Show ARMY OF SALVATION A distinguished visitor who lo in many respects is ia a moat remarkable mari man arrived in this city over the rio bio grande western thursday afternoon accompanied by his bia staff officers he is on his bib way across the continent traveling from east to west stopping en an route in all the large cities long to moat meet with tile the people and hold bold one or of more meetings among them tola this man Is ii general william booth leader ot of the he Kil army by the courtesy of the church officials he will address the citizens ot 01 ball lake in the tabernacle tonight beginning at his subject to is the be is social scheme introductory re marks will be made by mayor backlu and pr dr iliff alter the he meeting there will be a short exchange of social amenities between the general and his hie party and the little band ot of the local army at the conclusion of which the journey toward the pacific coast will be resumed on the 1146 1145 train five days will be spent in son san Franc francieso Francie isOo oo when the gen oral will in turn visit lus lius angeles sacramento portland tacoma seattle and british ruing by the ih way the way of new fork for england the salt bait lake members of the army are very much elated overA over their helt leaders visit here and have given every anista noo the last few days day to captain thomas uit riot officer fur central ent ral california nevada and ana utah la ija for the reception of the goo general oral on arriving at the depot carriages carriage were taken laken and the party driven direct to the knutsford at an informs meeting was waa kold at the first M E church where central booth mot met the ministers and representatives of the churches ot of the oily and where later in the afternoon be preached to them on the christianity of cutlet unmoral beneral booth was born at nottingham Un anglano glano april 10 1829 at out ou time hla him falber was waa a burl bui we CM man mail ot of ability Afi affluence luenCe and high social position but he be experienced a turn is lr the wheel of fortune and sui mi fored heavy and irreparable losses loebe and when his bib death occurred his family which ou slated of william and nia his meaer inu iner were left in a poverty condition the abe lad wax wan to a s well known business firm and rapidly worked himself to the front rauk of the employee employed emp loyes of the institution the boys parents were members of the church of england and the earliest earl leei part ot of hla his youthful days day were spent pent in that laign before be resonel mau bood beoo lo estate ue ile divorced ti aiom ow tile the church in which he was born and with the consent of his bis mother lieu fleu himself with a weslynn Wes Weel lyan cyan congregation gre gation in the neighborhood li ii which woy they resided he was posses possessed bed 0 of a deeply remigius mature lud and imm this time it began to deve develop Joll according accor diug dlug to the opportunities which a writer saya were presented to him connected with tile the chapel was a banu of young men booth was the mi OL zealous QUO one in the lot jot and perhaps the most moat able he was soon looked upon as their leader at one of their prayer meetings meeting a profound sen atton bation was waa caused by the sudden death of a member from a ruptured blood vesse booth was waa chosen too to precide at aft the be funeral and the services were of an unusual character though the ugh devoid of any really startling features the salvation army services over we be ead at the present time are patterned it ja i said eaid after them at the age of 17 booth become became a local preacher two years later hf bt was waa made a full fledged methodist Meth odlat minister in 1849 he be removed from his hie native town towa to london it was waa his bia first absence from h hi roe me and it I 1 is aard affected him deeply for two years he preached almost every sunday in the churches aud and streets streeta of the great metropolis he was impre esea with the idea that bat he could accomplish greater good by holding open air most meet logs ex elusively and he tendered his b ie resignation me as a mt manber aber of the society of lay preachers in order that he might mot act in accordance with that view As aa a reau result it be received a public reprimand rom the circuit superintendent BU and in addition thereto was excommunicated from the wesleyan Wen Web leyan loyan body it to recorded in the ecclesiastical chronology chro of london that there was wae a period to io that city beginning in 1851 in which there was wae a big religious re vival it afterwards became known as an the reform beform movement booth identified himself with the movement and ud wee waa given a pastorate at a salary of f 60 a year in the latter part 0 1862 1852 no ne became the leader of the spalding scalding dir circuit cult and from that time forth his bia abilities as aa a modern evangelisti developed rapidly one ot of the offe bouts of the wesleyan Wea leyan movement was wa he methodist now new Cou nexion booth made a strong effort to amalgamate it with the reformers reformer and tailing failing joined the faction in march 1864 1854 hla his fame as aa a revl vallat had bad at this time been firmly established throughout london on june id 16 1865 1855 he be m married aried miss kate Mum tord lord the woman who has baa become known in history as bf ba mother of the salvation army rhe three years immediately following hia bin marriage booth traveled extensively tb rought england in 1868 1858 he be wat wab sent nt to for one year it wab then that hla his son BOD ballington the pre p rea ent ant colu commander mander of the salvation army in Ame america was boru born in 1861 the members ot of we uie now new tn in a conference coule renoe voted overwhelmingly t S nave mr booth oeaze circuit even evan tor for a time lime and accept a call to a small city near leeds he li Is reported as aa having heard the decision ol of his bia associates with silence ail enoe and wae un on the point of accepting it with meekness mee knew when his hia wite wife who was waa a spectator in the gallery called out in a ringing voice never never 1 hi wile aliea a words worda gave him alm now new c 1 1 and acting on them he there and then verbally announced his hia resignation from that church then booth conceived the abe idea ot of for all the christian chure ties instead ol of confining his bia labor to the interests inie reata ol oi aue for tour four years jears himself atu wilt wife labored zealously in tue country of augland in the cause they bey huu bau and during that merlou perlou arlou london but once and now a fortunate circumstance occurred gayb booth tucker in his memoirs of mrs mn booth and adds adde the conviction lieu hau been slowly forcing itself upon them that the beet beat way to reach the mama was waa by an outside agency acenoy especially adapted to td their needs and independent of ordinary chure church i h usages and conventionalities an ad mirable admirable such an now offered itself quite unexpectedly in london an invitation came from iho he eident of the southwest circuit ol of free church methodists wherein mr booth as an a local preacher had several times conducted services some ome twelve years previously the offer was gladly accepted and early la 1865 booth wa war installed a as pastor and cintr induced the innovation of female preaching by having his hie wife deliver a series ol of sermons from we pulpit the lauy lauya s preaching waa very pleasing and wun won many arber r her on july mr booth in a large marquee in iu the east end of lonion near bear au an old quaker cemetery la in founded an organization which has haa since become famor throughout the civilized world as the salvation army within the purlieus purlie us of the east ena of the english metropolis booth encountered men and women whose course in life alle had bad made them part and parcel of the lowest social strata of human existence to better their condition morally mural ly socially and was the abe one aim of his big life he was waa ver ever we be champion of the poor andl down trodden and always sympathy isa with them in their misfortunes that he be did an immense amount or of good for them no one will attempt to deny in 1870 the christian Christ lan mission lis la the gnat east en J inaugurated by received strong financial aid irons from samuel morley a member of parliament who had become interested la in ibe meetings held by the former and we uis wife the succeeding four years year of booths boota s lite life were uneventful so far as attracting public attention was oon con but they were memorable la in that luat day and night during tuat that period no labored unceasingly lor for the elevation of the poor in the blume of ahw th great city he founded a temperance organization known as the Orun karda BrIg nue which was successful in mevie many men and women to re for foroff IT aud lead better lives in himself and colleagues held a conference over which he presided prea the proceedings attracted widespread attention throughout the country and a flood of congratulatory jettery flow in from members of parliament sad other notable persO personages Dages than thanking kInC him for abe great amount of good he n had accomplished As there are periods in the livermor elivea of individuals which stand out in ia told and striking relief over other per iodia and which by some extraordinary prolific or favorable conui condition tion became memorable by consequent or development so also are there in the history of great movements movement revolutions and reforms which lu in grandeur and accomplishment accomplish ment other epochs a anu no become me murable thereby druh a time there came in the career and work ot of general booth la in january 1877 during that month the general olad clad his movement in military ana gave it a military constitution the result was douder lul tu thousands autis accepted we thought as aa an inspiration and gave the he lull full force of their energies to KB its establishment Is il to is stated that hat it WON waa far faona the he founders s idea at first to maim 19 its if bhea to 4 fi nape in i before beford that teet or it thus the existed before its present a name m lo 10 had bad been thought of ith the change in title to is reported to have come about in this way the general was engaged in his work of drafting his annual christmas appeal he walked moodily back and forth in the room discussing various phases at 01 the subject under consideration seated bested at the table were two of his bis associates what is the christian mission VIP was one of the interrogatories set not forth in the appeal A volunteer army said one of the gentlemen in response the general ceased caused his thoughtful strolling trolling leaned over one of his bis friends globed up a pen and drew it through the wora volunteer and in bold letters on the margin above wrote salvation 11 it was waa accepted as a happy thought and adopted adopt esi unanimously as embracing in the briefest and fullest sense the lues idea sought to be conveyed then followed in the course of time regular army titles bestowed upon the officers of the organization those these to be used in more of a nautical than military meaning in 1878 the uniform conception was introduced and rapidly gained in favor in 1879 the english press preas began bakan to chronicle extensively the be work of the booths boothe among the social outcasts in the alums of london thinking men and women recognized the goon they ibey were doing and praised them for it then W T stead as publisher of the review of reviews and formerly editor of the fau fall mail gazette the same stead w who b 0 last year visited america and created such a sensation by writing a book entitled it if christ should come to chicado Chi caso jand by delivering a course of lectures on the awful immorality of that city interviewed the general on the ahe work he be had bad dune and on his f future utu re plans stead while quixotic and sen aatto satio nall nal has haa always been an enthusiast in whatever he has haa under on and from the time of his inton intel W hew ew with the general he be was a powerful champion and advocate the review sang tile praises and advocated his procedure to the extent of almost becom lag ing an aimy at my organ in 1880 the movement took on an la in ter national character lu in london lindou rich and poor blike au an li finitely greater I 1 number ot of the latter to the standard atan dard barracks were bulli bukh aeta eaters put in training as mill allowies and the work of conversion carried on with remarkable vigor by 1882 the movement bad grown until the annual income ot at the army was three years later the boothe inaugurated thell social purity agitation 10 which struck a tremendous blow to the arlt bracy of england englana nl by the aid of stead anu anti other ether influential englishmen they brought snout the appointment of a committee corn authorized to investigator the traffic in unfortunate women was carried on between london and other large cities of europe ibe law recognized the right ol of girls above the age ot of 13 18 hyvare W act for themselves however Ign ignorant araut they laight be of the consequences IN ran ranka of vice were largely recruited by br means mean of guileless battol title who fumed by artees on money r other reward were e sawed tot to sell eh themselves and their virtue venue for apparent worldly gala gain booth endeavored deavo red to have the age of consent raised by parliament but was waa balked in the me attempt in the house of commons Commo oB he presented preheated the aw ul ful report of his hia investigations be fore committees again and again but was wa unable to accomplish any tiling taing finally he brought the matter before the notice of the queen and mr gladstone but all resulted in nothing until the pall mazz mali gazette shook all england by the publication of the lamous article the maiden tribute of modern babylon IP bedland was stirred to the core and general booth organized a series of indignation meet ings throughout england but per baas the crowning offart of ef the cam balgo was wa the presentation by proxy by the general of a monster monitor petition to the me house houie of commons Com mone bearing signatures the result of all this agitation was waa that coat the age of 01 consent was raised to 16 years this to la not the first visit of the gen oral to america he was here some yours years ago and petit three months in the united states trav traveled elou miles and held bold meetings and oja OB hla his return introduced many other reforms into english society the inaus of the he english convict colony scheme too is due to his bis efforts in october 1890 tie be had bad the extreme misfortune to lose his bla wife his bia faithful companion and helpmate in the trials of many years beare a woman of refinement and culture coutur and above all of nobility of character and purity of private and publio life her lul leral to ia aid baij to have been one of the largest ever seen in england in the he latter part of that same year the general published his bis darkest england and the way out 29 it met with be most moat gratifying su euc cesse since its issuance be has given his big attention mainly to directing the affairs of the army and its ita work throughout the civilized world |