SALVATION ARMY

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 298, 13 September 1941, Page 5

SALVATION ARMY

Annual Self-Denial Appeal

The annual self-denial appeal of the Salvation Army is now being made throughout New Zealand, and in a little brochure addressed to' friends of the organization, Commissioner J. Evan Smith gives some reasons why the public should respond to the army’s call for funds to carry on its work. The commissioner states that corps and spiritual activities are being carried on in 400 centres of work, a vast network of contacts being maintained with many thousands of homes by pastoral visitation, which is particularly helpful in these days of anxiety and perplexity. Included in the 35 institutions in the Dominion are a variety of “Good Samaritan Inns.” The seven children's homes fill a great need. Industrial homes for women and maternity hospitals number 10 in all. There are five eventide homes providing suitably for the evening-time of aged men and women. , The hostel for young women is greatly appreciated. For needy men there are three industrial homes and three shelters. The. men’s hostel is an appreciated provider of reasonably-priced amenities. The four Samaritan centres render good service to those in tragic, and, at times, unexpected need. Two island inebriate colonies provide the atmosphere for restoration. The work accomplished (the many lives helpfully influenced and characters moulded and soundly built) has been made possible by the continued and generous support of many interested friends throughout the Dominion. ? Then these are days of greater demands, when new and wide avenues of service are gladly accepted as they open up, thousands of military,, naval and Air Force men receiving physical and spiritual help by the ministry of Salvation Army officers everywhere.