The Washington herald., 1915-01-31

field about a year ago. Ten new
recruits and two returning workers
OF the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society formed the other members Of
the party.
I The fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of the Salvation Army by
Gen. William Booth is being observed.
1t was in January, 1866, that Gen.
Booth started out in London slums
with forty or more workers. The
army in America is celebrating the
anniversary. All local corps. 500 in
all, are trying to pay of the debts
on their buildings. Today in the
program is to be a missionary day,
intended both to strengthen the army
and to spread the Gospel in all
forms.
Commander Eva Booth is now try
ing to arrange with Gen. Bramwell
Booth, head of the army of the world,
to come TO this country and bring
with him 100 picked workers of Eng
land. Their aim is to visit the Pan
anna Pacific Exposition, TO speak there,
and to hold rallies in many cities be-
tween the two coasts. Exhibits are to
be made at San Francisco of prison,
factory, farm and all army work.
Gen. Booth is expected to speak in
the auditorium, and it is believed that
10000 Salvationists in all will visit
the exposition. The half century of
army effort has brought, besides
spiritual and relief work. property
holdings of S32,OOO.OOO, with debts I'm
this country amounting TO about
81, 100000.
Rev. DR.. Hugh Brickhead, rector of
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal
Church, Baltimore, thus tells OF q
10, tirg
in Philadelphia:
II went to Philadelphia to see him.
and I have never imagined such a con-
grcgation as / saw. Had he done moth
ing else but to gather twice a day such
a crowd in the name of religion, his work
would have been worth while. Even the
preparations alone for his coming to
Phila ielphia was eminently worth while.
Ne~Cr in the whole history of evangelism
has there been so well organized move
meut.
That big temporary temple is not like
CIR church here. They sit on a hard
bench. with their feet in the sawdust.
IN the stage is a choir of 1900 men, not
a single woman. And when that choir
and audience sang Abide with Me" the
tears could not be kept from my eyes
We felt We were all brothers and in the
presence of a great simplicity and of a
God VINO UNDERSTOOD
Sunday came in quietly; nothing at all
dramatic. There was nothing strained;
no hysteria or mOrbidness, and no en-
couragement to personal peculiarities
There was no premium on display OF
emotion. When the men went forward
to confess Christ they went as quietly as
YOU come here to the holy communion.
But the great thing about it was that
there was no mention or hint OF denom-
ination. The barriers of sect were
broken down. 1t was only the Gospel or
Christ that was preached. Christ was
held up constantly, and He was associ-
ated with true happiness and success and
with great joy until you felt He was the
key to all you had wanted and had
prayed for, and that the reason you had
not succeeded and were not content was
because YOU had left Christ out.
LAS to the charge of his being after
money. it is untrue. There is no contract
for Mr.. Sunday himself except that he
receive the strictly voluntary Offering on
the last day. And a man who knows told
me that large part of this is devoted
by Mr.. Sunday to the education OF many
Young men for the ministry.
AS to his speech, 1 marveled when l
heard. No ordinary method would reach
that crowd. He had to reach those peo-
pie with his personality. His aim was TO
write himself in italics on those men.
some so far away that their faces could
not be discerned. He has found that his
way and his work are the best he could
do to reach his people"