The Salvation Army.
The " Gospel of iroise " has (says the Bunfermline. Bi-eet) ibeen .'mad© Me>&& jectof a curious defence by its founder and leader, General Booth. Writing m a recent issue; ojf the; l^?^,; .^(^reference to the prosecution of some of the Salvation Army officers m Melbourne he justifies the existence of that uproarious body^>n biblical gipun^ir* skysilfi the early preachers' wertf Bonln^na'Jalb go out into the highway and byeways, in' order -to comiiel ev?tyrfn§tQj^iipiitiux&' hsten. The New Testament, hbwe'ver, make? no -mention, of brass bands and tambourines, of drums-an^ Scldles,' as adjuncts of salvation^' ; Nei&er do we read of any spiritual cjQwns perambulating 1 the^ streets feWtg at &&&'& their voices 'sbngs^thatTeniterttijeinselves open to question on various grounds. JS[6, sq.faj: asi^ oafl, , Je.arn» $he.,eajr|y Christian rel^oi^ wasiguiet andunassuiningyet useful^ an^ practical withal, which rather, relied upon , the truths it ifrop'a&atea for success 1 ' thatt'upo^sen^. tionahsm m modes of procedure.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 47, 28 January 1885, Page 2
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149The Salvation Army. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 47, 28 January 1885, Page 2
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