British Salvationists Plan Nation-wide Drive

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19989, 4 November 1927, Page 7

British Salvationists Plan Nation-wide Drive

SACKCLOTH AND BLACK TO BE WORN IN PENANCE FOR WICKED CITIES’ SINS (By Telegraph—Per Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received, Nov. 3, 9 p.m.) (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, Nov. 3. A great Salvation Army “seige” will begin on Saturday, and will last three weeks. It aims at 'breaking down the people’s indifference to religion. The campaign will be preceded to-night by all-night prayer meetings in thousands of citadels throughout the country. A hundred thousand Salvationists will offer massed prayers for the country’s salvation, and many thousands of “Red Hot Gospellers” will proclaim their message of redemption in the streets. The Army will go into mourning daily for a selected city or town, do penance for its sins, and pray for its salvation. Processionists in such towns will wear sackcloth and black. Another feature will be Bible Day, when every Salvationist will carry a Bible and read it from the gutters. “Invasions” of “enemy” territory are planned, using tanks and armoured cars. Such “territory” includes public houses, where “drink parades” will be held.