THE SALVATION ARMY
WELCOME TO COMMISSIONER HODDER. ,The Wellington Salvation Army Citadel wag crowded last evening when Commissioner and Mrs. Hodder were given a very hearty welcome as leaders of tho Army forces in New Zealand. The chief secretary (Lieutenant-Colonel Powley) presided, andwas supported by the National Headquarters Staff, the Social and Training College staffs, and many officers. The chief secretary, in introducing Commissioner and Mrs. Hodder. said that they were confronted with a very pleasurable and memorable function. They wero very .glad to see tlio Commissioner, his wife and family, and wero determined to follow them and serve them and help them in the work that they had come to do. Salvationists in New Zealand knew what it meant to be Salvationiots, and they were ever trying to keep before their eyes the goal that was set before them by their first General and founder —William Booth. (Cheers.)
Mrs. Brigadier Glover, Brigadiers Bray, Gist, and other officers cordially welcomed the new Commissioners, and Mrs. Powley also joined in the congratulations. Mrs. Hodder, in the course of a happy littlo speech, acknowledged the expressions or goodwill that had been given utterance to', and the Commissioner further emphasised this in a tenminutes speech. Great and wonderful things had been achieved in New Zealand, he said, and so far as he was concerned he promised that he would work with them to , the end, for there was nothing more he desired than to see the Kingdom of God advance among mankind. It would bo his business to help them in the great work, and to be an inspiration to them as far as ho could, God helping him. During the evening the Wellington City, the South Wellington, and the Boys' Band played selections, attractive items were rendercd_ by the Lifeboat Brigade and the City Songsters, and songs of welcome were heartily sung by the cotps cadets. An interesting feature of this part of the proceedings was the singing of "When I Survey the Wondrous Cress," by the Misses Eodder. The littlo girls from the Girls' Homes were also warmly apDlauded for a particularly pleasing effort, ■
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 8
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353THE SALVATION ARMY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 8
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