The Salvation Army
Sir.—The present appeal for funds by the Salvation Army should meet with generous response from readers of a now long-forgotten book by the Ir e Mrs Cecil Chesterton entitled “In Darkest London.” Sometimes in the ’thirties, when the great slump was at its worst, this intrepid lady (sisetr-in-law of “G. K.”) elected to spend a fortnight during the bleak month of February in maintaining herself solely by her earnings as an itinerant match-seller. Often she did not make enough to buy herself food or a night’s lodging, and. as a consequence she approached various charitable organisations for relief. She was pretty forthright in her condemnation of some of them who treated her as an object of contempt rather than of pity. Only in the Salvation Army did she find genuinely Christian compassion tor the sorry object she purported to be, and where no questions were asked as to -the cause of her need.—Yours, etc., I. TREW.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30064, 23 February 1963, Page 3
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159The Salvation Army Press, Volume CII, Issue 30064, 23 February 1963, Page 3
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