SALVATION ARMY LEADERS

Evening Star, Issue 22085, 19 July 1935, Page 5

SALVATION ARMY LEADERS

BRIGADIER AND MRS MIDDLEMISS AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME • The newly-appointed divisional commanders of the Salvation Army m Otago and Southland, Brigadier and Mrs Middlemiss, received a most enthusiastic welcome ■ in the Citadel, Dowling street, last evening. Members of all the corps in Dunedin and the suburban districts joined in the welcome. ' . „ . . Colonel A. Orsborn, chief secretary ot the Army for New Zealand, presided, and after conducting the installation of Brigadier and Mrs Middlemiss, extended to them a cordial welcome on behalf of the Otago and Southland district. He expressed himself as particularly glad to perform this duty, as he believed that Brigadier Middlemiss was a good Salvationist, fired; with enthusiasm, and imbued with the spirit of the founder, whose ideal was to minister to the shepherdless and churchlcsa crowd. He was a conscientious officer, devoted to his duty, who . had seen many years of service, and bore an unblemished record, and as a divisional commander had not only to be a father to his flock, but an administrator and financier as well, he would require the whole-hearted support of every member of the corps if his stay in Dunedin were to be successful. He came to Dunedin with the full confidence of his leaders and- the affection of. his comrades, and with the ; co-operation and assistance of the soldiers and officers of the division there was no doubt that his term of office in Dunedin would ba crowned with success. , J, . Adjutant Horsham assured Brigadier and Mrs Middlemiss of the hearty support and devotion of the field officers of the Dunedin division, and expressed the hope that the newly-appointed commanders would inspire them to still greater things. Bandmaster Millard extended a welcome on behalf of the local officers, and Sergeant-major Lewin spoke for the Young People’s movement. Speaking for the social officers. Major. Mrs Hughson said she knew that the brigadier had always taken a keen interest in social work. There were wonderful opportunities for such work in Dunedin, but this work carried with it tremendous responsibilities. The brigadier, however, was a man of wide vision, who was not only able to see these opportunities, but to grasp and do something with them. Major Atherfold welcomed Brigadier and Mrs Middlemiss on behalf of the Dunedin Corps. He and Mrs Middlemiss had come to Dunedin with long and matured experience behind them, and a reputation for doing things as they should be donej and their advent was hailed with delight by every soldier and officer in the district. In reply, Brigadier Middlemiss said he realised' that he had a big job in, front of him, but he came to it with every confidence, and with satisfaction that such an opportunity had been afforded him. He had no policy to offer but that of _ the Salvation Army with all its simplicity and power, and he was prepared to take the responsibility the commissioner had placed on him and-to do everything in his power for the division. the evening musical numbers were given by tht Dunedin City Songsters and the Dunedin City Band.