The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-14

The Salvation Leaders Career
Praised by Friend and
Follower.

nv VI AO0CIA LILIES duu He TIE
savior of souls of men of all nations,
was graphically told last evening in
Central Union parish house by Col.
French, one of the Armg's leading staff
officers in the United States, and per-
sonal friend and coworker with the Cen
eral for nearly thirty years, and by
Hon. John G.. Woolley, the great anti
saloon leader. The audience was not as
large as anticipated, but those who re-
manned away missed talk upon the
Generals life and work which was an
inspiration for Christian labor among
the lowly.
After singing "Onward, Christian
Soldiers, led by Rev. Mr.. Ebersole,
Mr.. Woolley was introduced. The latter
said he was anxious TO see his old
friend, Col. French, hear his voice and
listen to his remarks on the great Gen
eral of salvation. He said he had not
only great admiration for General
Booth, but was in entire sympathy with
the spirit of his career. s'All reforms
and all reformers,'' he said, "have all
begun by getting taste of misunder-
standing, ridicule and even abuse, but
the law of compensation works, and
when victory comes, as it has come to
the work of this great man, whose
eighty years of splendid life we are
celebrating, this misunderstanding, ridi-
cule and abuse become additional riches,
| and by contrast make his success shine
out more brightly.
FThe thought comes to me, which /
| hope is not a fancifui one, to suggest
/ to you that while we are all together
| here in sympathy with General Booth,
| to close our eyes for a moment, bow our
| heads, and send our thoughts out across
| the seas to where this grand old man,
| this great champion of the love of
| Jesus Christ for men, sits with a halo
of gray hair around his head, waiting
for the summons, receiving congratula-
| tions from every part of the world,
wherever men are falling, women are
suffering, and children are being cheat
ed out of fair chance in life''
| The audience became passive mo-
mentarily and all thoughts centered on
\
General Booth s career has been a
wonderful one,'' continued Mr.. Wool
| ley. "The success which has crowned
his work is remarkable. As a states
man. he is one of the best. One of the
| splendid qualities which marked him as
| a general was his splendid and unerring
| Judgment of men whom he called upon
/ and enlisted in the service of the
II ,-4r
Col French, the personal friend of
General Booth.
Col. French said he had been asso
ciated with the General for twenty
eight years. He regarded him as a
father, for as a young man, boy, he
| sat under his ministry and received his
counsel, and he felt that he owed to
General Booth, under God, practically
all that he has attained in life. The
General was now waiting for another
| summons, but whether to new fields OF
action on earth or to his great reward
in heaven he did not know. The Gen
| eral was not eighty years old, but
eighty years young. Col. French spoke
| of visit the General is contemplating
to the Pacific Coast in the near future,
in case he decides upon another visit
to the United States. He did not think
that Hawaii would be fortunate enough
| to receive visit from the veteran.
Col. French spoke of the remarkable
| feature of the Generals continued ac-
| tivity in evangelical and revivalistie
| work, personal interest, and his con-
| tinued attendance upon daily meetings.
! Col. French knew of no greater man in
| the revivalistic work than General
Booth. One would imagine that after
his long, arduous, buffeted career, with
| the cares and burdens of organization
| and maintenance of organization, that
| he would be willing to lay down some
| Of the work, but he continued as active
| as ever He was still on the firing line,
in the front of the battle.
| Colonel French interpolated state
ment that General Booth does not re-
eeive a cent of salary from the Army
for his services. His is labor of
| love. Although he publishes maya
| zine and writes books, yet he does not
| accept or claim a cent of royalty from
| them. The revenues from the sales go
| to the treasury of the Salvation Army.
| The Generals income is derived from
| a small amount of money which was
| invested for him and from which he
| draws a very small income, but suf-
| fcient for his needs. Part of the ad-
| dress follows:
| GA great writer has said: Among
| the epoch making religious unheavals
that have again and again stirred the
| East and the West in the course of
| ages. reshaping and inspiring the lives
| of individuals, communities and races,
| the movement from which has sprung
| the Salvation Army is surely one of
| the most marvellous. And even those
who are not in sympathy with its man.
| ners or methods will admit that so far
its great work has been a power for
good.
| ''The Salvation Army might be said
| to be the creation of the subject of
| this address. The creation, [ repeat,
| in the same sense that Luther created
| the Reformation; Cary. the shoemaker,
| founded heather or foreign missions,
and Wesley created Methodism. The
| English Church is said to have lament
| ed the loss of Wesley when it was too
late; whilst Methodists, not a few,
| have wondered why the Rev. William
Booth was permitted to withdraw
| from its Church.