
The Salvation Army. he said, was more
than a wave Of feeling or a passing revival
1T was a vitalizing force. a per manenJ
influence which had modified civilization
in every quarter Of the globe.
1T is only a thing Of yesterday" he
continued. We started out with empty
stomachs and empty pockets. and see what
we have done-see where God has brought
us.
w lew NHRNN eHAtAAN III ~
nearly all Of them elf-suppOrting. We
have preached the Gospel I'm thirty-twO
languages; we control between sixty and
seventy publications and twenty-five news
papers in seventeen languages. Our army
officers who devote their entire time to
the cause. number 5000; our local officers.
who earn their bread by the sweat of their
brows. $1,000. and VIZ have 10000 bands
men. who, reports TO the contrary not
w~ithstanding, do not receive a penny for
their labor.
Speaking Of the bandsmen | want 10
say for the benefit Of those who have cas-.
aspersiOns upon army music that Rer-
nard Shaw asserts that in the realm of
religious music the Salvation Army bands
are at the top Of the tree. Al any rate.
whatever they lack in quality they make
up in quantity.
we feed 200. 600 hungry persons every
week and we give shelter every night 10
2.OOO girls who otherwise would have no
refuge but the street.