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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1315, 12 June 1883, Page 3

THE SALVATIONISTS. General Booth, the leader of the Salvation Army, has earned for himself the reputation of being the inventor of a new system of strategy, by employing, with a philanthropic and regenerating object, scattered forces over broken ground. Booth’s enemies, unlike those of most other great generals of the present day, are modern ideas, religious indifference, neglect of the Bible, and forgetfulness of the teachings of Christ He lavs siege to souls; his marches, counter-marches, reconnaisances, and 4fla»k movements, have only one aim— Salvation. After carrying on the war for some time in England, he determined to attack his enemies in their strong hold of Paris. With the decision and promptitude that characterises all great commanders, he detached a strong force, and marched rapidly against this stronghold of impiety. For some time he bombarded it with texts from the Bible, and quotations from Ezekiel, his head quarters being the Faubourg Saint Martin Sentries were posted on the Boulevards and public places, and all suspicious looking individuals were quickly challenged and brought to the halt by presenting the point of an umbrella at the “ second point,” and thrusting a tract into their hands. On being again liberated, and on perusing it,