SALVATION ARMY WORK.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2056, 29 April 1907, Page 4

SALVATION ARMY WORK.

Commisssionor Cnduinn who 'v;is a!i evangelist in connection with Ghrist;un missions in England SI yours IgO, lUlll who whs subsequently appointed first dipt in n in th- Salvation Army, is nt present on ii visit to Dunedin. Tlio Commissioner. who. next to Qonornl Booth, is one ol the host known men in the Salvation Army in the world, took charge or the lociiil operations of the Army in ,trout Britain in 1800, and hold that position for nine and a-luilf years, with conspicuous success. His loliiovoinents included the fotiudin; of a farm colony of .‘IOOO acres in England. During the last sever venrs the Commissioner lias been on 'iu;cd in travollimr the world, and •igoronsly prosecuting the work ol ho army in ovorv way. In the course of conversation will ,tn Otago Times reporter tl- Comm: inner said that 13,emigrants wc» Icspntclicd from England to Canad ist year, and this year about -5 y >ro to ho sent, a good many heir ■nv on tiieir way out. Of 20 000 pec !c sent to Canada, so far, not fiv >or cent, have turned out failures \nd Canadians speak of the imrni 'rants in terms of high praise. He rring to the proposal made lr ■'moral Booth some time hack, tr Mid out 5000 immigrants to Ausralia, an offer which the Anstralinr .lovernmont was not disposed to ac aopt, Commissioner Cnclman said that 'ustralia had only to open its arms and tlio gonernl would only bo too rilling to do his host in assisting tr nopnlate Australia and assist the Empire. AUSTRALIA’S CLOSED DOOR. When Australia’s door was open and people to ho sent out were ns3lired of a hearty welcome, then it was for the general to consider what should be done. Any immigrants that General Booth would send to Aus tralia or any country would ho only honest, industrious, and able-bodied working men and women —the class ol people to build up a nation. “No authority had had the slightest cause for complaint against nnj immigrants so far despatched fron London by the Salvation Anny. As far as this colony is concerned.” said tlio Commissioner, “the General bad bis bands too full to give il considers tion. Ho has many sweethearts courtinf iiim for people. “His schemes for colonisation an of a huge nature. Townships have been formed not onlv in Canada, bill in South Africa and other parts of the world. People that have beer helped out from London to now conn tries had repaid the Army for its expense, and in this connection cal dilations of immigration officials Tiav< been greatly exceeded, and that not withstanding the fact that immigrants are not subject to any legal bondage in the matter of repayments. The repayments are mnd< heartily and spontaneously.” There is still a demand in Canada for immigrants, and the Salvation Army is continuing to send them out. The time would come when Australia must have the population, and she WO ul(l liavo to open lier doors to immigration. ANTT-SUICIDE MOVEMENT, their morbid waysbgk vb kgvgbkbw Another branch of the Salvation Army work referred to by Commissioner Cullman was the anti-smeub home. This is the army’s latest departure. In two months the bomr cstablislied in London had received Guo people, who had contemplated suicide, and its officers had been able to direct and assist those people in various ways, and drive out of their their morbid ideas, enabling them to overcome difficulties which loomed up against them like mountains. THIS GENERAL. Commissioner Cadman conversed with General Booth just before leaving for the colonics. The Geneial was greatly interested in this colony, as instanced by the fact that he liar visited it on four occasions. He recognised the future of this count-l-and its possibilities, and was just - ~,-ilud of the great work that had been undertaken by the ,Salvation Army. -