SALVATION ARMY’S SECOND GENERAL

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3289, 8 March 1926, Page 10

SALVATION ARMY’S SECOND GENERAL

Celebrates Seventieth Birthday To-day TTUKTT VKAKS OF GREAT LKAPKKSinr O-iv—t»i IV. Ilnuiintll Urw'th Im»—natvMal I JWihf r»f the Sft '- \rw|t r*«r-h*-' tbc of h*- W’' B will *<" thc lor <«i (honvanil* of and wmim. fd.T-'WW 1!1 |'V<TV . ~ , Oloar* wav.'—n!ik* tr hwnl* h- hr.* vWi-rf ■ *!»•»• s'h»* nr>r‘ wtH**# romnti'Moit**? I ”■ 3 Birr— HMMMH «»> » v Mi ”• :>')*'■■ I v > ; Ta;r - ' th. o' <Vlr dots! 1« ih' (GwwnY who 'or mor> than ha!' a r«*«t«rv %•» rtv*r. 1h" tit roost of lit* of hra-t and mod •ltd to th" brincinF In of IV KHurthmi of oiir lord rhrmich t?,, effort* o' th" Salvation Army. If" «• o«- fiarMlnr champion' ■\>ri tr ttu Phlnt firown'*!’, It If hnr to tWI hits '1«or. and purpose m«r*lh*r trfth hi* manifold frtft* aTld •HlUtim arc «wr*Sy our most rrwrltwf Th" (HirrtlV ahurdattl •ml laho-ri"? at-e before ■ ' ,r Wlwle a-orW. tr. ovary a«?'*ot o! IV »!» ®f th* rrovottimt are to h* fwnifi Wt taut 6 and inflame" in «n----fVnt"*t. In his vamftattw hit perahrtmt ran" rt "~- n7l '’ ■BhrktlW o' th" »oill« of th" P"onl« If an trimtrat 1 or for which wo shall *w*- h«v» raw to fins is*' God H" t* m fr»n«! erampi* to th" "hoi" o' V» i*o«ri» hr i< —* for soul.—and «W*o*R' ! v Vr loro to- 'hr rand"-"' ■WT-r 'iso lelogiimtlr plvafi* th" rat:'" «,* f}j» and homrlra* and the m-ofiitrale o' ovw-T 1 And what I*. "%** »*f" twrlnr to w* ''th, b" •otis’ Iwwww my otmrrafio*: to roaliv tm-r SOOI* I' tnw* Sr-w-tfirt *han •;«tr Mhourr* yon m«y jw-form. moro <*v*mr thmn thf Hwtr. t *>.e Army to ho tfi rrr* 1 firs Army wotsl - * A-nfl th* fStrrrly th" wianll* o' our crand old nntr hm< fußon upon hb> son and •Brtrowmr. WHh him all roads lndo»d IMI to th< y-ntton?-form' Tli" Wtsuti** « ; f Owl h*s indord rn rr ivo«rs of th" G*'nrm"s tornmsnd for stnoo th" Itoundor laid dWrT his sw-ord in It'll, thr Arm' has V-op. sd'-*nood Into mwo than n a*orr wf now ponntriofi. Ttior" ar«-t*,-d»y. *h«r mmklnr (rood hww ns it^w', owr mort® .■r-t» land ov'po*'« than In lliriand 4 isa tlSiffUm*! sookl institutions —hr r!vl! of offrrrs has horn lnrrnsstH! hr fftn. whilst enr mosunur" »,*■ trwinjr fry o"-lalniod In twrnty jjTjjrtrt additions! to th"«" in n*» r,-v,*rr. tV On oral «mt to his hirh Tiitrts I>Bl‘ nilof ■'No. wnr htit th" foutidrr hitnsolf mtid arr-rs-r-isir ths Ijrvadth and wstjrlit of mimmslhilitlee carrird f' ,r ■rftww <rhar. 'thirty yitare In his «" - Tot*tS 'thiof of th" staf. whom th" foandor .vastly oouplrd with hirnw'.f and thr Army mother ns on" of th" tnakmi of ths tnovro' n’. " h.nt rams (jaatHios msrs n""drd 'or th* rt**fcnr' Th" feimdtr* had no torn to raids thorn in rnothods o. mmremMct Wc snt.irsly unlqu*. and H 'swr" tmb "V'l'ii'-f linos which tmU V followed, I .Ik" hnlldom of * ral?ra*.fi throurh irrritm y slUl'unOtcp4or*«l. they ware eompollrd to hSa*" th" trail, mnwy On- land and lay th* track as th*y mcvod forward. work of wnfanliatlon alon> . with th* raatrria’. to hand was a task s*hleh only stow h"*.rts could tackle. Biyatsms had to h*- d"**.S'-d. applied. orstar.is"d arid r ,k orjiati. tw-fl' Alt sdro-r-l" "nonpV. to contotnpl»ts IB rcviow at this start. Hut how dlfßotslt It i* now tr r-alts" th. maarnttud* of thy problems ot those tardy fisys. rensidrt. for nampl", th" Artny’* f^r■sr"ST , ■ of financ" alon"! Pyfttoins dor.'t 'happsc* any mors with us •Ser tr. th* ywnora! affairs of mm. fXB« was like others, mrad" in many si painful prorsasi- 'P.an and prayer «n< the sarsplrmh visliant mind of owr **at*sm»n -rhi*f all pontritwit"<l to th* 'wimrd financial yrcm of tompx Think of what was involved In th"*.- 1* an o-'(r»r.s»«"!or. operating mfitr mich filvorw political and romtr ays'"m* a* obtain in Java and ths rtlitafi States —Japan. Srandi- ■ ura and Ch: 1 * "Ph"n there wrrs th* pr'ipyr*' - faitaroats; our S' stem of trsilrtntt: !l»*ratwrs and sup?' 1"*. Th" "volution of rsch would ‘ *’'i'■" TaßCtamtlnr roman"" if th" complete at err,' POTtld h' told Ir. addition th"r" must f"" a■'.d• ■! r-h*" and aimtvst incossa.nl iaiwars ■ i'rrth imMif and privs.t"—dir.-d'y rrtrttm! in tVlr Varinr;o sart in •-- cocPCtl* hr oft owr* —at horn* and t-r-iond—cannot Is with soldi* "s. and Pr.'-ypimt smil-asring campaigns tTh"ti th*a* arc- considered, and «*> OH- ♦ f O \”'T'V5 lt*‘*-.TT' I . f .*V‘.TI«A r FUirr;« .'••tw; • ' * v :«v% r' v^^>’ •mataHhip Ctvursr* Its tti. hiomi. and,' of th" "ar’y r.inrti- •—w.-tv <l-a-maUcal p hsat-"' -makir.c W*"k V would S".m ''m"rc d •a. n*w r»a" app-rsition *h" pwmst* srrr," r"v manifestation c- th- htf*- and >r.;m..'ictr.ah'.. ha - " ef war. I ."* v "" v • - s-- **al>.y s "S a:wars mrf c"d to *h«- lrr*P gSow It is: difficult In th* presort «mfltl«W of ati-tw artwrol co«.dytatiaWiirts of that period endured. They fo'iicht with wxadtrfu; courage

o—emboldened by the- faith and high 1 purpose of their loaders. ■ I'onlending so nobly—and sufferjlnr so unselfishly—they won for |! heir successors a degree of liberty I for " hirh they in their wildest 'dreams scarcely dared to hope. 1 Vw hav.- < rinse to be profoundly cfnl p.r th- vision and therour- < j;s leadership of those troublous y. vs. AVhat tineeasing fight-rs were nit, foilin'!' r .and his son—what un- !; - , hatupiota- of the rights of „f |,)oo.l and fir. I .’ • TV" love of the General for his cl ! flit tier wir. if over suit:,l 'v d< scrib* d. prove to be one of pins' deMgl-.itn! chapters in Army history. Per nearly forty he was by tiie side of the found* r in his si nipples and sacri•■we.v in his joys and sorrows, in his virto i.-s and defeats. Surely never :v. as a lender more nobly, more ably ■o- more unselfishly served. His ■ plans and purposes were developed d wi'lt pHinstaldnc ear" and thorongh- , ness- the Chief always identifying .. hit-'self in the most complete dvvo- -- tion in all Ilia' sought the Salvation n <>i the people and the assuagement - of human sorrow. ll* strove to dcv fli.fi every blow niinied at his great e i.-nder; to bt nr or share- every bttrfbn: to multiply every joy! lit" s founder, speaking on one occasion d to a gathering of staff oiheers, ac,f kunwledced gracefti iy—as he had h done again and again—the unfailing support of his devoted Chief of the Staff lie said: ’The service he has f rendered me and you. end I think f may say tho whole world as well, all i i through these long years in the con-j 4 struction and the building up of the ;t great movement, is beyond my powe er to desrrlb* ’lt is not too much if to say that, humanly speaking, there „ would hav. been a vastly different . tale \o tell of the life and work of the Army as we see it in the world d to-day. had the Founder hen with- » out the aid. the faith and force and I! practicalness which his eldest son i " and .'hief brought to the councils of] ' the organisation. . Champion of tlie IVealc. I ""The present generation has little e knowledge of lh c noble service ren--1 : dered by th" General to the girls and * i young women of Great Britain, and y indeed of a considerable portion of ' the whole world. Shortly aftertheir " marriage Mrs Bramwell Booth was f placed in charge of the embryo rcs- ? cue work of the Army. As a result - the Chief, as he then was. became, ’ aware of the methods and also of I the appalling extent of the infamous ' -white Slave* traffic in Bondon and -! other cities. It was a verj- horror to "I his spirit that girls of fourteen 1, should, a* In this hellish business, - he dlspos'-d of as mere chattels. The whole strength of his vigorous fight- ■■ irg nature rose up in revolt. Influt . ncing the late W. T. Stead, these voting men—the General was still in s the twenties—threw themselves into ’ open combat with this age-long evil. I | especially in its relation to young »■■■ girls. Their courageous fight suc- - picded in arousing the public conr> science and then the Government of V the day, with the result that the " are of consent - was raised to six-1 t,Tn"n rears and the Criminal Law Amendment Act. 188'.. placed upon !'he Statute Book. Both th,. General Jand Stead brought themselves. . through a legal mischance, into the 3 hand' of the law —the latter being r sentenced to a term of imprison- ’ merit. Every young woman in the ’ land owes something of a debt of -ratltud" ?o the General for his ' share* in that noble light in 18S5. * Music Maker. ' "What a champion th c General has ; ‘ ( vcr been of the bands and music of i '' lhc Army. He quickly perceived] their enormous attraction to the j 1 niaos.-s of the people, also thc 'test] possibilities of blessing which they] ‘j would bring to our campaigns, and] ’ h" has striven steadily for both. . their Increase in c-lfieiency and their, "!Tectlveiie«s as allies in Salvation] w"rk. j v _ The influence of the General's! 'councils for bandmasters and bands-} ' men and songsters is world-wide. In them, and by other means, he has * , ailed ills musical forces to thc high-i ets things—to separation from the I world and to true service for the glory . of God. Wc are most of us aware j , of the dangers there are in such work as ours in anything that approaches 1 the mechanical—the means so easily! usurping the place of ‘the end.' Alive to this and possessed of a deep under- j _ standing of. and a sympathy for, our , bands the General has by direct per-! a sona.l labour dum- much to inspire, and preserve this splendid arm ot our: „ service for the I'hristlike purposes for, „ which we strive in every land. " l - i Faith for the Young. - ! Hosts of Salvationists think of our ■ leader as the Young People's Gen- " i nil. And well they may. Surely the : f plans and labours of few men in ° history have had such far-reaching a spiritual effect upon youth and child " 1 if. in so many nations. Himself con\erted in t.-nder years, he early saw | ’ ih" cream, ss of the opportunity pre- j - v. n-.-d in the multitudes of young v people attracted to tin- new- move- ■- j-.ivii;—not alone in saving them, but ' -• in inculcating in them the Army 3 id. a of saving others. Kffor'.s which have developed into ‘ Corps Cadet Brigade, and later. ' i onncils for young people, are directly; '• Tii" result of the General's peculiar! r unde:standing of the needs of the ris- " Inc generation. It would be dillicult 1 ' ;o overestimate the value of these councils -now a feature of our war ' in most parts of tin world. Hundreds ef eupi-ble officers in many climes date tlie inspiration for their life-! work to .-ueji assemblies, s The Gi n. ul has ever 1 a high • - >-\ami 1" to the whole organisation of, y y rsisp-nee in peeking the salvation J of the chilldren. Laeking nothing In I " s ppr" rial ion of .duration and instrucn pen. h> is convinced of the futility of] r Bible knowledge in effecting any] spiei*nal revolution in the hearts el-i 'her o* young or old. He is satisfied j t with nothing short of children being] - h-onghi to r saving knowledge of the j - Bed. em.-r and being made in'o wit-I 1. n**sses of Christ and Soldiers of the n Cross 'Ours is a fighting religion,

he urges, 'teach the young- folks early the arts and joys of spiritual warfare.’ .... Missional General. "Surely few having intimate acnuaintnnco with the. Army could fail to appreciate, the striking personal interest the General has manifested in the millions of the East. Ever closely associated with the Founder in this love and care for those ‘other sheen* to whom Christ lovin g’y referred, the General initiated early in his Generalship what might he termed a missionary epoch in the life of the movement —resulting in a decided quickening of the missionary spirit in practically every land in which the flag is flying-. Ear go sums of money have been raised and notable offerings in flesh and blood have been and ar c being made for the Salvation of the heathen. Since the founder laid down his sword in 1912 the Army has advanced into ten new Missionary fields. The number of officers and .others wholly engaged in work amongst the dark races has been increased by well on towards a thousand men and women, after making good all losses—by transfer, breakdown, retirement, and death."