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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 942, 14 May 1883, Page 3

The Rev.'W. Moriey, late President of the New Zealand Wesleyan Conference, lectured at Napier on Wednesday night on “ The Salvation Army, its Lessons and its Dangers.*’ He spoke of the mighty work Ged was accomplishing by means of the Army in the saving of thousands from depravity and vibe and from eternal woe ; and how the subsequent lives of the reclaimed ones, spoke most clearly of the genuineness 'of the work that the Army are accomplishing in reclaiming the lower whom the Churches never seem to have reached. Their income in England was. L6o,oooper annum. They held there 60QO services per week, and their periodi'Thti War Cry, had a circulation of a quarter, of a million weekly. “ General ’* Booth .was ■ formerly a member- of the Wesleyan body. The Army, in the face pf moat severe persecution and opposi-tion,-wts spreading over Europe and Australia in a wonderful way. The lecturer spoke of its dangers as its terribly blasphemous placards as seen in London. Oanoh.-Farrar and Lord Shaftesbury had denqdnfeed the many questionable means they~Uße to attract notice when opening their batteries on a new battle field. General Booth had given cause for unfavorable, comments by investing the immense properties of the Army in bis own and, sons* names. The Army, apart from their rash statements and reported wan of *reverenoe and excesses, had his very warmest support and sympathy. He admired their noble self-denial and earnestness for the cause of Christians in striving to rescue the outcnst and fallen, whose condition was a standing reproach to the Christian Church of the present day-