THE SALVATION ARMY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 22, 24 September 1915, Page 4

THE SALVATION ARMY.

AND THE PRESENT'WAR, One of the most enthusiastic services held for a long time in Stratford took place last evening at the Salvation .-Army Hall, when Brigadier Carmichael delivered a most stirring lecture on the war. dwelling more particularly on tlic:;work of the Salvation Army in connection therewith. The Deputy I ''' Mayor (Councillor. .}.. H. Thompson) ' ' presided at the! meeting aml '''proved himself a most [capable chairman. ' )lls Adjutant Cook'' took "charge of "fJhe"-"' ; prefiminariesj which consisted of 'an' 1 ' opening hymn.j "We're a flaittd that Shall Conquer the Foe." after which ' Cadet .1. Medland engaged- tit prayer.' 1 ' The* Adjutant"' then introduced the ( chairman. 1 who suitably l replied, Speaking'Of his warm' 'appreciation" of '- ' the A riny and its- Work. ' 'A pleasing" sold by Cadet Medland followed! The Ch'aii-'m'aii then introduced the speaker b\' thp'evenjiTg, and right from the stiTit l it ! Wafe 'felt that the man and his subject -weret one. The position taken up by the British Empire was briefly and concisely touched on to'the evi--1 Oedf AsatisiaHion •of alll present, wlto • again and again showed their apprecia - - tioh by loud and. prolonged appjause. • iThe-.speaker then told of the thousands of Belgian refugees who, soaking nn asylum in the deuif 'old-MuthefJanrtii M • were cared, for by the thousands.by.the Salvation : Army ; of the., twentyt-fhra -,vmotor ambulances given by,,the. Army - > and controlled by Salvationists ■ /of the depletion of Salvation Array hands jf thirty and forty members each in.the . Old Country, through the" call to war; and of the formation of military,handa...■,, composed of the Salvation Army bandsmen who had now become Soldiers of the King. Special mention was made of Capt.-Chaplain Greene at Egypt. • who wa.s given charge of twelve large . .hospitals to look after the needs of the wounded; also of the valuable work put in at the Trentham Camp and other camps in operation in this and other parts of the Empire. Close and undivided attention was given the lecturer, and when in the finish of his talk he referred pathetically to the fine . and noble manhood being'cut down, it was a hushed and subdued meeting that afterwards joined in singing "Lead Kindly Light." A vote of thanks was proposed by Adjutant Cook, and carried by acclamation, and the Bencdition was pronounced. The pasty supper then followed, and at 10 p.m. the Hall began to clear, all feeling they had spent a good time. Adjutant Cook announced that Mrs U. Murray would farewell on Sunday, prior to leaving for the South, where her husband is going.by transfer on the Railway Department, and also that Brother Alex, Old would farewell prior to.leaving for the front with the next Reinforcements.