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Show ' flfty-four countries and colonies and its ' organ Is printed In twenty-eight languages. lan-guages. That army now has 8,358 po8t8and 16,199 officers. , It has 20,-SOS 20,-SOS musicians In Its bands. And like tbo original embryo army on Mile End Waste, every post holds its nightly meetings, and -these,, like the martial airs of EDgland, may be said to circle the globe. The Salvation Army and Its leader In Its earlier years had to withstand ridicule and sometimes active opposition; opposi-tion; now its aims and objects are better bet-ter understood . and appreciated, and while Borne of Its methods and some also of Its workers may yet be criticised, the general good the Salvation Salva-tion Army has accomplished, especially especial-ly among a class before practically left unchurched, does not permit of challenge. chal-lenge. . And now, standing at the summit of fourscore, General Booth, sfill full of enthusiasm and energy. Is projecting project-ing another great departure. He and his array have set out to build a University Uni-versity of Humanity, with branches In New York and Chicago and headquarters head-quarters In London. The formal launching of the eftort to raise two millions necessary to the building of this university is to bo begun today In this city under the auspices of Commander Com-mander Evangeline Dooth in honor of the eightieth birthday of her father. The progress of this new enterprise will be watched with interest the world over. I A UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITY. Forty-four years ago, on the night of July 5, 1865, those passing in tho heart of the Whltcchapel district, London, noticed an old tent pitched In a waste place to which the outcasts of the city were finding their way. Inside the tent was a mau, gaunt, erect, with the face of a Hebrew prophet, pro-phet, speaking with strange earnestness earnest-ness and power to his motley congregation,' congre-gation,' says the New York World. Night after night the services continued con-tinued and then the tent was moved to Mile End Waste. The, next move was to an abandoned old wool warehouse, aud at each move what was then called a mission grew and began to attract general atteutlou. Then branch missions wore established, establish-ed, and at Christmas time, 1877, the new organization, of which William and Catherine Booth were tho head, took the name of the Salvation Army. Today William Booth is eighty and the army he founded has spread to |