SALTATION ARMY

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1921, Page 3

SALTATION ARMY

SELF-DENIAL TIME. 1 The Salvation Army is making its annual appeal for liioiietat'A a-sistatu' to aid it in carrying on its great social activities for the general good ol .all communities, ll is an appeal AVorth responding to, lor the Army does av»i * of the highest itnporfanee in all qmir-. tors Avltere its activities reach -am! ■ that Is practically world-wide. I lie object of the Salvation Armv is to stretc.i out the helping hand to the I rietulless.. and helpless, and it draw its work with j great thoroughness. The social wot.-: in this country is of the high value nationally. Helping the rtmihetsj and the children in so many Avays is a j work which gives the nation healthier | assets. Front these sources springmany of the men and women of the | future, and the environment while ui [ the care of the Army is all for the | Itetferment, of the moral and physical side of those cared for. As the Army of the Helping Hand, as King George j lias not inaptly doscrilxHl the tnrnunj? Salvation Army, the nation has a force ( of great power anil influence. I-tom its > English ltcginning it has spread to al nationalities, anil independent ol creed or colour, performs its bouolicient aa , . An organisation so charged witli goo< works must commatid the practical support of all who wish to see the na " . tiotts of the earth built up and th" people take reasonable counsel together.