The Salvation Army.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 270, 11 October 1884, Page 2

The Salvation Army.

-•:=•;.■-■,;-» -•*= - From a .letter y in the Poit ; .ChaCT mers Independent we extract the following : — To me, the question occur* — Why' are not those strong, iheiirty people at work, and why do they beg their victuals from the mean or poor people? For "beggars should not be choosers." I rumemher during the. height of the gold fever m Victoria, the > Jbjirdyjyuj;dv ■man with his box of £9flEjrijyd| [playing a tune, walked i^^^Hb|^H -donations the diggers mfl^^^^^^H give him ; but if anywWHp^HHi than si\p.£ nce » tne man touched v. spring, and the figure with (he plate tosseil « the mbnuy'away from* him, coppers especially: And on the 'same principle, these .well-fed, under-* workeel jpaupeiu and idle dioaon wish to come into the hive, and live on the fat; of the land, while many of the poor from whom they receive .subscription*, are actually pinching themselves .aud [ children. But wb? aie.% numiiei- of ignorant, idle people tolerated m our midst ? We have plenty of educated ministers of the regular "churches, 4 and pleuty of places of iworshiiv^fvee to all; and why do we pc) iiiit a mi ml>er of mountebanks tor set up a very Joss house m the Foresters' Hall, a place very properly set apart for secular amusements aud public meetings. The owners live on the ignoramuses who support the . lazy dronea m idleness.