A SALVATION “SIEGE;”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20290, 24 December 1927, Page 7

A SALVATION “SIEGE;”

EXTRAORDINARY SCENES. lien and women of all rank?, trade?, and professions were numbered in the congregation of 2000 which filled the City Hall, Glasgow, recently, when the Salvation Army opened their great “ Salvation Siege ” with a. night of prayer for the converiion of Britain. Worshippers in their ’teens sat beside octogenarians, and from 11 o’clock at night until 4.30 in the morning they carried on a continuous religious service under the guidance of the 71-vear-old leader. General Bramwell Booth. Scenes of remarkable fervour and religious devotion wore witnessed, and General Booth kept the platform during the entire period of five and a-hnlf hours, never ceasing to direct the gathering, stimulating the sin-ring, nn f l giving strength to the Salvationists. When ho came off the plat form after his long effort the General expressed 'n irnsc'f delighted with Glasgows great beginning in the effort to attract the careless and indifferent to spiritual things.

Rare beetle?, known as fho giant scarite. which come from Southern Algeria, have a knack of pretend.ng to be dead. Specimens are now on show at the London Zoo.