Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 1895. COGITATION.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1755, 31 July 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 1895. COGITATION.

"ThUAbova all—-to thin© own self bo trno, And it must follow as the night the day Thou cauab nob bhon.be false to any man.' y Shakespeare. • ■ • ''~n ' ■ •'• ; • \ ' '• - .•__ • .

. - “ He that calloth a into his mind whether by impression or recordation, eogitateth and- considered; and he that eniployeth the fauul y " v' - of his fancy al-o cogitate.h.” : —Loed Bacon. v The night shelter of the' Salvation Army at the Albert-street Barracks, v - '' has now got into Salvation Army, .fulloperation, .and night shelter is bain g thankfully ■ : ; availed of by the destitute and tho shelterless. There are about hair a dozen every night, .who get a in tig of tea. and a comfortable pall it on which to lie with a pair of blankets. In the morning they get

a similar ration, and at nine o’clock j the shelter is closed for the day, so as to cause the mea to go and look for work. Somo of our citizens, have purchased tickets with the object of <L <*• tributing them to necessitous cases, and I ohese tickets, which cost 6d, will entitle the holder to a bed and two meals. Every- effort is being made to detect and prevent fraud, and no men are admitted the worse for liquor. Some of the men show their gratitude by offering to do any little offices about the building, that, they can perform. The accommodation will enable 40 men to be put up, though there is not yet equipage for that number, but the officers of the Army do not want to provide-for moi'S than the legitimate needs of the really houseless and destitute* it is not the intention of the Army to make a permanent shetler, and draw the loafing class around, but simply .to meet a felt want during the winter months. The Army has also at the Prison Gate " Brigade Home, Panmure, . 15 men, who are employed at farm work, one of the officers, who is a practical agriculturist, giving his services gratuitously, and sharing the same fare, as the men. At the Rescue Home, in Auckland, the Army have 15 women or girls as inmates, and they estimate that those restored to parents, friends, or society ave from 50 to 75 per cent, of the whole number. . It will be seen, therefore, that the Salvation Army is doing an excellent work in the community, in restoring the fallen, reforming the criminal; and relieving the destitute classes.