THE SALVATION ARMY
NO DISCRIMINATION AS TO! SUBJECTS. CRIME A DISEASE. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright London, February 7. The Salvation Army, believing thai the criminal tendency is a disease, is taking care of all the lowest, criminals regardless of the. character o( tho offences for which they; have been convicted. The authorities of Aylesbury pri-* son have handed to the Army tho' man Mcekin, who was convicted in ib'Jt of murder, tho result- of jeai* ousy.
Tii '1113 Darkest ]£uglaiic( social scheme (ioiu'ral Ilooth stated its obj<x:t* as the im« mediate, alleviation of the present misery of the out-cast poor anil their actual reeou* from destitution, keeping always prominently in view likewise that reformation, in character which is tho secret of permanent improvement. In this branch tho officer* minister to tho workloss, the homeless the tramp?, tho fHarvitifr, the waifs and- ?«ray3 and the outcasts of society. They attti»~ rescue- in the most hopeless cases..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13097, 9 February 1906, Page 5
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154THE SALVATION ARMY New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13097, 9 February 1906, Page 5
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