Salvation of Newspaper Men
' General Booth's ideas as to the possible salvation of newspaper men have ! evidently (says the Sydney --'Daily Telegraph) undergone a climatic change. Recently he dismissed a representative ot this journaLwith the comforting (?) assurance thai, reporters had no time in which to get saved ; but in England some time back, alluding to the causes which brought people to the Salvation Army meetings, he said reporters, ot course, came on bisuness, '* They are very hard to catch. (Groans.) He had once seen a reporter with a tear in his eye, ' (' l\o ' ; and cries of ' Glory be to God ') — and he believed he once saw a reporter put a shilling in the .collection-box. (Expressions of incredulity from various parts of the hall). There was hope, therefore, for the reporters— (' Hallelujah !' and * Lord have mercy upon them !')— that was if they got caught before they came to be editors. Then they I were gone," (Lord laughter.) However, since his arrival in Australia the General has moderated his opinion. He no longer believes the newspaper scribe's case to be doubtful, but hopeless. : ..
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 139, 21 May 1892, Page 4
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