SALVATION ARMY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 8

SALVATION ARMY.

: COMMISSIONER AND MRS. M'KIE. ' , FAREWELLED. Farewell demonstrations are' being held.by tbo. Salvation Army in conhe6ti6h-with: the departure of Commissioner and. Mrs. M'Kio. : lestdrday -'aftornqon a great ..took' place in tho Opera. Housed o£ wliicli was filled.The .comUried City, "Wellington South', arid Pet-one Afniy bands occiipied the. stage', and played; selections under Bandmaster Troriiairie,- of Auok'Md. . Leading; officers of the Army r .iiicluding Commissioner 'M'Kie, were also ; on<the''stage, Brigadier Albiston beingi. in .'..charge, i- • Exhortive addressee were delivered- M'KeAzte, editor.,of. /the; New.. Zealand"'."War Cry." Major Carpenter;' editor 6f 'thevAtistralasiaii \\ ar Cry;! arid ■ Brigadier' M'Millari.: The 1 oßlgster: Club:- contributed " acoimlp'' of. anthems. ,-:i

\ EVENING MEETING....The' evening..'meeting, ;of- evangelistic nature, was also held in tho Opera House, which was filled-jto overflowing. Tho combined City arid . South ' Wellington Army bands wer6 on the stage;- with" the'-Songster Brigade, and somo very,-fin'o.'selections w'ero rendered..., ~ ; _Tho ser'vipe : be'gan with'- si short-addro6s'iiy Mrs'. Commissioner M'Kie, who;-based . lier on tho Lord's -qucstiin'-' to ' Cain, ■ What hast-thou '■done?'/-'--' She urged hor hearers to -apply-that'question to .their daily lives. If one were to ask oneself, this, question daily,-.tho habit;of 'mentally' reviewing one's conduct, and reflecting'..'on Iwliat. might be dono . towards higher ;iaims' would become established. Commissioner M'Kie followed, with an eloquent addross. on the subject, '.' What will the harvest be? " .Hp ; referred-. to social pastimes like card-playing, dancing, and tho occasiqnal'glass of wine, and illustrated, with some-of his personal experiences; how easy "it was to slip from- harmless;" indulgence' to vicious practice. The Commissioner ,then referred to the sowing from .which the harvest was to be reaped. .As thei. natioh or tho individual sowed, so also -ivouid they reap. The. culture .of tho mind.led to,.tho hardest of intellectuality, and- the'nurture of. the soul produced qiirituality. •■ ' ; '--. '' ; : ■ -v. Th'S: evening ■-Commissionerand ■! Mrs. M Kie will conduct a; memorial service in memory of commissioned ••'.officers - who: have fallen on the field,''"some, .of; whom have died at the hands savages., in heathen countries, or perished .by ): shipwreck, .not-ably-Captain Plavell, who- lost her , life -in the wreck of the ill-fated \Wairarapa; and ten other officers wh'o,;:.were;on';.board, the Lar'chmont when that, vessel was sunk by a collision at sea. : ■

Tho photo of- these 'aiid:- : ma'iiyother, officers, who liavo died frornV natural causes - .will be thrown oil a latgo.', projected.,by the aid of a:rpov/erful;,olecti'ie, ; liglit,'.anil thero ..wjH also be showu their' last messages. .The- stage will be. occupied' by some 250 Salvationists , dressed ,in';speciaL costume. A living cross, comppsed, ,of . seyenty.-five lasses r Q.bed in white, with crowns on their heads arid palms .in their .h'ands/vwill^.occu'py' tho centre of,.the-, stage'. ■■■Tho bth'ers, clad in scarlet; will, show,.this,>c£tqSs..iiir ; Bold, relief.' Thirty-five standard-bearers, will 1 carry, separate flags in which . the organisation i's : .- at \jork;'l the' whole, completing an. effeHive- coldur schomu.

A. specially .trained chair. ..willi sing- the choruses, and united' brassV tanks' ~will play the, .Dead- March. othei; sacred -, music: .'.The .bioscbpgjlig.i undii -the personal supervision. ofCßrigadier^Perry. \Gommissioher and Mrs-.VjM'Ki'eliwill leave for • Auckland. on ..days';viill be;* spent: in inspection? at .iEakdtba. Maid, where .the Army has -established a home for inebriates. ' ' '