General Booth's Scheme.
Some severe comments are made by tlie "Mysore Standard v.-iih regard to General Booth's Pea-ant Settlement Scheme in Inula. Our contemporary alleges that Mr Booth i-i too credulou> if he thinks that the Salvation Army in India is anything more genuine than a gang of hind heathen i:a-r----cenaries, who adopt " salvation " as a means of employment. The Government of Bombay repudiates the much circulated rumour that tin y have promised any kind of help, and it appears that the 500 a< ivs of bind obtained as a settlement {or Su!vationi-t families are farmed. not ■ \ >■ i\.it!imists, but by outride ca-i,rl I.i' ■. 1: v r-. Theiv i-• only one C'lri-ti.in sm.-loyed, and that is the n> t of rupi. - having been -;xiU in the Gee ral's attempt to plant a {.'hri-ti.i't colnny. In a letter to th S'a..«'ir.l, ibe lie v. Mr (tilkspi- , a I':"-dij.s :i cleplort - tl;.' cio i'T-. rt ■ that Kui\>pean Chri-r.m • -!■ '"ld i rovide fund 7 ; used by the An ay ** for ngg<v-"iveiy Christian work on purely heathen settlements."
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Hastings Standard, Issue 13, 11 May 1896, Page 4
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173General Booth's Scheme. Hastings Standard, Issue 13, 11 May 1896, Page 4
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