THE SALVATION ARMY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 195, 22 September 1909, Page 4

THE SALVATION ARMY.

We readily respond to the request of the Salvation Army's local representative to draw the attention of our readers to the week of self-denial, which commences on Saturday, October Oth. i Tim effort is an annual one. and has. long We this, become familiar to all classes, Receiving support from every grade of the religious and philanthropic ; community. In its appeal for the exev- I cise of the self-denying spirit, the Army points out some remarkable developments of the work both in this an 1 other lands. In our own town, it would be difficult to over-estimate its influence for good, particularly among the deserving poor. The officers spend man;/ hours daily visiting the sick and assisting deserving cases. Xor does the -missionary zeal of tin Army show abatement. A large extension of its operations for the moral snd spiritual elevation of the native races of South Africa has, we understand, been decided uoon, while in India its system of penny banks, famine relief, day schools, etc., is proving of untoid benefit.

We append, a few of the most recently published statistics, which may be of interest:—

Corps and outposts, 8224; officers and ' employees, 21.180; local officers (unpaid), 52.780: bandsmen (unpaid), 20.- | 325; slum posts. 130; day schools, 523; '< countries and colonies, 54; publications, I 71; weekly and monthly circulation, 1.100.020: 'languages llospcl preached in, 31; social institutions for the poor, I 820; officers and employees in charge. 2451; cneap meals to the hungry (12 months), 0,807,500; cheap lodgings to the weary (12 months), 5,702.410; fallen women through rescue home? (twelve months), 0003; criminals through homes (twelve months), 1018. Donations in aid of the work may he sent to the "editor, or handed to' the officer in charge of the local branch.