THE ENGLISH SALVATIONISTS.
General Booth is committed by his success to the mistake common to all men who have organised new methods for dealing with the practical side of religion. He separates itfroin the organised religious life of the community, and insists that his idea shall bo extended to the entire work of the restoration of personal character, and that the whole social fabric can bo built upon it, which is an obvious mistake the moment it is presented. The same movement has run its course among us with the American revival, which for several generations has burned its way over large sections of the country, ami rendered religious work more difficult than if the field had been left uncultivated. The moral is that it illustrates the difference between the wise, organise 1 movementf r the renewal ofsocicty and the building up of individuals, aud the spasmodic movements which induce those who share them to believe that they are moving forward when thoy are simply standing still and yielding themselves to their emotion.— Boston Herald.
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Waikato Times, Volume 2632, Issue 2632, 25 May 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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175THE ENGLISH SALVATIONISTS. Waikato Times, Volume 2632, Issue 2632, 25 May 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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