Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-24
1EVANGELINE BOOTH
Facts About AinsfIsH Lssdsf aM
Salvation 'lfny,
HEHHAY be DOWN but NEVER 6iT

for the Drums a ] othsr Mstheds.
Eyangeline Booth is Che daughter Of
Gen. William Booth, who. founded the
Salvation Army fifty years ago and
whose death In 1909. caused genuine
sorrow around the world. When only
"a years Of age, Eyangeline was taken
by her father. then struggling Clergy
man, who had espoused the cause Of
the poor, and was shown the plight nj
the most needy people In lower Lon-
don, and instructed as to methods for
helping them materially. while stili, i,ex-
tending to them the proffer Of chr5j-
tianity.s teachings. Well ,educstsd 81
a private school of London, and eare-
fully tutored by an Inspired mother
Eyangeline Booth grew up IN the IT.
mosphere OF the Salvation Army work,
When still in her girlhood, ana before:
she could qualify to become q Selya
tion Army oificer, Miss Booth pold
matches. clad in rags and tatterrs 10
that she might establish abseitts con-
tact with denizens Of the roushest and
toughest section Of all London. =;
In the years that followed, while the
movement grew apace. Evangeline be-
camc the chief OFFICER Of q salvation
Army cops. and while so serving with
stood an attack from an orsauixed
band Of hoodlums which attempted to
run her group Of rescue workers ont
OF a dark corner of London Evan q
lher father had been repeatedly stQppd
from his soap box pulpits IN the ailefs
Of the great city. EvangellnS ws& set
upon and roughly handled but hsr. fol
lowers fought the mob. a. they hay5 AZ
ways fought under like conditions VIII,
the determination Of fatalists. and
while many were sent to hospitalh all
survived. rs e y ], q 8 q
In later years Eyangeltne was COM
Imissioned to take charge Of the eei-
vation Army work In Canada. and 81
her service there endeared herxelf ~.
the people Of that country, rich ~
poor alike. Ten years sgoi she ~ ~
signed to work IN, this country, and y
der her leadership the salyatioh
| f,as sheer, built up and expA nded )415l
ffoday II y ffinfs ana ute y; y :;
| tablished In $40 cities ana to~ht ut
1.-The United States. With bcarA ~
nationaI executives numbering tveys
mostly men and veterans Ia the mevs-
ment, and with provincial officers mp
ervisins the work in the various 80.
tions, this woman has lived to zee the
dubious sunrise and the glorious noon
day Of Salvation Army work In this
country. The western states are hand
led from central Office In Chicago ur-
der direction Of commissioners, who
in turn is supervised by the national
headquarters in New York city.
1T is only within the last two years
that America has awakened to q full
appreciation of the Salvation Army.
The old timc suspicion that some-
how, somewhere, there was for-
eign control OF activities and funds
has been dispelled by the living truth
that at no time has the Salvation Army
done more than follow the policy OF tts
founder, who happened to have started
| the work in England. The money
raised here is spent here; the Salpa-
| ttonists work for, their bare subsistence.
and not for profit. A military system
has made possible the astonishing ef-
ficiency of this Christian band. which,
since the war. has been made the re-
cipient of such public praise and ap-
probation as to be quite unprecedented
In like cases. {G.
In sixtyefve countries the Salvation
Army, numbering millions Of workers.
and aiding and caring for many MIL
lions of persons, Is entrenched To-Day
without a blemish on its escutcheon,
and with promising future. The rich
and the poor seem now to have COM
plete confidence In its practical me-
thods and its integrity although some
forty years ago Philadelphia, Americas
cradle Of liberty. held 40 salvationists
in its 'jails because they dared 70
preach with noisy drums upon the
streets! W.
The world has since learned there Is q
reason for those drumsTand for al
the homely and crude methods OF tbs
Band of Hope. And typical Of all the
history and work of this interesting
organization there stands forth Evan
geline Booth, its leader in the United
States Gifted orator, capable busin-
ess woman, tireiess header, she, Is q
picturesque figure in. the worlds az
fairs. At this moment she Is lifting
her voice, calmly but resolutely. TO;
adjure those who are Disseminated 10
turn back to their churches and to
reverse their mental process--to think
about serving others, instead OF try
ing to get all they can from each
other!
\ Her work is non-sectarian, and
knows no color line. Her charges are
the infants and tho aged-the man
who is down, but never out Andlshe
holds in a firm grasp the conffdence
of all classes-because there Is no such
word in Evapgeline Booths dictionary
as politics" es5 ~
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