THE SALVATION ARMY.

Evening Star, Issue 12982, 19 June 1908, Page 2

THE SALVATION ARMY.

OPERATIONS AND WORK IX NEW ZEALAND. " ! [Per United Pres3 Association.] ~+ , .'-™STCHURCH, June 19. Alter having discharoed the onerous and rfrwnions debes attached to the position of commander of tl» Salvation Am T forces ' ' ' e .^" th l \™{ fo . r *™> and a-half years .olonel Knight is leaving for the i W ilf f ° t afco '"P a fiimflar position there During the time Colonel KruVht kec P'ng.«* flag flying in the N»nth thj> provincial system has been inangnrated, constituting the North and South Islands separate provincial districts. In the fcouth there are two sab-districts, one at Dunedin and the other at Invert gjJl. and both are under controlTdiviflwaial officers responsible to the provincial Sf, 10?r,™rk in this island" said Colonel Knight to a reporter. " embraces forty-three corps or Jcieties in nffiH thls , l6l!UKl we some 150 vS •' Tf^"? 1 ; in Amy leg-.rd to the- future of the Army "I ™ " CVOr l** n . , n;orc than I am at present wjth the remarkable power ah InT ? n the P*°P le **<*- allj. In this Island alone oar attendance %2Z mh ™ rt opener gatherings is oTr 0.000. Every_ month there aw, thousands oi listeners who never frequent anv other sheath ri Bhlp |- A «"*' d^'of .strength of the Army work will be found in tneir open-air operations, and in mentioning tins I would like to express- to tho authorities of the Wger citieS especially J>ur deep appreciation of the latitude al -.wed us to do our work." The speaker wd a word to «,y ;ib out the Army I ran a ranged point of view a'real adviinw in* been made," he said. "We have .;...«" sometlnns like SCO bandsmen, who urchin lV'n k n , yh ' 6 and Sumkl vs tO j.R-ath.ng the Gospel and assisting in the >-_•!■ vices without pay. - '