Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25

means General Booth had to adopt
made his employment OF them so sue
cessfuL II he had to sub3ugate his
soldiers with spiritual red tape he de-
termined that the constraint should
be as elastic as possible. My COM
rades,' he said, the formation Of an
other church is not my aim. There
are plenty OF churches. I want to
make an army"
And, again says Mr.. Battersby, the
difference in the system Of organiza-
ton required by a church and an
army was ever before him. A church
was mortised to its foundations; an
army was ever on the move or should
be, in the path (which would lead to
victory. General Booth also I'M
derstood that a freer Interpretation
OF orders must be followed for the
constantly moving body.
But to return to the vital principle
of the army-discipline as we have
stated-how strictly this and con-
formity were prescribed the various
army handbooks attest. The recruit
was required only to sign ARTICLES
Of war" pledging avoidance Of in
toxicants. evil resorts and habits,
company or language that would be
harmful and the devotion Of leisure,
spare energy and money TO the war.
Then came those other directions
which place General" Booth so high
| in the role OF commanders Of men in
any cause. There were Orders and
Regulations for the Soldiers Man
ual for the Direction Of Life, Public
and Priyate;" Orders and Regula-
| lions FOR Field Officers" nearly go
pages OF the minutest precept;
Orders and Regulations for Stan
Officers" dealing with missionaries
and missionary affairs, and, later,
Orders and Regulations for Terrific
rial Commissioners, and Chief Secre-
| taries for Local Officers for Local
Officers" and for Bands and Song
ster Brigades."
II will be seen from the above 10
what condition General Booth de-
scended in forming and regulating his
army, and the likeness to such q milf
| tary association was no idle compar-
| ison. The army came to mean not
only fighting force, but a force or
gained, disciplined, and homoge-
neous. In this respect il bears no
imaginary resemblance TO such an
army as that of the japanese, for in
stance.
But the secret OF the success II
the army of General Booth lies
deeper even than in organization. 4
| LCA1 my SOlulcfS SdfQ LeueTaI
Booth that hard work and holiness
will succeed anywhere" And the
| General knew what both meant
Probably no man in lifetime OF re-
| ligious effort spent such a sum total
| OF energy and reaped so little of the
worlds rewards
In this respect the General was
Of type of which the clerics of to-
day evidently do not approve II he
breaches from October to July the
modern clergyman thinks he has well
earned the salary often enormously
out of proportion TO his worth which
his congregation pays him
General Booth was a missionary of
fifteen when he was also an appren-
| tice, working twelve hours a day for
almost nothing, reading the Bible as
he hurried to and from his work, and
| expounding what he knew of spiritual
things the moment il was over.
| Weak, over-worlzed, underfed. his
songs and ministrations kept him I'D
| till midnight. though he had to riss
at s o'clock the next morning. This
| Is a sample of what he thought was
| work-a very different kind of work
| from that of the Protestant cleric
| who breaches twice on a Sunday for
only nine months in the year
But, though precise and compre-
hensive In his orders and regulations
the General was careful to avoid
| rigidity. This, indeed, was his su-
preme accomplishment as an organ
izer.