THE SALVATION ARMY.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43115, 18 July 1907, Page 4

THE SALVATION ARMY.

Throughout tlhe world the Salvation Army has perhaps earned its greatest claim, for the sympathies of the public | at large, in its rescue work. Evidences I of its Samaritan agencies are manifest in 'New Zealand, where its various organisations have been. responsible for ■ the uplifting of the down-trodden. At, the annual meeting of the Army in j Dunedin, the Mayor struck the right keynote when he said the Army knew no oteed in its great social work, but endeavoured to mfivUv to all neces-j sit.y. The best thinks of the Old 1 Country and in Near Zealand eulogised the work of the Army and its efforts. Such men as the late Mr Gladstone and Lord Salisbury has testified to the good work done. He could safely sav that the heart of the public Went out to the (Army in its efforts' to raise the fallen and lift many from, the depths of degradation. T ' was natural tfyat every right-thinking person in the community should do the best he cornel to assist the Army in its work. Many people thought that, some of the cases cited in the report were highly coloured, but those who were acquainted with the world knew they were typical of many cases which Were, unfortunately. too true. The New Zealand Government’s annual grant to the Salvation' Army for its social work stood at £950, which was very much in. excess of that granted in the various Australian, States. He was glad that the Government of New Zealand recog- ’ nised the work that wa® being done, and bad responded so generously. He was certain that that £950 had never been better spent, and he hoped that the Government would continue to assist this great social work, and,. if possible, that it would even see its I way to increase its present contribution. He hoped the results of the Armv’s labour last vear would show even better and brighter in the future, and that the world and New Zealand would be the bettor for its efforts.