| Show I AT WAR WITH SATIN 1 I Ballington Booth Outlines the Plans of His Army FIGHTING FOR PEACEFUL VICTOEI General Booths New Plan to be Tried in the United btates The Growth of the Army NEW YORK Dec 2 1SOO Special correspondence cor-respondence of THE HERALD General Booths great social scheme propounded in the volume In Darkest England and the Way Out will unquestionably place the army before tho world in anew light The National headquarters in Now York has instructed in-structed tho divisional officers in several of our largest cities to obtain facts and statistics sta-tistics respecting those cities for tho purpose pur-pose of discovering how far the plan proposed pro-posed for Great Britain can be adopted in the United States I is expected however how-ever that several weeks will elapse before anything definite will be decided uppn in this direction Tho Salvation Army is a fact in the United States and there is little room for doubt that it is destined to exercise an important im-portant influence for good or evil upon a large part of our population I is nine years since the first officers landed here and the work that we see today to-day has been achieved principally during the last six years and in the teeth of many and great difficulties Still tho United States wing of the army holds tho fort in 445 corps and outposts and 1125 officers are laborinJ exclusively to promote the objects ob-jects that the leaders have in view There arc four corps in Now York city six in Brooklyn one in Jersey City two in Philadelphia adelphia one in Cincinnati four in Detroit two in Buffalo ten in Chicago four in Kansas Kan-sas City four in Minneapolis two in St Paul two in Nashville and four in San 4 1ficfv I MRS TV lULFIN THE BeAUTY OF THE ARMY Francisco Seattle Portland Oregon Salt Lake city Helena Montana Denver St Louis Des Moines Topeka and Austin Austn ToxaSj are among the more prominent cities in which the army is established I it bo inquired in what the sdrk done by tho army consists the reply is the spread of the salvation of God among the masses of the people The army claims that the cause of all the ills thatafflict mankind man-kind is sin Itsays that Cod is b9th able and willing to deliver every human being from its power as well as its guilt also that this salvation can bo realized hero on earth It proclaims to all who are willing to forsake sin complete rescuofrom i and of course salvation from the cause involves salvation from tho effect WIn a drund ard gets converted therefore iRs poverty and temporal wretchedness are speedily things of the past and the man who was recently re-cently not only miserable in his life himself but a burden to his fellow citizens becomes I a sobpr and contented member of the community com-munity a tax payer and usually in addition i addi-tion to these an rurneat and stfdenying laborer for the good ju others Cases of this > kind can bo found at almost any corps to which an inquirer may choose to make his way Wives and children bear joyful testimony to ttiechange their lives I LIL SIRS BATLINGTON BOOTH AND HEIt SON WILLE since the head of the household was attracted at-tracted out of the saloon by the bras drum and for tho first time in years perchance a i ray of hope when he heard saved inebriate say that what God had done for them He could and would do for anybody else wb > V f would give up sin and accept the gospel Its It-s not difficult for ignorant i persons to ridi cute tile nuiforin worn by Salvationists to find fault with their musical efforts and to sneer at them because like the early apos ties they may be unlearned and ignorant men so far a the wisdom and knowledge of this world go But the army can afford i Ito I-to regard this treatment with indifference I while tho visible and tangible results aro to be found in such abundance in all parts I cf the world I I No outcast is so low no human being so i degraded a t be beyond the sympathy and effort of the Salvation Army Yet are hey not fools in dealing with those who seek their aid A person who thought he could by working on their feelings obtain a living out of them would find out that avery a-very important article of the armys relig ious belief is that if a man will not worK he has no right to cat The ways in which the army places its message before those with whom it has to deal are endless but they are all of them eminently successful The proof of this iso is-o be found In tho armys success in every country it occupies Its ranks are recruited re-cruited from French atheists and German freethinkers Belgium anarchists and Bombay parsees are enlisted under the same colors as Australians Zulu Scandinavians Scandi-navians and Canadians All ranks and conditions con-ditions of men and women are enrolled a its officers from those who have had university uni-versity advantages and high social position to those who have been in army parlance picked up out of the gutter Furthermore Further-more all these people do all their work without earthly reward There is not one who has any salary guaranteed nor is there one who receives sufficient remuneration remuner-ation to enable him or her to make any provision pro-vision for tho future Yet the number of these officers daily increase at an astonishing astonish-ing rate The latest official figures give the number of corps and outposts for the whole world as 37tG officered by 0475 persons wholly engaged in the work In different parts of the world there are thirtythree Rescue 1S i L fl1 I t 14 jI AirIl A meh W jr SLUJIMERS FOR JESUS AND RESCUED CHILD homes for fallen women thirtythree slum posts and ten prison gate brigades The army publishes in fifteen languages twentyseven weekly and fifteen monthly journals having a circulation per annum of AJ400000 conies The number of countries and colonies occupied oc-cupied is thirtyfour and the number of languages spoken by the officers is twenty nine The number of weekday religious meetings per week is 49SOO In the Unite States the army has 445 corps and outposts and already 1125 commanding com-manding officers There are Rescue homes at Grand Rapids and San Francisco Training Train-ing garrisons in New York Brooklyn Boston Bos-ton Cleveland Englewood Des Moines Omaha San Francisco and Oakland The circulations of tho New YorK and San Francisco IlarCi ys amount to over 400 0 copies weekly Chicago is the city where the army has tho greatest number of corps although Brooklyn and Boston are probably good seconds The paucity of large buildings the high rentals the lack of openair privileges privi-leges and other circumstances PrVi1 armys control have proved great obstacles in some largo centres But the army believes be-lieves in no retreat and continues plodding on its characteristic way and in the near future will doubtless much improve its position in the cities The National headquarters is lit Reade street New York city Hero the artry is edited and printed and the secretaries in charge of tho finance trade field candidate candi-date and auxilary property statistical departments de-partments havo their offices From this building the direction of the whole work in the United States is directed bV Commissioner Commis-sioner Ballington Booth who is ably assisted as-sisted by Mrs Ballington Booth and by Colonel Evans and a capable staff of men and women There is also a store for the sale of army literature articles of uniform musical instruments in-struments etc Behind this is a hall large enough to seat about two hundred people sometimes used for meeting purposes The printing presses occupy the basement Taking the whole country through the army does not meet with much opposition Jl 11 I kl h f H i f I J I I f I I frf t i ii < q F yr > wysfe IW xv 4 J V r j < o s1lit I JV I z I f > t AK iNDIAN OFFICER of a violent kind a formerly although in cities where the authorities aro not disposed dis-posed to protect i the soldiers have to suf few On the Pacific coast there seems to t1 i asassset L an amount of this kind ot treatment that 13 not imitated so much further east Tho improvement wo note is probably duo partly to tho publicity given to the armys i i social and industrial schemes a also to I a better acquaintance with tho army itself I on the part of the general public Or course I tho liquor interest cannot bo expected to look upon our progress with a friendly eye I and where we do experience rough treatment treat-ment wo generally attribute it to tho open or secret agency of the saloon often supplemented sup plemented by the resources of others who get gain from the sins and vices of the people peo-ple i Tho direction in which tho power of tho army w chiefly felt is undoubtedly in tho I I reclamation of those who are of ten thought I to be pant hope Many oJ these regard tho question ot their own improvement with tho same despair that is felt by many who I have tried to benefit them The army comes along with its joyful lively songs and testimonies of hope and deliverance I In the first place the people are attracted in the next they are inspired with hope I then they are prevailed upon to repent and abandon their evil courses Then when they havo proved the power of God untc 4 COMMiSSIONEr BAILINOTON BOOTH salvation for themselves they are urged to become witnesses for God and to put forth every possible effort for the deliverance ot others from such misery as they themselves have just been raised from Of scarcely less importance is the in fluenne of the army on the denominations of the Christian church By precept and example especially the latter are all who profess to be the children of God incited to leave their comfort and ease and devote their energies to the conversion of sinners It remains to be seen to what extent General Gen-eral Booths great social scheme set forth in his book In Darkest England and the Way Out can be and will bo applied m this country but the army can safely count upon the sympathy and support of all right thinking citizens irrespective of creed mall m-all efforts put forth for the mental physical physi-cal or spiritual alleviations of the miseries of suffering humanityBLLINOTON BLLINOTON BOOTH |
