THE SALVATION ARMY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 224, 16 June 1920, Page 10

THE SALVATION ARMY

VISIT OF GENERAL BOOTH. After conducting highly successful gatherings in Ghristchurchand Dunwlin, General Booth will arrive this morning in Wellington, from the south. The* first.'of the Wellington series of meetings will take place to-night, nnd General Booth will be accorded ft public reception in tho Town . Hall on Thursday at 3. p.m., and at night a meeting for young people between the ages of 15 and 2fi years, open to all, will be held in the Taranaki Street Wesley Church. I On Friday the General will bo the guest of .the New Zealand Club at a luncheon in the Y.M.C.A. br.ilding, at 1 p.m. - The same evening a special and private gath. ering of Salvationists will take' place General Booth will Address gatherings of Salvationists and adherents at 3 and 7 p.m. respectively on the Saturday, the meeting'- at 3 p.m. being exclusively for Salvationists.

Officers from all pn.rts of the Dominion will be present in Wellington over - the week-end. and will take part in the congress gatherings to be he.d on the "nilday. At 3 p.m. on Sunday, at tho Town Hall, General Booth will deliver a lecture entitled "Some Lessons of My Father's Life." His Worship the Mn.Vor will preside, apd at night, in the samo building, the final public gathering will take-place,at. fi.3o p.m. On Thursday evening the Genera.! will leave for Auckland, the interim 'being oeciipi-jd with council gatherings , with his officers.

RETURNED SOLDIERS. ■ It is hoped that a large number."of returned soldiers will attend" the reception to be tendered to General Bramwell Booth to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. As will be seen by the advertisement appearing in this issue, His Worship the Mayor has reserved a number of seats for returned soldiors and their friends. 'The returned 'soldier has ever '.Bung the praise of the work of the Sa"v.atiW Army during the war, and this is a golden opportunity to show their appreciation, and the executive of the Wellington Returned. Soldiers" Association appeals to all who can to attend the reception.