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THE SALVATION ARMY.
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BEING AN EXPOSITION OF THE FIFTY SCHEMES PROPOSED FOR
INAUGURATION DURING THE
JUBILEE YEAR,
18 94.
TERRITORIAl. HEADyUARTKRS, TORONTO, ONT.
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INTRODUCTION.
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God bless our General ! Fifty years ago he started
his public ministry for God and His poor ; fifty years
of self-sacrificing toil ; fifty years of ood glorifying
effort ; fifty years of great triumph ; fifty years while
God has smitten his foes and cleared his track ; fifty
years in which Jehovah has honored his faith and
made of him a nation ; fifty years ! Every one of
them memorable in Heaven and in Hell ! Fifty
years ! What a Jubilee ! We must celebrate it
suitably in Canada.
How shall we do it — by love ? Yes ; let the
breadth of our afiPection overlap the Atlantic. By
voice? — Yes. Let's say the things we feel, for
what is right to feel is right to say. By devotion 1
— Yes. Let us go for God and souls as never before.
By action 1 — Yes ; ten thousand times yes. Let us
have a program suitable to these fifty years — a pro-
gram with fifty parts, every part a scheme, and every
scheme a note of praise for every year of our General's
public ministry.
Consolidation and Growth.
But the introduction of so stupendous a program
calls for one or two preliminary words of general
explanation. Why, it may be asked in a corner of
the Army's battleground where the pinch of poverty
has been so felt, and where financial embarrassment
has led to misfortune should there be such launching
forth of new schemes ? Why not go steadier 1 Why
not consolidate 1 Why not pursue the good old
policy of retrenchment and reform ? To all of which
we reply, that is what we have been doing the
last three years and what we shall continue to do,
but to go steady is to move so as to get
there, not to stand still. To consolidate is to
render substantia], but not to stop short. The best
kind of retrenchment is money wisely invested, and
reform is doing better in the future than in the past.
Out of a Revival into an Army.
The Salvation Army is only just beginning the
real warfare lying ahead of it. It is just as well.
This should be understood in certain quarters where
there is a kind of impression as to our having topped
our record in Canada.
Time and trial have done their work admirably in
converting this movement out of a great revival into
a consolidated Army — out of a crowd of young con-
verts into a host of fighting men, and the world and the
devil will come to understand that the accomplish'
ments of the Army, now it exists, will be too great for
comparison with any victories associated with the
mere manufacture of the force. It was, I admit, a
great victory to have made an Army, but the triumphs
to be achieved by that Army, now it " marches on to
war," how much greater are they destined to be 1
But there are other reasons why we should seize
this opportunity of thrusting ourselves forward.
There is, to begin with.
The Reason of Faith.
And that is the basis of all reason. There is nothing
reasonable that is not based on fact, and there is
little fact not based upon faith. Faith built up the
worlds ; established and subdued kingdoms ; wrought
righteousness, and instituted the fabric of all righteous
governments. Faith crowned the martyrs and the
apostles with glpry. . Faith robs the future of her
mystery, the past of her sting. She converts the
affairs of life into the springs of eternity, and tears
out the shroud and the gloom from the grave. Faith
has made every kingdom, every church, every organ-
ization, and FAITH MADE THE SALVATION ArHT.
That is the lesson which William Booth, standing
at the head of the most devoted Army on earth, has
to teach us. His faith was the mustard seed which
in fifty years has developed to a tree, the trunk and
roots of which stretch right through the earth. Poor
daft scholars shall we be if we fail to take hope and
take action in the face of such encouragement brought
down to our very doors.
Does anyone ask - " How will you accomplish this
huge program 1" I reply, "By the same sort of faith
that made the Salvation Army, as exemplified in the
person and practice of our beloved General. We shall
do all that we have set ourselves to bring about, and
we shall do it by faith."
The Reason of Logic.
But our faith is not unreasonitble. It is the faith
of our sanctified hearts, mixed with the thought of our
consecrated wits. The schemes here propounded are
not fictitious castles in the air got up for a sensation.
No one of them is committed to type without careful
thought and great pains. We can't hope to realize
their completion in all cases during 1894, but they
can be started, and started in such a manner as to
secure ultimate success. Best of all, they may be
carried through in such a way as to make them bless-
Our Jubilee Program.
ings and not burdens, either to Headquarters or the
corps. Each scheme must, once it is fairly afloat,
carry itself, and in some cases help to carry something
else into the bargain. Let no one, therefore, suppose
we are plunging at random. The Army will be better
off, financially as well as in all other ways, for these
undertakings, once the first cost necessary for starting
them is raised.
Self-Supporting, SouUSaving Apparatus.
Especially is this the case as regards the Social
enterprises. Here we stand on firmer ground. We
have profited by experience. In the course of time
it is quite possible, if not certain, our Shelters will
become self-supporting institutions. In some cases
they are quite so at present ; while with the aid of
Government and city grants given us, and still to
come, many of our other Homes will all but float
themselves. This is the triumph of triumphs, and
should encourage all in helping us with the first cost.
The Reason of Our Loyalty.
We love our General. We may be excused for
regarding him as our prophet sent of God. To his
voico and genius, to his self-sacrifice and perseverance,
we, as officers and soldiers of a great Army, owe as
much as mortal could to mortal man. We are not
frightened to say so while he lives, and we may
remind those who chunter about " man-worship "
that we are not of the crew who have "changed
their minds " upon the subject. The next best thing
to having a God in heaven is to have as an earthly
leader His faithful representative on earth, and the
next best thing to loving and trusting that God is to
love and confide in His servant. Thank Heaven, the
Canadian Army is about clear of the agents who
make for disunion and contention. We wait, I
believe, with one accord to prove our loyalty to God
and the General, and our devotion to the Army, by
an act likely to take the breath out of our foes.
" Then forward, BoldlerH, mkrcliiog on to war,
Step ont boldly, keep the prize in view ;
We shall conqner, for we know we are
True blood-and-flrc soldiers of the King of kings."
Scheme No. i.
THE JUNE CONGRESS,
OR,
The Biggest Series of Meetings Ever
Held in the History of the Army
in Canada.
We propose to do the 0. P. on a small scale. The size
will be somewhat less, the quality quite equal. Every-
thing Is shaping. The plan is complete, and ere this
reaches our readers the preliminary arrangements idll be
carried into effect. Nmety-fonr will be celebrated by
overwhelming gatherings, the like of which have not
been known in Canada. This will be the start. The
General's Oampalgn will be the close of the Jubilee
Gatherings. There is to be nine days of it. From
Wednesday, 13th of June, to Thursday night, June, the
21st. Here is the program :
Wkdhkdat, Jane ISth,
Tbdrsdav, Jnne 14th,
Friday, June ISth,
Satobdav, June 16th,
Sunday, June 17th,
Monday, June 18th,
Tuesday, Jane 10th,
Wednksday, Jnne 20th,
Thursday, June Slst,
Provincial Officers' Oonncila.
Staff Oonncils.
Bti:ff and Field Officers' Oonncils.
Staff and Field Officers' Oonncils.
Huge Camp Heatings, on Well's HilL
I Two Days With Ood.
Bombardment of Hamilton.
Mammoth Musical Festival in the
Massey Music Hall.
They'll Be There.
The Brigadiers will, of coarse, be present. That Is,
the Provincial Secretaries from all parts of the Domi-
nion ; and thehr presence will likely lead to most hnpor-
tant oonferenoea, as to pressing on the War from St.
Johns to Vancouver. Almost the whole Staff of the
Dominion will also be present, including Beoone and
Social officers, holding Staff rank. The field officers of
Ontario will also be there. Of coarse, all will raise their
travelling expenses, and ere this, wUl have started a
scheme for doing so.
Excursions.
Exoarsions will be arranged by road, rail, and water.
Strong contingents are expected from such places as:
London, Qnelph, Ohatham, Windsor, Hamilton, Peter-
boro', Lindsay, Barrie, Kingston, Belleville, and other
towns en route. There will be a mighty gathering of
forces, and we shall suddenly wake op one morning to
find Toronto occupied by the Salvation Army. There Is
also to be an excursion, by the kind permission of the
Commander, from Buffalo. Now, Major Holtz, you have
a chance to show us how the Americans can do it,
" As they go marching through Canada."
Some Features.
The oonncils will be quite of an original order.
" Precept in Practice," will probably prove the key note
to the whole. The books will unfold, and lo, we shall
disoover many things I There will be such a series of
revelations leading up to such a set of resolutions, revo-
lutions, and renovations as has not been before
known this side Jordan t The questions before the house
will be startlers. We shall go at every department of his
Satanic majesty, as if we meant his utter annihilation.
To see ourselves, to see our duty, to see our GK>d. Here
are the objects.
An Army Encamped.
The Sunday's Camp will be a stupendous hit. Each
corps is to have its tent. There are to be tents also for
Our Jltbilee Program.
jGod. To his
perseverance,
'.rmy, owe as
We are not
ind we may
lan-worship "
ve "changed
ct best thing
IS an earthly
trth, and the
|hat God is to
Heaven, the
agents who
We wait, I
jyalty to God
he Army, by
ir foes.
ingg."
Staff of the
KMoae and
Id officers of
ill raise their
ve started a
, and water.
1 places as:
illton, Peter-
i, and other
gathering of
morning to
V. There Is
ision of the
tz, yon have
oit,
jinal order,
he key note
0, we shall
I a series of
tions, revo-
een before
e the house
ment of his
mihilation.
od. Here
hit. Each
ia also for
Headquarters, Staff, and Field Officeie. A kind of
enormous Salvation Shelter under canvas, for women as
for men. Cheap, and well ventilated. We
shall have for two nights a mighty host
under canvas. Everr accommodation on
the ground. First-class refreshment. It
will be one of the biggest camps ever
pitched for forty-eight hours, in the
world. The difficulty at the moment is,
where to find a tent large enough for the
immense gatherings all day Sunday. They
likely be thousands on thousands on the streets to see
the grand parade. Outside, we shall hold a mass
"Indignation" Meeting against the Devil,
in the City Square. Coming home to
Toronto, it will resemble a sail on the sea
of glass in the paradise beyond 1
The Great March.
This is to precede the Musical Festival.
It will In every way be a new and in-
teresting affair. Details to be given later
will be red-hot, soul-savhig, sanctifying
times. Oh, for a whhrlwlnd I Why
not hnndreds[of souls that day 1 Why
not, pray }
The Two Days With God.
It seems too good to be true. But
they're decided upon. Sunday will get
us ready for them. They wiU be held
in the heart of the city. Bed-hot for
salvation, sanctificatlon, restitution.
What a time we shall have I Officers,
get ready. Come with
some burning message. THE VETERANS
The time is at hand
for a smash I
Bombardment of Hamilton.
Brioadier Jacobs.
Brioaoier Holland.
Brioadier Haroetts.
OF THE JUBILEE
on ; but certain, everyone may be at
once, it will be the most interesting
and Insbructive march yet organized
in Canada. In some respects, we shall
do a new thing, unlike anything before
attempted in the world. There^will
be flags, banner8,ibannerettes, mottoes,
trophies, scenes, brigades, battalions,
8<inares, circles, and other manoeuvres.
A large number of Ontario brass
bandj are expected to take part, and
there will be quite a contmgent of
mounted men. The route will be
thoroughly advertised,
SCHEME, and thousands may be
expected on the streets.
We shall probably need two boats to hold us. A great
^reception of the forces la to be arranged. There will
The Harmonic Deluge.
The finale will be iudesorlbable. I believe we shall
otowd the monster ball from floor to ceiling. The display
Oi'R JuBii.KR Program.
on tha oroheatn will be only what the Sklvation Army
can prodnoe — a li^iog, snifting aoene of color and
animation. The deaoribinK of this program oomea later.
Saffioa it here to aay, it will be nniqne. It will be
brilliant, it will be Ood-honoring. It wUl fill ns with
gladneaa, and send us back to the field overflowing with
gratitude. Observe. We know how to sine in the Sal-
vation Army. We know also how to get others to sing.
We can also stand, sit, clap, shout, sunte, whisper, play
mosic of every kind and description, from a two-cent
whistle and Jews' harp, to a lour-manael grand pipe
ormn.
One feature of the gathering, will be the reading of an
addreaa from the General. If you want to see and hear
the nearest approach to heaven this side the New Jeru-
aalem, be there.
Scheme No. 2.
THE NANAIMO BARRACKS.
Some of our Jubilee program is already
an accomplished fact. We must go back
as well as forward. The General's Jubilee
Tear began with the dawn of 1894, and
1894 did not find us napping.
Since New Year's Day we have put in
a good record, and it is only risht and
fitting that all the events of the year
should be kbeUed "JubUee."
Tonder, in the thriving town of
Nanaimo, my comrades are rejoicing in
the possession of a magnificent barracks,
which, with its site, cost over $6,000. It
is a substantiaUy-built brick and stone
building, and will, when completed, be alike
a credit to the Army and the town. On
my visit to the Ooast, I had the pleasure
of conductinga meeting in this first Jubilee
building. Well done, Nanaimo I You are
right in the front of this business.
enterprising religious organization extant to seize the
opportunity and get itself properly installed. I was
deeply impressed by the crying need for some religious
agency which should thrust itself between the crowds of
hard-working men and the temptations to which they are
all but compulsorily exposed. There are hnndrras of
toilers who come to a new city in a fresh world really
desiring to turn o/er a better leaf and start another life.
Instead of an environment that shonld help them, they
find themselves confronted by the awkwara alternative
of resortins for a night's lodging either to a drinking
hell, a gambling den, a low boaraing-houae, or else seekins
the scant comfort a£forded by a doorstep for a pillow. I
believe hundreds, if not thousands, would gladly flee the
temptations that the gin palaces present were there a place
of refuge into which they might run and feel safe. iTow,
our idea is simply this : The Workingman's Oastle is to
be what is called in 'Darkest England' the 'Poor Man's
Metropole,' or a kind of Improved Shelter. It la to
provide clean, comfortable, healthy lodsings, and aab-
stantial board at low rates. The bunks will not be
Scheme No 3.
THE WORKINGMAN'S CASTLE,
VANCOUVER.
But my visit to the North- West impressed me with the
vast opportunity offered for our advance in the future, as
well as with the splendor of our accomplishments in the
past. Vancouver may be said to be a miracle in bricks
uid mortar. Ten years ago there was nothing to mark the
site of the now flourishing city but countless plumes of
forest giants. Inside the htst ten years these giants have
bowed in surrender to the woodman's axe, and the abode
of beasts has been transformed into a veritable hive of
scientific industry. The city sits smiling on the shore of
her land-locked harbor in all the glory and buoyancy of
youth. Favored as she has been, and marvellous as is
her growth, it is a small matter compared with the
magnificent future that lies ahead of her. The terminus
of the greatest railway of the world, with great liners
ploughing the surface of her waters, and all but boundless
resources at her disposal, she cannot help but rise and take
her place, at no distant date, among the chief cities of the
globe. Now, therefore, is the accepted time for the most
The
•kmq Ment
Castlt.
V/ftatouver
arranged as in the cheap Shelters, but each inmate will
have a recess to himself, with trunks for hia clothes, and
lock-ups for his valuables. He will thus be Inatalleid in
his own small oastle, and have a spot In the world he can
call his own. Under the same roof he will be given the
advantages of a well-fitted bath-room and lavatory. He
will also enjoy the luxury of an aii^ reading-room, with
an ample supply of good literature. Any time he so
Oi'R JiTBFLEE Program.
to Mize the
lied. I was
ome religioui
the crowds of
'hioh they ure
handn>da of
world really
another life,
p them, they
"d alternative
o a drinking
r else seeking
a pillow. I
UuUy flee the
there a place
safe. Now,
Oastle is to
'Poor Man's
r. It Is to
gs, and sub-
will not be
iin^ Men4
t.
jver
inmate will
lothes, and
ostalled in
orld he can
e given the
ktory. He
mom, with
rime he so
chooses he may turn
into the hall, where,
nightly, red-hot sal-
vation meetings are
conducted, and in-
stead of spending
his evenings in the
company ofthe beer-
shop, he will find
himself surrounded
with people plead-
ing with Uod for his
salvation, and set-
ting before bis eyes
the attraction of a
holy life.
Such is to be the
" Workingman's
Oastle" at Van-
couver.
A suitable block
of buildings have
been offered us. If
they come at our
figure, they seem the
very thing. They
afford the additional advantage of providing the city corps
with a barracks of our own. We are prepared for action.
Beyond doubt the scheme must be a great success. The
one question is this, " Will the Vancouver comrades
raise from the citizens the two or three thousand dollars
for the fitting out of the place T' They have already in-
timated to me they will, and so there is evei^ chance of
our havi^ the Vancouver " Worklngman's Oastle " open
by the General's visit. Let us hope so.
BXAFK-OArTAlN BENNETT,
New Social Secretary.
Scheme No. 4.
A FOOD AND SHELTER DEPOT,
AND
Workingman's Castle for Winnipeg.
But Vancouver is
not the only city of
the West where such
an institution as the
above described is
needed. In no city
in the world, for the
size, is there more of
life "under another
man's roof " than in
the metropolis of the
North-West. AUs,
for the stapendous
weapon for evil this
disadvantage hasbeen
made by the devil and
his agents I
How many a youth,
buoyant with happ
prospects of a new
life on the fertile
plains of "the land
of the free" has found
himself landed in a nest of vUliany for a home, and
surrounded by boodlers and bettors for advisers. In
the ancient days there were cities of refuge into which
even the guilty might run and be free. Is there not need
for such a place of safety to unfold its kindly portals in this
city of the prairies, into which the tempted or the stnw-
fling may find a lift upwards or a word of loving counaell
t Is surely anything but
rational for us, watchmen of
the city, to be preaching the
narrow way which leads to the
life to come, while we ignore
the fact that about the only
way of a poor stranger to
the life that now is, lies over
the threshold of the gin
palace. We must learn that
good beds, square meals,
cleanly influences and bright
atmosphere may be means
to the soul's edification as
well as those other mere
things we call words and songs
and barracks. Such means
for the preaching of Ohrist's
Qospel we propose to estab-
lish in Winnipeg. Theinsti- , ^. ^!i""^ ^^"1" .
tution there fiitinded wUl be L*"'''-* *•>• ^"""P** <^'"'»^"-
somewhat complex in character. In addition to the
facilities spoken in the description of the Vancouver
Oastle, there will be accommodation for the very poor,
and also some conveniences for emigrants passing through
the city who may choose to resort to the place. About
f2,000 will be required to fit up this institution, and
Winnipeg will do her best to subscribe it.
PRISON GATE HOME, WOOD YARD, AND
TIMBER LIMIT.
One more feature of the Winnipeg Institution remains
to be described. Under the same roof, but with separate
apartments, will be opened a small Shelter for ex-pri-
soners.
It is too soon to say exactly to what extent this work
will reach. That will largely depend upon the support,
by way of public
grant, the cit^ feels
disposed to give ; It
is at first intended to
provide for the lodg-
ment of a small num-
ber of ex-prisoners
who give promise of
reform with the well-
known purposesof all
our institutions, viz.,
to reach and save
their souls.
We shall be espe-
cially assisted in this
effort by the splendid
gift of Lieutenant-
Governor Schultze,
who has donated 160
acres of richly-tim-
bered land to us,
within thirty miles of
the city, ^is land
Wimnpio
OiR Jrnii.EE Program.
! i
will supply as with all the timber we require for our Wood
Yard, and in addition find any amount of work for our ex-
priaonen. The profita from the sale of the wood will go
towarda the support of the F ^me. As we clear the land
we ahall ooltivate it. Thus w^ shall find employment for
any poor man honestly endeavoring to regain a foothold on
the ladder of life while pounding at him with the Gospel
Oun, for, {[lory to Jesus, He cm save even criminals,
and, according to Bible records. He can save even their
{'ailors who are, sometimes, judging by circumstances, the
ligger sinners of the two. I hereby give due notice
that "The Salvation Army in relation to the
State and city prisons of the North- West " will
be brought forward as a subject for the notice
and consideration of the Qovemment of those
Provinces at the proper time.
Meanwhile, go it, Winnipeg, you have a good
■hare of the Jubilee.
Scheme No. 6.
A SALVATION CITADEL
For Victoria.
Leaving the Sodal side of things for a while,
and coming to the Field, we return to the Coast
for our next sen-
sation. Victoria
is the Capital
City of British
Columbia. For
about seven
years the Salva-
tion Army has
fought for Gk>d
in that city in
buildings that
have been any-
thing but suita-
ble or expedi-
tious. Notwith-
standing this
fact, there has
grown up in that
placeacorpathat
might do credit
to the chief cen-
tresof the world.
Size for size, and
weight for
wdght,and man
for man, the Vic- \i&uu; ., , ■.,.^jK'-yi,_,m ^!t,
torla corps will
hold itsown with
any going.
Victoria, speaking in the parlance of war, is what
you might call a *< crack regiment." Always
ready for action, ever anxious to express her sympathy
with any enterprise outside her own borders, proud of
a privilege of ass i sti ng with men and money the hardest
pressed part of the battlefield : yon have in the history
and present standing of the Victoria corps one more
embc«Ument of the tmth that it Is better to give than to
get, and "There is that scattereth and yet mcreaseth."
When, daring my last visit, I stood addressing those
brave, loyal soldiers and friends, I felt -the hour had come
for their Commissioner to lead them forth to a " land or
place of their own," favored with the peculiar advantages
of Salvation Army architecture and design, in a good
place, where henceforth they might sing, prav, get
souls saved, and continue to take up their splendid ool-
lectioiis "under their own vine and fig tree." I called
the soldiers together and told them I was prepared for
action if they were. And so the first step was decided
upon, viz. : to secure a site in the centre of the city where
we shall always be sure of making ourselves heard and
seen. I spent a
good many nours
in tramping the
place, saw all
there was to see,
and finally se-
leetedalotwhlch
will suit us ad-
mirably. The
price is 96,000.
The corpa is to
buy the laad,
and then I am
to commence
building opera-
tions, niewhole
Scheme will
likely cost 912,-
000. The land
will bededioated
in connection
with the Gen-
eral's visit. Let
not Victoria sup-
pose that on the
Social side of
things she is
Adjutant Archibald, sUirhted Thkt
British OolumbUs new D. O. :_ t-.^* „ cHl
18 to come, but
her hands are full with the Citadel for the
present. One step at a time.
'liiTHl:»''
^Sfc-ft-
Mrs. Adjutant Archibald.
Scheme No. 6.
MAGNIFICENT SITE FOR A
SALVATION FORT AT
VANCOUVER.
One step at a time, but sometimes yon can
take two steps in one, and kill two birds with
one stone. Such, we think, happens to be the
case in connection with our new Social enterprise
at Vancouver. Our position In that city is
somewhat peculiar. Tears ago two plots were
secured in what then promised to be a good locality for
oar work. The tide, however, has proved adverse to that
filace, and left our lots in a portion of Uie city unsuitable.
t has, nevertheless, done us the kindness of doubling
their value. Ultimately we shall dispose of them at a
great profit, but this is not, by common consent, the
moment to sell. For that very reason, however, it is the
exaot time to buy. What we want to do, therefore. In
Vancouver, is concisely this : First, we want to hold our
lots ; second, we want to bay oar permanent site in the
Oi'R Jubilee Program.
oantrc of t>h« oi^, and (ih*n w* wanii to pnrehaM »
aplendid property for our Working Men's CMtle. It
should be obaerved, in pMieing, tut the oorpe ii now
payingftheavyrentto an outside landlord. The Castle turns
out to be the key to the position. By a careful arruige-
ment of the premises «re can fit up a barracks in additfon
to our Social spaces, far better than the barracks noir
being used, and we can (on the understanding that the
corps undertakes to
raise the money for
the fitting oat of the
Shelter) manage to
carry the property
without charging the
corps anything for
rent. That is, they
will pay their rent
into a sinking fund,
which will enable
them to carry at once
a masnlficent site for
which we purpose to
offer 97,000. Later
on, the corps can
realize on their plots,
and raise the balance,
patting up a magnifi-
cent building on the
main street of the
city. If Vancouver
comes up to scratch,
as I expect, and aa
they promised me, on
the Shelter, in all
probability the site will be secured before the General
reaches the city, and he will be able to dedicate it.
Vanooaver to the front again !
borders. The devotion, too, of its officers, who sit up far
into the night, praying over poor drunks and wretched
Magdalenes, will make many a new friend for the Army
and the poor. Qod bless them, and send us more such.
Our wide-awake, up-to-date Tbade
Secbetary.
Soheme No. 7.
A NEW WOMAN'S SHELTER, TORONTO.
Hitherto we have been occupied at the Coast and with
the West. Thither we shall return again before this
program is completed. For a change, however, let us
take a look at Toronto. Judging by the enthusiasm
already displayed, and by the reports of their Brigadier,
the pnlse of the Torontonians is steady and sure on this
subject. There are one or two thines in Toronto, however,
already accomplished, which by rijUt belong to this year.
And first of these is that blessed Woman's Shelter. This
was started, I confess, with some degree of fear and
trembling, and laonohed chiefly on the wave of Mrs.
Booth's faith, but ahready it u an undoubted success.
Two lady reporters and one newspaper man have desig-
nated it the neatest lltUe home they have seen, and
certainly it Is the harbor for perhaps the forlomeat
creatures of the great city. It has received ready support,
and its small complement of seventeen beds has alraady
afforded a night's shelter to the tune of 896 lodgings, aU
in three menths, to the most destitute women. It is, I
venture to say, the first place Christ would visit if He came
toToronto, and wanted to find the most lost, and the utmost
subjects for His pity. Yes, the Women's Shelter belonos
to the year of Jubilee, and now it has asserted itself, it
will grow. It must be developed immediately. We must
have an industry attached to it, and it moat enlarge its
8oheme No. 8.
THE NEW TRADE HEADQUARTERS.
Among the Jubilee achievements already accomplished
should be noted the extensive alterations which have been
carried out in connection with the old printing works.
The condition of our War Cry works, bnoth internal and
external, were anything but a credit to the Amy or a
convenience to the work accomplished. A re-arrangement
has been carried into effect which has practically put a
new front to the building, and turned it from a tumble-
down affair into a creditable edifice. The alterations have
comprised a new boiler, steam fittings, heating apparatus,
and a new set of offices, where the Tnde Secretary can
disport himself with considerably more elbow room, and
where, in a purer atmosphere and a better environment,
we may expect even a richer harvest from his fertile
brain. A scheme of this sort may perhaps not be regarded
with that interest which attaches to some others m this
program, but those of us who know how greatly the
Army's credit in a city like Toronto depends upon the
good appearance of her bricks and mortar, and those of us
who know also with what sweat of heart and mind the
91,200 necessary to the scheme have been gathered, are
not disposed to shunt this scheme up a back street.
Scheme No. 0.
A NEW CENTRAL HALL,
Toronto.
No portion of the Jubilee
proposals will be haUed as a i
greater boon than will tlie |
bnUdlng of a suitable hall,
in a central position, fori
Salvation Army meetings in
the City of Toronto. The
best evidence of this is the
enthusiastic manner in which
the city soldiers received the
announcement, and pledged
themselves to raise the
necessary money to carry
through the business. It is
to be hoped that in the future
we shau have a hall in the |
dty where a holiness conven-
tion, a night of prayer, or an I
officers' council can be con-
ducted without haidng to Oaftain adahs.
submit to an atmosphere This \b the long-headed brother who
enough to poison one's very keeps the Trade Booka.
brain, or else to freese one's
very blood. It is astonishing how much suitably con-
structed buildings have to do with the exerdse of nerve
and ability, and the carrying Into effect of soul-saving
work. The choicest flower mil perish in a tub, and tiie
best oil bum out in a vacuum. Speaking in some
barracks is like trying to get up a feeling in a vault of
8
Our Jrnn.ER Proi.ram.
f
the Rookiea. Great, big empty Bpaoes, with dark holes
and corners, and ponderous beams, on every one of whicn
a devil seems to sit, straddle-legged, making faces, while
you labor with nerve and sweat to bring some sort of
unction down upon the crowd. Scheme No. 10 of the
Jubilee program is destined to have a wider influence
upon the whole Army than appears upon the surface. A
good, neat, compact, easily-heated, well-lighted hall, such
as is now being constructed in the basement of the Temple,
will wonderfully facilitate the process of "getting up
steam," a process far more difKcult in some of the
ponderous barracks, which, for want of more suitable
places, have hitherto oerved the purpobe of our spiritual
boilers. God bless and prosper the Jubilee Hall I
THE PRINTING HOUSE.
Scheme No. 10.
A SOCIAL FARM, TORONTO.
A Splendid Undertaking With a Great Future.
There is a passage of Scripture which runs, " The
cattle upon a thousand hills are Mine." How far that
saying has come to pass on the hills round about Toronto
I can hardly tell, but it will at least be true as regards the
few hills that run across the beautiful farm just secured
for the Salvation Army at Little York. The Salvation
Army has taken the place on lease, and the world and
the devil may be tolerably certain that, while that lease
en? Tes, the Lord will get the benefit of all the cattle
that fnraze within our fences, together with every blade
that grows, and every rooster tlut crows. The purpose
of the new enterprise is simple. 1. To find honest
employment for any willing to labor. 2. To find a healthy
and lovely spot for weary officers to rest. .3. To supply onr
wants in the city. 4. To make a profit that will help ns
support our Social Institutions, and thus render them
nearer self-sustaining ; all of which we hope to do.
From Nothing to Prosperity.
As usual we begin at the bottom, only this time, thank
God, there happens to be some good soil there. We
start out with a little capital in the shape of a few dol-
lars we have borrowed, and a few cattle we have scraped
together.
Please note In passing, we don't propose to fall into
the snare of the modem settler, who must needs supply
himself with every imaginable piece of farm machinery
offered him by the enterprising firms, who ran him into
debt, and then sell him up at a profit of about 100%. We
purpose to steer clear of the sharks and all their extrava-
gantly priced implements till we fijad money to pay for
them. Farming on the style of our forefathem is good
I
led, well-lighted hall, such
le basement of the Temple,
process of "getting up
liflioult in some of the
[r want of more suitable
parpofae of our spiritual
the JnbUee Hall I
•J. >^
■ if
orest. 3. To supply our
\ profit that will help oa
and thus render them
oh we hope to do.
Prosperity.
n, only this time, thank
I good soil there. We
;he shape of a few doL
r cattle we have scraped
't propose to fall into
«rho must needs supply
ace of farm maohbiary
ms, who ran him Into
ofit of about 100%. We
ks and all their extrava-
nd money to pay for
ur forefathers is good
■M.
Our Jubilee Program.
enough for us as a
start ofif. We pro-
pose to improve as
we go on, not as we
gooff!
But we have that
most valuable of all
things, a moderate
degree of common
sense, which will
keep us onsafe com-
mercial principles,
and we possess an
inexhaustible sup-
Ely of self-sacrifice,
lurd work, and de-
votion. In this case,
too, there is Qod's
heaven and sun-
shine above us, and
Qod'slaws aboutus,
and we have the
happy assurance
that our farm is His,
and He is likely to
look after His own
crops and cattle. We start, therefore, with nothing, but I
know how we shall finish. In three years' time, if Ood
wills, there won't be a farm for its size, the prosperity of
which can be compared with ours.
A Miniature Canaan.
The spot is most inviting. The area, one hundred acres.
It comprises a rich plateau of fertile soil, a small range
of mountains, a rolling river, which winds with majestic
sweep through a beautiful valley; there is also a dense
forest in some parts, approaching the original state of
Erimitive Canada. There are waterfalls and sweeping
ills — all this, of course, on a very small scale, but never-
theless all there, and only needing the force of imagination
to complete the picture. Indeed, and speaking quite
seriously, I don't suppose there could be found a piece of
this earth of similar size into which has been crowded
greater number of geographical features than are to be
found in our little land of Canaan. There is a mountain
that will do for the " Olives," and a river that will do for
the "Jordan," and a forest that will do for "Lebanon,"
and a plain that will do for the " Wilderness." It is the
very spot for a sort of Ober ammergau in Toronto.
Rest, Reformation and Recreation.
From a Salvation Army standpoint, too, there are
many obvious advantages. There are two hooses on the
land, besides numerous buildings affording all that could
be desired for all kinds of mixed farming. One of these
houses will be the new "Home of Best." There every con-
venience will be provided for the comfort of weary officers.
It will be a home in every sense, as will be vouched for by
the presence of our much-loved Mother Langtry.
TheotherHomewlllserveaBtheresidenceof the manager,
Capt. Dodd, who, under Adjt. McMillan, has been appointed
to this important place. A lovelier spot to rest, no officer
could desire, while an officer not needing rest, but simply
awaiting orders, will have the satisfaction of knowing he
can lend a hand, and thus prevent his becoming a burden
on the funds. The farm, too, may, in the course of
events, become useful as a place where a slight penalty
Captain and Mns. Dodd,
Appointed to Snperinteud the F*rm.
coald be inflicted
on naughty officers.
They might be sen-
tenced to " three
days' hard labor,
hoeing potatoes " 1
(Note.— ITiM ia a
joke.)
Doubtless, too,
officers wearied with
city life, or soldiers
desiring the luxury
of a few days' camp
oat, will avail them-
selves of the Farm.
Provision will be
made for this. Small
houses, with con-
veniences, will be
placed here and
there on the land
in the most pictur-
esque spots, and
these can be rented
at low cost, while
all the wants of the
temporary settlers can be supplied on the spot.
An Amphitheatre.
Again, there happens to be one particular hillside which
forms an immense amphl-theatre.
It is proposed to fit this with seats, and erect a plat-
form at the foot of the semi-circle. Here there will be
accommodation for at least two thousand people for open-
air demonstrations, excursions, or camp meetings, all of
which will be held on the ground from time to time. Im-
agine an evening gathering under the canopy of heaven,
and sheltered by the lovely back-ground of pine and fir
trees ! I have a strong desire to see a Solemn Assembly
by lime-light under such conditions.
Outing for the Poor Man and his Child.
Another use to which we shall put our Land of Canaan,
will benefit the very poor who crowd our
Shelters. The children, too, who live in the slams of
Toronto, will get their share of the privileges. Once a
year we shall endeavor to arrange for a day's outing,
when such will be conveyed to the Farm free of cost ;
free meals will be given, and every effort made to fill up
the day with blessings, both spiritual and temporal.
In the case of the children this will be a certain suc-
cess and a future blessing. We hope to have one day
in the year when thousands of little ones will gather
under the trees and about the ravines of our Salvation
estate. The soul-saving influences spread around them
on such occasions will last long in their memories. Mrs.
Booth has already half a dozen ideas for such a day.
Features.
There is splendid pasture land for the rearing of sheep
and cattle. Into the thicket and root land we shall turn
our hogs. The uncultivatable land we shall utilize for
our chicken farm, which is, after all, going to be an ac-
complished fact — incubator and all. The river will water
the stock, float the ducks, and grow water cresses.
There is a splendid orchard, and doubtless our Social
apples will fetch a high price. Sympathy ought to pab
■\
lO
Our Jubilee Program.
an extra cent on every apple we sell. In short, there
are very few things we shall not attempt on that farm.
How to Stock It.
Here is a little plan which should, by rights, ahnost be
a Jubilee scheme of itselt. One of the beauties of our
Salvation Army is, how one part of it dovetails into
another. Here is our farm, and there is our Harvest
Festival scheme. One supplies the missing link to the
other. Last year we were crippled in asking for live
stock supplies, and friends and soldiers were backward in
sending such, because we had no fit use to make of them.
One hardly likes to send one's pet rooster to be cooked
straight oflfl The farm now solves that diflSculty. Who
that Is able to do so, will hesitate now to send os a steer ?
Who will not make an effort to part with a couple of
porkers, or a case of chiokena, ducks, geese, turkeys, a
sheep, a cow, or a horse, when in imagination they see them
turned out to grace the hills and dales of the consecrated
farm 7 Why, we shall make a desperate effort to get such
a collection of live stock in the fall, as will mt ke us a
flourishing triumph by next year. For there is one thing
more profitable than rearing your own cattle, and that is,
to have them dumped down in the yard, by parcel post,
carriage paid already reared. It is quite evident we're on
the right lines. Ood speed the Jubilee Farm.
Scheme No. 1 1 .
A FOOD ^m SHELTER FOR
HALIFAX.
The "Salvation Harbor"
will rank among the events
of the JubUee Tear. Nor will
it be a small event, either.
Indeed, no undertaking of any
dimension could be otherwise
than important in the city,
which, perhaps, at the moment,
beyond many others promises a
great and prosperous future.
Halifax is to the East what
Vancouver is to the West. The
one is the gate of the Atlantic ;
the other, the outlet to the
Pacific. Between them, and
represented by a belt of iron, is
perhaps as quick and energetic
an enterprise as could
be found on the globe.
All that wits, wealth,
and influence can do
to revolve upon that —
immense steel girdle,
the commerce of two
or three empires, will
be done, and the doing
of it must essentially Dring prosperity to the two cities,
having the lack to compose the beginning and the
end of the chain. More than this, anyone must see a d^-
asty of good fellowship, and profitable intimacy is springmg
up between the Dominion and her sister colonies under
the British flag in the South Atlantic. Oanada and
Australasia will link hands more and more, and pledge
together for their mutual benefit. As I stood, one eanv
morning, watching the magnificent ocean liner " Arawa,
swing from her moorings, and forge across the deep, blue
waters of the Vancouver Harbor, I felt her to be a
floatins promise of much future prosperity. But it is on the
AtlanUc that the first great move has to be taken. Geo-
graphically, Canada, and not the United States, is the
key to the New World. It is only a question of steam
power and twbi propellors. Qiven the same facilities be-
tween Halifax and Liverpool, that now exist between
Liverpool and New York, and it will be on the soil of
Nova Scotia, rather than in the ports of New England,
that the North Atlantic voyager will plant his foot on
terra firma. The fates that preside over the universal
dyspepsia of the human race, are on the side of Oanada.
Twenty-four hours' less of the horror of sea sickness will
enlist many a thousand passengers by our ronte. If,
therefore, the project now on foot to esteblish an Anglo-
Australian fast line of steamships should succeed, what a
future there lies ahead of our magnificent harbor of the
East.
For this reason alone, it behoves us to look out and be
ready for the incoming tide ; but there are other reasons.
Halifax is a great shipping centre already. Her wharves
are crowded with craft from all parts of the world. Tens
of thousands of emigrants land on her piers, and the
gallants of the North Atlantic squadron, of the British
Navy, patronise her institutions (alas, for the character
of many of the places visited I) at frequent intervals dur-
ing "leave time."
To all of which our splendid new Food and Shelter will
throw open its hospitable gates, and for each of which
special class, provision is being made. Our premises are
splendidly central, and have the additional advantage of
being close to the docks. They are fitted in the most ap-
proved style. The entire cost of the outfit will probably
over reach 92,600, and Halifax and the East will sub-
scribe it. It will be in full swing within a month.
Scheme No. 12.
A RESCUE HOME FOR HALIFAX.
No one can surely accuse the Canadian Obt of guiltiness
in the matter of "blow." In fact, it is a weakness of our
reporting staff throughout the Dominion, to which I
commend the special attention of Maior Complin, that
events of great moment are sometimes passed by with
a very insignificant notice. Fortunately, this JubUee
program will bring to the front a scheme which is aU
the better because already an accomplished fact, but
which, strange to say, although it has been dedicated,
opened, and is in fuU working order, has not yet got so
much as its picture in the Cby. All that Is said about
Halifax in its relationship to the Food and Shelter is
equally true as rmards the Rescue Home. Here in this
JubUee Tear of 1894 has been estabUshed a Home of
uiyone must see » dyn-
We intimaoy is springuw
BT sister ooloniea ander
Atlantic. Ouiad* and
»nd more, and pledge
As I stood, one early
fc ocean liner "Amwa,*'
[6 across the deep, bine
r, I felt her to be a
sperity. Bat it is on the
haa to be taken. Geo-
United States, is the
oly a question of steam
» the same facilities be-
"! now exist between
111 be on the soil of
rts of New England,
Jl plant his foot on
de over the universal
'n the side of Oanada.
ror of sea sickness wlli
« by our route. If,
to estobllsh an Anglo*
Aould succeed, what a
uficent harbor of the
us to look out and be
jere are other reasons.
Iready. Her wharves
» of the world. Tens
n her piers, and the
*dron, of the British
las, for the character
requent intervals dor-
Food and Shelter will
id for each of which
®:.,.0"P»n»iBe8 are
Iditlonal advantage of
fitted in the most ap-
e outfit wUl probab&
the East will sub-
Ithin a month.
12.
^ HALIFAX.
ianOBYofgniltlneBs
Is a weakness of our
ilnion, to which I
»lor Oomplln, that
les passed by with
ately, this Jubilee
sheme which is all
mplished fact, but
iM been dedicated,
has not yet got so
that Is said about
Md and Shelter is
»>•• Here in this
tllshed a Home of
Our Jubilee Program.
II
peace, refuge, and reformation for the fallen sisters of
the city, and in no city of the country is there greater
need. Halifax is the one remabiing garrison town where
British sailors and soldiers are found duportlng themselves
in full regalia. To say that Is to say much, alas I that
stands for misery and heart-break among the weaker of
the race. Women are supposed to stand secure behind
the gallantry of their steel-clad brothers. In reality they
are more frequently smashed to powder under their neels I
Halifax is the Plymouth of Oanada, but now, thank Ood,
there is in the midst of her a fortress of hope and succor.
Ensign Hartrey and her sisters of mercy are on the alert,
and theory of the penitent daughter has already gone to
Heaven from the precincts of this Jubilee Home. The
house is most suitable and commodious. The cost of fitting
out the place has Leen about $500, and the cash is already
almost all subscribed. This is a scheme for which we
shall look to the City OounoU for assistance. Well done,
Halifax I Tour new barracks came very near being a
Jubilee event as well, and when we remember yon have
just raised $2,000 for its erection, we can the better
appreciate your part of the campaign.
Scheme No. 14.
Scheme No. 13.
A RESCUE HOME for ST. JOHNS,
Newfoundland.
What has been said about the poorly noted progress in
Halifax is even more true as reguds a similar institution
that has sprung up in St. Johns, Newfoundland. This is
so much so that few officers even, outside the Island, are
aware we have really established a neat little Rescue
Home in the Capital of the oldest EnBlish colony. It is
none the less true, and seeing its kindly portals were
thrown open to the unfortunate quite inside the Jubilee
Year, there is no reason why this enterprise should be
left out in the cold. The Newfoundland Rescue Home
promises to grow into a blessing which will reach to the
utmost limit of the Island. Many a pious fisherman's cot
will be made glad by news of an erring daughter's return
to the paths of virtue. When I was in St. Johns, I was
told the needs for such a work were as great in the city
and la the larger centres of population as in other parts
of the Dominion. Huge difficulties it was stated were In
the way of reaching the class desirable to benefit. The
Sublio conscience of the colony is not quite sufficiently
emoralized to permit so open a market for the virtue of
her women as is sanctioned by the " more enlightened "
and " more refined " communities. None the less, the
sin was there, and the misery following it into the bargain,
and I instructed Mrs. Major Read to make ample en-
Siiries. If she could satisfy Mrs. Booth, I said that if
ere was any real opportunity on the one hand, and any
chance of support on the other, we would go on. It is
largely due to the indomitable energy of Mrs. Read that
the Rescue Home at St. Johns is an accomplished fact.
Money has been generously subscribed, friends enrolled,
and with what help Mrs. Major Morris, who is a practical
hand at Rescue work, can lend, Mrs. Booth hopes to see
the Newfoundland Rescue Home as successful an under-
taking as any on the Jubilee program.
A FOOD AND SHELTER AND
SAILORS' HOME FOR ST.
JOHNS, Newfoundland.
Before leaving my pet colony it may be as well to
explain another project which we intend, if possible, shall
see success In tnat portion of the field for which I am
known to have a warm feeling. This is a part of the
program in which the Commandant will be especially
interested, and which he submits for the very careful and
energetic consideration of Major Morris and his comrades
in the Sea-girt Isle.
St. Johns is a city almost peculiar to itself. The com-
merce of the whole colony is such as to render this so.
Up to the present the rich and well-known resources of
the land lie, are all but untouched, whUethe citizens of the
nation, for the most part, find their home, their
Industry, and their living by the sea. There is but one
market for their fish, and too often, alas 1 the price given
in exchange for it is in flour, pork, and beans, etc., rather
than in coin. Every time the men return from their
northern fiishing and sealing expeditions, they swarm into
the citv, and while in the piooess of making their deal
live as best they can, sometimes on their craft, but more
often in the usual lodsing-house, which, in Newfoundland
as elsewhere, is the abode of beer and betting. In addi-
tion to all this, St. Johns is very much a city of strangers.
Hundreds of young men gather from the out-harbors to
spend the winter,
either in seeking a job
or looking for a happy
means by which to
while away the time till
the ice-bound north
gives out. Now, who
can estimate the boon
such an institution as
a properly-managed
Salvation Army Food
and Shelter and Work-
ingman's Oastle would
prove '^o such a city?
What vv-e propose is r
what I have described
for Vancouver on a
small scale. Everyone
who knows the city and
the colony dedares it is
the very thing needed,
and htdl it wi<£ delight,
as giving us the very
opportumty we need to
reach the souls of a large number whom we now never
touch. For, remember, all these institutions are to be fall
of red-hot enterprise for Gh>d and souls, and closely linked
up with the local corps. Our Jubilee Scheme, No. 14,
therefore provides a comfortable, clean. Christian, Salva-
tion home for any sailor spending a few days in the
Capital, a cheap doss for any poor, hard-pressed man in
the city, and cheap meals for the poor, especially in the
winter. It also implies other benefits that do not for
the moment appear on the surface. Now, Blajor Morris,
Enbiqn Blackbcbk,
Salvation Harbor Haster, Halifkz.
:i ':!
I'
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Our Jubilee Program.
yon are the man of men to put such a scheme through.
The magnificent success of your " Joe Beef ' enterprise
bids me look with certainty towards the accomplishment
of this idea.
Scheme No* 16.
A MAGNIFICENT NEW CITADEL, FOOD AND SHELTER,
PqiSON CATE HOME AND WOOD-YARD.
FOR LONDON, OflTARIO.
Now for London's turn. She has waited long and
Satiently, but she is to be amply rewaided. Sb-> has
one her share unselfishly towards the help and blessing
of other parts. The Corps has fought for God under
difficulties for many years. What appeared at the time
to be a misfortune burnt it out of its barracks, but it
would seem that misfortune is to be over-ruled by
a greater benefit. An extensive property, all but in
the heart of the city, has been offered us at an
absurdly low figure, chiefly through the influence of
Influential friends, and partly on account of circum-
stances which render it most desirable for the present
possessors to sell. There are buildings on the land, con-
sisting of two stores with commodious rooms above,
offices, a large hall capable of seating twelve hundred
Ole, a small hall for week nights, lavatories, and every
ty for a regular fortress of Salvation.
But in addition to this extensive pile of buildings
there is the greater value of the site which has a
frontage of mnety feet, and is within a stone's
throw of the busiest portion of the city. Part of the
land is vacant. Tie price of the property is $10,000,
and the value of land alone la estimated by those who
Wbibi Our Social Ofbrationb Btabt in London.
understand the business in the city to be worth at least
$7,000. The uses to which we propose to put this pro-
perty are t;s follow : —
We shall layout the best part of $3,000 upon renovations,
the bulk of the money being spent on adapting the large
and week-night halls for our purpose. London will have
a model barracks. One of the stores is at present let,
and will remain so. The rooms above this store will be
fittf«d out for comfortable and commodious officers' quar-
ters, and the money now being paid to an outside land-
lord on this score will be returned into the till of the
Army.
In the centre there will be splendid accommodation for
provincial headquarters, where the officers on the bridge
in London will be within easy access of all the business
houses of the city. The other store, with commodious
rooms above, is admirably suited by virtue of its separate
entrance for the scheme which Is next to be explained.
The best feature, perhaps, about this enormous under-
taking is the striking fact that although the Corps will
hold these two magnificent buildings, the property of
the Army^ in the centre of the city, they will pay no
more in the way of rent than they are at present
for their inconvenient quarters. On the other
hand, the Corps is pledged to raise as their part of
the scheme $3,600. This is not such a huge undertaking
as it appears. It will be remembered that after the fire
and the disposal of the London land, there was a balance
to be credited to the Corps of about $1,400.
In view of the brave efforts the Corps have made, and
the loyalty they have manifested to the flag, the Com-
mandant has decided, at a council of the local
officers, to make this up to $2,000. The
remaining $1,500 will be subscribed gladly, I believe, by
the Corps and citizens of London who have a very warm
heart and a ver^ deep respect for the Army. So we shall
have the pleasure of taking the Qeneral round our own
premises in London, and we have the additional gratifica-
tion of being the possessors of a property which in years
to come will double if not treble its value.
FOOD AND SHELTER.
Now, here I confess we are somewhat on uncertain
ground. The population of London is 40,OOC. In point
of numbers that would compare well with Vancouver,
Halifax and Winnipeg, where we have no doubts as to
the success of our enterprise. But then, as we have
seen, these are cities with special features. Several
wealthy citizens of London, however, who are also good
friends of the Army, and who feel a generous deairo to
benefit the worst and poorest of their city, have ap-
proached me, and asked that the Army should oome for-
ward and do something on behalf of the homeless of the
city, as also the ex-prisoners of that portion of the Pro-
vince. Our old and tried friend, Mr. Thomas
MoCormack, who has been the leading spirit
in the movement, asked us to consider what we
could do. I made some careful enqalriea, visited the
city on several occasions, made a round of the lodging
houses, and was most astounded to find how many poor
men there were, even in the well-governed, wealthy City
of the Forest, without a place to lay their heads. I was
informed by several lodging-house keepers that they were
actually compelled to turn from theur doors nambers of
able-bodied men, who had not the neoeasary funds to
reach the standard absolutely essential for the support
and profit of their bualnesa.
Our Juhilee Program.
13
be worth at least
ose to put this pro-
uponrenoTatlona,
adapting the large
London will have
is at present let,
this store will be
dious officers' quar-
to an outside land-
ito the till of the
accommodation for
tioers on the bridge
of all the business
>« with commodious
tue of its separate
to be explained.
enormous under-
igh the Corps will
8, the property of
they will pay no
ey are at present
On the other
9 as their part of
ft huge undertaking
that after the fire
)here was a balance
1,400.
)s have made, and
the flag, theOom-
loil of the local
• $2,000. The
ladly, I believe, by
> have a very warm
Irmy. So we shall
»1 round our own
kdditional gratifica-
9rty which in years
lue.
TER.
what on uncertain
4O,0OC. In point
with Vancouver,
no doubts as to
then, as we have
eatures. Several
vho are also good
enerous desira to
ir city, have ap-
f should come for*
e homeless of the
rtion of the Pro-
1, Mr. Thomas
leading spirit
naider what we
nlrles, visited the
d of the lodging
d how many poor
aed, wealthy City
ir heads. I was
>rs that they were
doors numbers of
oeasary funds to
for the support
I wrote Mr. McOormack saying that I thought there
was every prospect oi' success for a small Shelter, provid-
ing he could find the means to fit it out, and if some
friends would come forward and guarantee our first year's
expenses. The reply was prompt and to the point.
"We will gladly subscribe the $500," said Mr. Mc-
Oormack, "towiuds the outfit of the place." The pro-
mise was accepted. Here is a use for our other store and
the premises above. The store will be converted into a
cheap Food Depot, and part of the rooms above will be
fitted out for the accommodation of about thirty poor
men. So London will have its Food and Shelter.
But there are great issues hanging on the success of
this institution. The friends who have subscribed the
money are fuUy aware that it is an experiment we are
trying. Should, however, this class of Home succeed, in
this kind of a city, there are tremendous possibilities
ahead of us. If we can establish a self-supporting Shelter
In London, then why not in Hamilton, Kingston, Peter-
boro, St. John, N.B., and any other similar centre. This
is a Jubilee Scheme which may be the parent of many
others.
PRISON GATE HOME AND WOOD
YARD.
The other part of the premises spoken of, we shall
otilize in the manner already explamed in connection
with the Winnipeg scheme. We shall put ourselves into
^ -. touch with the vari-
ous jails of the Prov-
ince, in order that
any of their inmates
desiring to better
their ways may have
a chance of a com-
fortable lodgingand
a useful industry.
Here comes in the
use which, for the
present, we shall
make of our vacant
plot. A Wood
Yard in the centre
of the city Is sure to
be well patronized.
Here any "out-of-
works," hard up for
a night's lodging,
mi^, as in the case
of Toronto, find em-
ployment to earn, in
afewhours,anight's
repose, with a good
supper and breakfast. The business will be conducted
on strict cash principles, and, judging from the suc-
cess already obtained in other parts, we can bespeak
for it a successful career. Thus will our central pile
of buildings in the Oity of London become a busy
centre of all branches of Salvation Army warfare.
There will be salvation for the soul, and, as a means to
that end, songs for the ear, thoughts for the mind,
Strayers for the guilty, pardon for the penitent, hope
or the oppressed, food for the hungry, lodging for
the homeless, a new chance in life for the despairing and
down-trodden. How complete will be the triumph if we
can render it all self-supporting. If the Oity Oonncil
comes to our aid, this is what we confidently expect.
Hajor CoHrLtN,
Literary Secretary.
Scheme No. 16.
A BARRACKS FOR WINDSOR.
The next Scheme, and those immediately following it,
relate to barracks which are sadly needed, and which, I
trust, will be got well under way during the year of
Jubilee.
Here is Windsor. We have in this city a delightful
little corps. They are at present hammering away in a
place more befitting a
cow-shed than an Army p*
barracks and quarters.
Right out of the town,
up a kind of blind
street, surrounded by
gardens and grass
plote. It is out of all
reason to expect to ac-
complish much in a
hole - and - comer con-
cern of that SQrt. We
must have a proper
building, and we must
have*t at once. On
my recent visit the sol-
diers were enthusias-
tic, and I looked at
some sites. The corps
will set to work in-
stantly, and raise the
cash sufficient to secure
a central lot, and it is
hoped the JubUee Year
will see a barracks on
the way. It is very
desirable that on our frontier city we should put In a first
class appearance. The Scheme here will probably be a
six thousand dollar one.
Enhion Uoobe,
Who will raise the pnrchase money for
Windsor's new site.
Scheme No. I7.
NEW BARRACKS FOR ORILLIA.
The plans are drawn, and have been published in the
Wak Ort. They are of unique order, and are declared
to be a distinct hit. I hope to have the pleasure of open-
ing that building. Ito construction is to be the key, I
believe, to many another. As a barracks and quarters
combined, it is about the neatest, most concise, and cheap-
est building I have seen anywhere. Of course, I speak
from paper. It has got to be seen and spoken in, but
if it turns out as I have every reason to hope, we may
expect quite a revolution in the building line as the re-
sult of tola part of the Jubilee Campaign.
I I:
Well, the story of
Orillla is easily told,
if not already well
known. In November,
1892, the old barracks
took fire. It was a
Eorderous place, and
ad, doubtless, ere it
went up in smoke, told
its tale on many a poor
officers' lungs. Never-
theless it has proven
the birthplace of many
a soul, and the soldiers
will ever look hick
with pleasure on the
battles fought and
victories won in tUe
old rink. Since the
fire the corps has
labored under con-
siderable difficulty in
the way of a birracks;
but, having been tried H4joiv,0alhoun,
by fire, will come Repponsible for patting throngh LondoL
forth, weU, if not as Scheme.
gold, with the dollars that are due as her future rent.
This is understood and bonded for. The corps, desiring
to have a brick building, is raising the necessary extra
cash. The foundations are already in, and aa soon as the
requisite proportion of the building money is forthcoming
the buildmg will be proceeded with. It will likely be
opened some time in July. '
Our Jubilee Program.
Scheme No 18'
NEW BARRACKS FOR CORN-
WALL AND BROCKVILLE.
Here is a thriving town, full of industries, and with
large cotton and woollen mills. There is a rattling little
corps, which impressed me during the few minutes I was
able to spend there, with its ability to rise and tackle
anything within reason, either in the line of soul-saving
or money-getting. They have hoped against hope for a
building of their own. Some of them have, I fear, grown
lean in their expectations by long and weary lingering
within the chilly surroundings of their present dlsmu
abode. It is, perhaps, the very highest triouto that could
be paid to the vitality of this corps that it has continued
to uirive in the south-east comer of a great shed, which
reminds me of an old market, and which stands alone in
its glory by the still waters of a canal. And why all this ?
There are plenty of admirable sites In the city, just the
thing we want. How long shall we linger before we
bring our banner to the front and plant our guns where
we have a chance of hitting the very bull's-eye of the
town ? The soldiers of Oomwall, if they are true to the
fiery spirit of my nativo county, from which they have
taken their name, will arise and come to the end of that
sepulchre by the canal. They will strike for the site I
chose when last in their midst. This Jubilee Year is the
chance to lay siege to the pocket of every friend in the
place, and plant their foot on ground from which the
Army can never be tklven. Now, Adjutant Taylor, this
is a chance for you indeed.
! BROCKVILLE.
And what Is the matter with Brookville that they should
have to sing and preach under another man's roof ? Did I
not wander through your streets, O Brookville, and search
out the land for yon 1 I know your anxiety and groaning
for a place to pray in, which is the property of Ood and
your Army. You, too, are included in the Jubilee
program. Your scheme is before you. Your devotion
to it is pledged, I feel sure. There Is no reason why your
scheme shouldn't start ofif by the purchase of your site,
and finish inside the next eighteen months in the opening
of a model little barracks, which will prove a joy and
blessing alike to yourselves and the perishing ones of
your town. I believe you will do it, and do it with a
shout. Now, Ensign MacNamara, where is the pocket
able to resist your attack 1
Scheme No. 19.
flEW BARRACKS FOli B0NAVI8TA AND HE/^RT'S CONTENT,
|IEWFOU|IDLAflD.
Nor are my Newfoundland friends to be behind In the
bricks and mortar line. Bonavista, in the north of the
Island, is the centre of one of the very few floarlshing
industries of the colony. Ita copper mines, with their
immense output of as rich ore as can be found on the
globe's surface, indicate the resources upon which the
citizens of that island may fall back, when they make up
their minds to quit the system, which gives them all the
risk of a stormy life, and, sadly, too little of the profits.
Why a country offering such internal opportunity for
development, should tip out almost all her able-bodied
citizens to sea for a living, is to me utterly incomprehen-
sible. Bonavlata, and the adjacent district of mines, has
set an example, and solved a problem, which the rest of
the Island will do well to note. Hence it is we are able to
build a nobby, little barracks, costing somewhere In the
neighborhood of $1,050. It will be opened during
the Jubilee Year.
At Heart's Oontent, too, there is to be a suitable bar-
racks. Heart's Oontent is a little out-harbor, on the
southern shore of Trinity Bay. Although ito inhabitants
would, I suppose, hardly number four hundred souls, it
is a place of much importance to the world at large. Here,
the Atlantic cables, after traversing the bed of the ocean,
come ashore, and the spectator mav see in a dark room
the flashes of light, sent through by the fingers of men
who manipulate the keys of the electrical instrumento in
the chief centres of the Old World. Did there come pes-
tilence or accident to suddenly cut off the inhabitanteof this
snug little village, much of the world would wake up to
find itself severed in twain. When I was there, I was
astonished at two things : First, as to how the Army has
been able to do here, as in many other places in New-
foundland, what had been found all but impossible in
other similar villages, viz., keep alive an energetic, self-
supporting corps. Well I remember the sunny morning,
when driWng post-haste round the bay, I espied drawn
up in line, inth colors flying, drums beating, and faces
smiling, a buoyant band of men and women, clad in uni-
form, who saluted me as their leader, and gave me an
opportunity of addressing to them a few words of cheer
asl passed.
The second thing that sorpriaed me was, however, they
.managed to keep going all' winter and summer In the old
I ,!i
lie that they should
man's roof? Did I
Dokville, and search
ixiety and groaning
roperty of God and
•d in the Jubilee
Your devotion
no reason why your
ohase of your site,
aths in the opening
11 prove a joy and
perishing ones of
and do it with a
here is the pocket
HE/^RT'SCONTENT,
to be behind In the
the north of the
ery few flourishing
> mines, with their
>n be found on the
96 upon which the
nrhen they make up
gives them all the
ttle of the profits,
lal opportunity for
all her able-bodied
bterly incomprehen-
strlct of mines, has
, which the rest of
9 it is we are able to
somewhere in the
be opened during
) be a suitable bar-
9ut-harbor, on the
>ugh its inhabitants
' hundred souls, it
}rld at large. Here,
e bed of the ocean,
>e in a dark room
bhe fingers of men
cal instruments in
'id there come pes-
sinhabitantsofthis
would wake up to
was there, I was
how the Army has
■ places in New-
rat impossible in
an energetic, self-
le sunny morning,
f, I espied drawn
beating, and faces
}men, clad in unl-
and gave me an
iw words of cheer
ras, however, they
ammer in the old
Our Jubilee Program.
15
boat house, situated as it m, a quarter of a mile out of
the place. Well, Heart's Oontent is buildins its new
barracks. Some of it will be paid for in cash, but the
rest will be built by that ready tact, and loving sacrifice,
for which these fishermen are so notorious. It will be
the building, perhaps, above all others, put up this Jubi-
lee Year, on tne nearest approach to the apostolic prin-
ciple. Much of the labor will be given ; wood out and
hauled from the neighboring forest. The architectural
skill will be supplied by men, whose brains have been
sharpened in all practical uses by the constant requisition
of that practical, common sense occasioned by life at sea.
Scheme No. 20.
NEW BARRACKS FOR CALGARY.
The Coming ChicaKo of Canada.
The next project turns our attention again to the West.
About four thousand miles distant from the spot of our
last discussed undertaking, lies the flourishing little city
of Calgary. At present, she is an infant community.
She is but the chud of the future self to which she is
destined to grow. Here is the capital of Alberta, and
Alberta of all States in the West, is the one which im-
pressed me as holding the palm of future prosperity.
Lying at the threshold of the foot hills, which lead up to
the ponderous barrier of the Rockies, this city is shel-
tered from [the blasts that sweep the prairies, and blest
with warm breezes, which blunt the edge of her severest
winters. Around Oalgary, and throughout the gigantic
State of which shq is the capital, is as rich a streteh of
country for farming and ranching, as could well be con-
ceived. Cattle by the tens of thousands of all sorts, are
turned out all the year round on the vast plains that
sweep for hundreds of miles, and yet there Is room for
hundreds and hundreds of thousands more, for whose
coming the nutritious pasturage that grows on millions of
acres awaits. Calgary is the centre of all this, and pro-
mises to be in years to come, the Ohicaso of Canada.
We have a splendid corps, who fight in a contemptible
barracks, more suitable for a shooting aTey than a Salva-
tion fort. On my recent visit I met the soldiers. It was
decided that a site was to be secured as soon as the corps
had raised a sufficient deposit to pay on the land. The
spot is to be central, and the location was fixed upon.
The building will be perhaps the handsomest for Its size
in the Dom&ion. There happens to be a very rich stone
found in the neighborhood. This will enable us to build
a stone edifice for less cost than brick. Look out then,
for a monument in Calgary worthy of the Salvation Army
and Its Qeneral'e Jubilee.
Scheme No. 21.
A NEW BARRACKS FOR PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE.
This can hardly be said to be altogether a new scheme.
Some years ago the Army acquired a property In this place.
The building on the land has hitherto served the purpose
of a barraolu and a quarters. It is a long narrow affair,
mostly front and back and aisle, and stove pipe; but
within it has been accomplished a marvellous work for
Qod. For a long while tne Corps has desired a proper
building, and plans have been drawn and everything pre-
pared. All that is required Is for For. age to set to work
and raise the balance of the cash neecUul to the transac-
tion. This they are now about to do. At the lively
meeting I conducted on my way through, it was evident
there is great interest in this undertaking by all good
people in the city. At my meeting the Mayor, the M.P.
and the Minister of Public Works all spoke most highly
of the Army and assured us of their sympathy and help.
Now, Portage, you have waited long enough. This
year of Jubilee ia to be the year of your deliverance.
You wUl get the money, I am certain. Half the battle
is already fought. " Up and at them."
Scheme No. 22.
|IEW BAIIRACKS FOR PORT /^RTIfUR A[iD FORT
WILLIAM.
"The first shall be last, and the last first."
Our two newest formed Corps are to have a share in
the Jubilee scheme. Port Arthur and Fort William are
rising towns on the beautiful shores of Thunder Bay at
the head of Lake Superior. Port Ar^hur Is an old sta-
tion of tho Hudson's Bay Company, being a Trade Post
for the distribution of commerce from the interior across
the waters of the great lake.
Fort William owes its existence chiefly to the enter-
prise of the O.P.B. who first bought land and then
planted their workshops and elevators upon it. Around
these has naturally s;rown a thriving settlement. Here,
also, are two places which have, beyond doubt, a great
future. They may be termed the terminal points of our
Western world. Going westward they are naUed by the
weary traveller whose brain has become sick with the
dull monotony of a waste region of ponderous rocks, logs
and tree stumps. There is never anything very inter-
esting in riding through a country the practical uses of
which remain undiscovered. Certainly such, hj present
appearance, is the territory lying between North Bay
and Port Arthur. For this reason the stupendous rush
across the Continent Is broken here by a magnificent line
of steamships which afford the jaded railway passengers
the luxury of a sail over the breast of Lake Superior to
Owen Sound, thus dodging the dreariest bit of the whole
{'onmey. From these places too, wheat by the million
tushels has been, and still wlU be, shipped to all
parts of the world. Hence it Is satisfactory to know that
during the year the Army's colors have been planted
with eminent success in both towns, which are separated
only by a couple of miles. On my way tLrough I had
the pleasure of delivering short arddresses from the car
to eager crowds who gathered at each station and drank
In every word with utmost respect and interest.
A magnificent band of converts, mostly men, has been
raised, and that, notwithstanding the barracks stands in
most unheard of positions. The boilding occupied by Fort
William is out of the town altogether. At Port Arthur and
Fort William it is proposed this year to secure sites. At
Fort William we shall purchase a plot I selected in the
few minutes I was driven around the town while the train
stood in the station. It is a very central position, and
we hope to have on it a model little barracKs, something
after tne fashion of Orillia, opened and occupied by the
time the General comes through. The Corps is going
in " hammer and tongues " to raise the necessary funds.
i6
Our Jubit.ke Program,
Plans are drawing, and as soon as the neceasary
amount is raised the deposit will be paid and the
land secured.
At Port Arthur we hope, by agitation, to
secure from the Qovemment a grant of
land in an equally good position. Every
other church has been presented with its site,
and there is no reason why the Salvation
Army should be made an exception. If we
can secure the plot we desire, we shall
commence building operations, and Port Arthur
will have its Jubilee Barracks as well as Fort
William. Both the places should in everything
be equal with each other, especially when the
Harvest festival and Self- Denial business comes
on. But everything depends upon the metal of
the men and women on the spot.
Scheme No. 23,
A NEW BARRACKS for
ST. JOHN I.
Back again to the East. At last the long-
cherished hope of the first St. John corps is to
be realized. Last fall we did a good thing for
theSalvation Army in this city. There was no
flourish of trumpets over it, but, like much more
underground work that has been going on lately,
it will assert itself in due course. As at Van-
couver, po in the capital of New Brunswick.
Some years ago a site for a barracks was pro-
cured. It was central, and ten to one would turn
out the very thing ; one against ten, however,
it didn't. The locality became too residential,
and tony, and too much off the popular run of
the people for our purpose. None the less, it
was a good spec, and we have been able to
dispose of it without loss. On the other hand,
the building we have hitherto rented was, so far
as position was concerned, the very thing desira-
ble. It is central, standing in a good thorough-
fare. It was offered to us at a remarkably low
figure, and our lot was to be taken in part
payment. We closed, and the flag of the Army
now floats on another citadel of its own in a city
which has received it as it has been welcomed to
few cities in the world. But this is not all. The
building is anything but satisfactory as it now
stands. It is the merest shell of that which it
is to be hereafter. The Jubilee Year will tell
its tale on the old place, and the light of '95 will
break upon a far different fortress to that in
which our warriors now hold forth. It wUl be
re-roofed, re-floored, re-lighted, and entirely re-
arranged. Comfortable quarters for oflicers will
be fixed on the premises, and a suitable week-
night hall constructed. In short, it will be
converted from ite backslidden state and re-consecrated
to the ose of God and the Army.
Scheme No. 24.
[lew Barracks for Woodstock, |lew Brunswick.
Here is a corps and a town, like many others in the
East, I have not yet been privileged to visit. I am informed,
however, that for a long time they have wanted a build-
ing, and at last have formed a stout resolution to have
one. Woodstock is, therefore, included in the Jubilee
enterprise. During my last interview with Brigadier
Jacobs at Montreal, it was decided to go on. A site is
to be secured, a fund started instantly, and it is hoped
to have a barracks going before the year olosea. It Is
Our JrniLEK Program.
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than a help, and in some oases this is admittedly
so, at the present time. We have some magnl'
ficent properties builtat greatexpense — baildings
that would do credit to the biggest corps in the
world. Their fault is their magnificence, and
their misfortune lies in the fact that they are
Erematare. They were built at a time of great
nanoial prosperity, and when the flood tide of
a new country was at its height. Ten years ago,
everyone estimated that Canada was bound to
share in the unparalleled prosperity which had
reached her sister nation the other aide the line.
So far as that estimate is concerned, we are. In
the long run, quite safe. In point of date, how-
ever, we find ourselves a little out in our cal-
culation. In consequence, we have barracks in
dififerent portions of the country which are found
to be too large, cumbersome, and eipendve for
the purpose of our work, and some steps will
have to be taken to render them more eoonomieal
and convenient.
It is proposed, therefore, to do something of
this sort as regards the four property os above
mentioned. Montreal is sadly in need of renova-
tion. We have a splendid building, which must
be rendered cheerful, bright, and attractir : > / a
little supply of common sense arrangemei;;., » id
a plentiful application of paint. The same thing
applies to Ottawa, only that here the arn nge-
ments are already under way, and the barracks
has already been transformed into an at' ractive
and cheerful place ; but as for Hamilton, this is
a bigger job. It is deemed advisable heie to ^o
in for some structural alterations, which will
necessitate considerable outlay. A scheme is
before the Corps which will enable them to
transform their unsightly and unwieldy barracks
into a first-class buUding. The thing must be
done thoroughly and well, and the corps and
the numerous sympathizers with the Armv in
the city will find the wherewithal to accomplish it.
As to Kingston, much that is said about the
other places applies. A week-night hall is sadly
needed, and must be constructed, rearrangements
of quarters carried into effect, and the whole
structure beautified by a wholesale baptism of
paint. Something else, too. The Kingston
barracks requires light. Why in the name of
common reason the rays of the sun should be
blocked out by a ponderous brick wall, when
we have so magnificent a right of light and air,
is more than I can understand.
Thus the reformation of four of our chief
buildings of the Dominion will comprise one of
the Jubilee schem'.°^ and the fact of its realiza-
tion will work miracles in the health, vitality,
and spiritual force of the brave troops occupying
t^ose forts.
am informed,
nted a build-
ition to have
1 the Jubilee
th Brigadier
n. A sito is
1 it is hoped
oloses. It Is
just possible Mrs. Booch or myself will get the honor of Seheme No. $i6«
opening it.
8ohemeJ«o. 26. A HEW FRENCH CITADEL 1)1 THE HEART OF MOHTREAL.
The Renovation and Adaptation of the Hamilton, Kingston, Montreal, A Mighty Undertakinff.
and Ottawa Barraoki. ^^^ ^^ g^^g ^ j^q undertaking more daring, but nob
Sometimes barracks of oar own are a hindrance rather less neeided, nor with leas promise of success than any
I "1(1. |l' ■ !■""*
iwaa ii '^eaiBi**.
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Our Juiui.ke Program.
that have yet been noted. It is a fact of great significance
that onr French work has taken a new lease of life ;
about that none who have seen it recently can have any
doubt. Consolidation in plan, enterprise in effort,
devotion in hard
labor, and tact in
oondnotorship have
workedallteral mar-
vel in the ancient
city of the French
Canadian. Some
time ago it became
evident that some
drasticmeasnres
would have to be
taken if the French
work was going to
be got out of its rut.
We were then
located in one or
two parts of the
city, where, with
great diiticnlty,
audiences could be
gathered, andwhere
it was often a great
struggle of very
limiteid forces with
preponderent row-
dyism. Far be it
Siafk-Captain Ji"'eb,
The Captain of (lie Life-Ouards.
from me to say one word that might reflect upon the brave,
self-denying efforts of those then in charge. On the con-
trary, I del^ht to give them credit for the way they held
the fort in the face of overwhelming odds, and I love to
remember how many of these brave girls are still continu-
ing to do so. Moreover, it was with the fall concurrence
of all concerned that the new policy was decided upon.
Our Blucher.
That policy, stated briefly, was concentration of effort.
Instead of two or three struggling outposts, where the
devil and the rowdies had all the show, one central posi-
tion, and that position bang on the main French street
of the city. This was the indispensible. Tbere was an-
other indispensable in the shape of a new French-speaking
officer. For this we ap-
plied, and not in vain, to
the Marechale. She res-
ponded by the despatch of
the present Adjutant, and
her Lieutenant, Captain
Pirrenoud. Here was our
Blucher, only she came
from Paris instead of from
Berlin. For sending this
Blucher we are deeply In-
debted to the Marechale,
to whom, on that account,
we owe perhaps most of
the victory.
Then we struck out.
No more back street
business. The Frenchman
is a creature of the Boule-
vard ; he is created with
a strong Inclination to dis-
port hlmaelf, and, true to
Adjutant TAvr.oB.
Cornwall comes tbrougli mlVx flying colors.
Victory at Liwtl
the instinct, yon
may always catch
him on the pro-
menades, and sel-
dom on the by-{' iths
of life. Hence we
ran the tremendous
risk of a store, with
a rent of 9600 per
annum attached. It
was fitted and dec-
orated according to
the latest Parisian
style. All that
artistic touch and
arrangement, of
which the French
are masters, was
added by the fing-
ers of the Adju-
tant, who had al-
ready become mis-
tress of the art of
appealing to the
tastes of the French
in her native land.
Capt. Heift.
Heave oh t Up goes the new barracks
atOrUlla.
It was opened, and the result was exactly what
we predicted. The place began to fill, and ever
since it has been too small to hold the crowds
of French-speaking folk of all sorts and sizes and
cMtes, who have flocked to it from all over the city. The
attention has been superb. Souls have been saved, and
the triumph of winning a dozen or so French speaking
converts has been achieved- As for a few moments I sat
at the back of the place making an inspection of all that
was going on, it was difficult to believe I was not in dear
old Rue Auber, witnessing once more the unrivalled at-
tractions of a Parisian Salvation Army meeting. Rows
on rows of solid men sat before me ; and mora wonderful
still, for the first time in history, women in large numbers
were ia attendance. On the platform sat the new con-
verts, with tambourine and song and drum, pitching in
in true Salvation Army style. The respect paid the
Adjutant was marked to a degree. She dia the oest part
of the program herself — gave out the hymn, announced
the meetings, sold Army song books, then the WarCky ;
kept order, sang the solo, prayed and preached as re-
quired. Conviction and interest was marked on every
face. As I sat, a well known Jesuit priest passed up the
aisle and took a seat. I felt as though a new era had
opened before' the Army in Canada. I somehow dared
to hope indescribable things for the two million French
speakuig citizens, who are ready for the Gospel while
they await the sickle of death. *' If, ' I said to myself,
" we can do this in Montreal, why not ander similar
cirooniBtances in other places !"
Then I— The Loss of our Fortress.
Then came the horrid news that our hall was taken
from us, and at a few months' notice we were to be turned,
bag and baggase, into the street. I was tempted to feel
unutterable thUigs, and I can hardly say I didn't yield tc
the temptation. There are cireumstanoes which, in our
judgment, have led up to this decision which are better
- not referred to, as it is no earthly qse qtirring up ancient
f "fS
,#-fi
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Our JuiMi.KE Prooram.
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feuds. Oar triumph b to be by preaohlns the Bleed-
ing Lamb, not b^ propounding a polioy that too often
finisheB In a bleeding nose. Various reasons were given.
A higher rent offered ; too noisy, inconvenient, etc., etc.
But the fact remains that after all we have labored to ac-
complish we are houseless.
Whither thail we go 7
Worse than this, ap to the present we have found it
impossible to obtain any other place, even though we
have screwed up our courage to the tune of eight hundred
dollars a year. It is not so easy to secure premises for
the Salvation Army on the main Catholic street of the
city. Up a back alley we may retreat, certainly, but that,
we have seen, is an effective method of committing suicide
and strangling cor hopes in the birth.
A Cutle of Our Own.
There seems but one thing left to do. We must have a
place of our own. That is quite evident if we are to have
a French Work at all. While we remain at the mercy of
store owners, who are in tarn influenced by religious
persuasion, or the highe. ^ bidder, we shall never stand a
ghost of a chance on a street like St. Lawrence Main ;
and ^et we must have a fortress on that very street, if
possible. The question is, Oan we'do it? Ought we to at-
tempt it 1 Will the conscience and conduct of the Protest-
ant community of that wealthy city come to our aid ?
Will the Protestant millions of Canada see us stuck 1 As
to the risks of oar saccess, they are nil. We have fought
and won. The people will come to us. Even Catholics
will listen with respect, and swallow wholesale the simple
Gospel as it is preached
BiMiiiiHlMt|y|p irw»inttii from our platform, going
t:-mx^^^^^^BBM the length of publicly
^ i' ^/hFj^^H^^BESI kneeling at our penitent-
form ! The one thing
about which there owjht
to be no doubt, is the
assistance referred to.
Once more I ask, will the
Protestants of Canada see
us driven from our en-
trenchment with certain
victory in view ? I think
not — I dare to believe
not!
First, the Foundations.
But we must go
Bnbion Ellirv. steadUy and intelTi-
8he throws out the iife-iine in Bt gently. In otber words,
John, N. B., Rescae Home. we mOSt go step
by step. The Scheme, as a whole, will probably
involve an expenditure of say $25,000. For poor
people like us, it looks, at first sight, impossible, but
on examination it becomes more feasible. There is a
site we hope to secure which may cost us, say $10,000.
It has a frontage on two streets, one a main thoroughfare,
the other a residential street. On this plot there is ample
room, fronting the main street, for a good store, as well as
an entrance to our hall, which will be built in behind. The
store and house above will rent without difficulty. Behind
we shall bnUd one or more houses, which will also rent
well, beins on a separate street in a central portion of the
city. Inoetween these two we could build our neat, well-
lighted, first class little French Hall. The rentals of our
houses and stores will all bat meet the payments of oar
interest and principal.
How to Do It
But that is not yet. First, we must secure the site.
This we propose to do by a little sacrifice of present grati-
fication to a future good. It will be known that we
devote about .?1,0< Ml of our Self-Denial Fund each year
to the support of our French MisHionary Work. Hither-
to this has gone chiefly to pay landlords who treat us as
we have seen ; but the same money now given to these
would more than pay the interest in carrying our site.
We can, therefore, raise a deposit, secure the land, and
be sure of our foundation any time we like. But what
of our work in the meantime ? Well, during the sum-
mer we could, with ^reat advantage, conduct our meet-
ings in a tent, which can be erected on the ground
purchased. This will give us time to bring oar
needs before the kindly disposed, and that is everything.
If the worst comes to the worst, we can hold on in houses
and French Churches lent us occasionally, while the
French officers devote their whole energy to gaining the
necessary funds.
Once we get a proper hall, from which we cannot be
dislodged, we know we are all right. After all, this
scheme is only a question of raising six or seven thousand
dollars. Why, there is many a gentleman or lady in that
city of means who could give it and never know they had
Sarted with the cash. It will be a triumph of triumphs
', in the Jubilee Year we can hoist our fla^ on our own
plot on the main French street in the Domimon.
Scheme No. )fi7.
THE RENOV/^TIO|l OF THE QUEBEC FOIITIIESS.
All that is said as
to the French Work
in Montreal, is
equally applicable
to the Citadel City
of the Dominion.
Last year, w e
bought a property
here, for which we
p»d five thousand
dollars ; but it will
be little use to as
till the necessary
alterations and re-
pairs are pat
through. Thsse
provide for a salt-
able and attractive
hall, together -with
convenient officers'
quarters. It is a
burning shame we
should have to wait
five minutes for so
small an amount.
rnP'^- JoHi'i J-^. B.i Rescue floMS. Here Is Ensign
Mitehell, and her brave little gang, straggling
in the very heart of that stronghold of superstition
and vice, all but handicapped, while those able to as-
sist, go lamenting the state of things. Quebec shall yet
hold ita own, and he the saooess Montreal has proved.
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OuK JrniLFK Prooram.
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l;!i
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There are other projecte In the wind for the City of the
Rock, but " they do not yet appear."
(Scheme No. XS.
THE PURCHASE OF A RESCUE
HOME, ST. JOHN, N.I3.
Leaving now the question of new barracka, we return
to the Rewjue field for our next proposal. The Uescue
Work is in a more flourishing condition today, tlian ai
any time In its history. .The officers are as loyal ana
devoted a band of workers as could be found in any part
of the great battleground of the Army. The r work is a
Divine one. Their's Is the duty of proclaiming Christ s
love to the most sorrowful, and Christ's purity to the
moat degraded this world can produce. For that veiy
reason, their work is perhaps the most Christliko. It is
a significant fact that the person to whom He first pro-
cUkimed His Messiahship, was a fallen woman by the well,
and the last act of mercy He received in this world, was
at the hands of one who had also been an erring Magda-
lene. • .u
Our Rescue Work is, perhaps for the size of tne
country, ahead of anything m tho Army. We have now
eight Homes, all of which are supported chiefly by the
BubBoriptlons of the places where they labor— for the
Rescue Work has many friends.
One such friend, interested especially in this branch 01
our work, in the city of St. John, has come nobly to our
help. He has promised, that if we can find a suitable
place for our Rescue Home in that city, he will donate
the magnificent figure of one thousand dollars towards
its purchase, so that the local officers shall no longer be
burdened with rent. We are looking out, and as such
places have a knack of _,^^^_,j_^^^___
turning up when we B^^^W^"'^^MB^fl£^ia
want them, we expect
to have a commodious
Rescue Home of our
own as one more tribute
of our praise to God
in this Year of Jubilee.
Scheme No. 29,
PROPOSED RESCUE
HOME
FOR HAMILTON.
And if the Rescue I
Work has brought such |
blessings to cities like |
St. John, why not ex-
tend it 1 There is Ham-
ilton, where such work
is far more needed than
in London and Winnipeg, where Homes are already estab-
lished. We agree, ana propose to impress the fact upon the
citizens of the " Ambitious City," by establishing a Home
Ensign Aikeniiead,
^Tlioae faith will renovate the Hsniilton
Barracks.
In ita midst during the Jubilee Year. The scheme will
be worked in conjunction with that whidi indudea the
renovation of the Hamilton barracka. The one should,
and doubtless will, assist the other. When I last visited
Hamilton, I made enciuiries as to the need of such a
Home, and I found it widely admitted,
made in public to the matter, waa
Hamilton, get ready I
The reference I
alao well received.
Scheme No. 30.
PROPOSED RESCUE HOME
for Ottawa.
And Ottawa 1 Are there no fallen aistera of ours
needing the attention of the Salvation Army in that
place ? Unless we very much mistake it, there are ; and
unless others with whom we have conferred— some b
high places— are out In their facts, there certainly can be
little doubt about it. Anyway, so far as property is con-
cerned, we happen to be circumstanced so that we can at
any rate try the experiment without running so tremend-
ona a risk, and perhaps that is the most satisfactory way
of settling the matter. It should be here pointed out,
that our hope in dealing with this class of sinners, as all
others, lies not in homes, or industries, or surround-
ings, but in Jesus Christ and His power to convert the
hearts of all men. Our marvellous success in this part
of the business, and the priceless influence Ood has
entrusted to us in dealing with these poor creatures,
forbids that for any consideration we should hesitate in
establishing ourselves where we feel there is need, and
where we can find willing hands to go. We have the
greatest respect and love tor every Christian work, and
wish them every blessing for the very same reasons we
think they should wish similar benefits to us, and we are
sure it will be found we shall help, rather than hinder,
any existing agency. But we dare not stop. In all
probability, we shall establish a small Rescue Home in
Ottawa during this year, and enlarge as we find needful.
It is a sad misfortune that Ensign Gait, who had interested
herself so heartily in the undertaking, and had pledged
herself to raise the funds, should have been compelled at
this juncture to drop out. But she will have plenty to
do before the Jubilee Scheme is disposed of I
Scheme No. 31.
DEVELOPMENT of the CHILDREN'S
SHELTER WORK.
A Beautiful Mission.
No one having spent half an hour inside our Ohildren'a
Shelter in Toronto could help but praise God for the
beautiful work there being accomplished. It is quite
natural and equally logical to conclude that no organiza-
tion can more fitly or successfully deal with the offspriiu
of the very poor than can that movement which by God
has been so eminently anccessful in ministering to the
wants and staunching the wounds of the degraded in the
maturity of their guUt and depravity. What is most good
and most useful for Tommy's papa will be found Deet
Bolted to Tommy himself. Mow, hitherto we have onfy
Our Jrnii.KE Prooram.
21
%« Boheme will
)h Inoludea the
iie one should,
len I iMt Tialtfld
need of auoh a
The reference I
well received.
HOME
sisten of ours
n Army in that
b, there are ; and
iferred— Bome in
certainly can bo
1 property ie con-
lo that we can at
ning BO tremend-
. Batiafactonr way
lere pointed out,
of Bmnera, as all
iea, or eurround-
)r to convert the
oceBB in thia part
itluence Qod has
) poor creatures,
ihould hesitate in
here is need, and
;o. We have the
iristian work, and
same reasons we
to us, and wa are
kther than hinder,
not stop. In all
Rescue Home in
I we find needful,
irho had interested
, and had pledged
been compelled at
ill have plenty to
id of I
JHILDREN'S
,K.
side our Ohildren's
raise God for the
shed. It is quite
i that no organiza-
with the offspring
ent which by God
ministering to the
he degraded in the
What is most good
irill be found best
lerto we have only
■•>a
been experimenting as regards this branch of our work,
but the experiment has abundantly proved our ability to
do what we have never yet boon able to accomplish for the
destitute child. It seems almost inconceivable,that since we
opened our tiny Children's Home in this one city, there
have come to ub many
*1| hundreds of applications
for admission, and not-
withstanding our cramped
space, we have actually
housed seventy of these
applicants, and adopted
(luite a number out from
the world of vice and
ruin into comfortable
Ohristian Homes and cir-
cumstances, where they
are at this hour, being
brought up in the fear
and admonition of the
Lord.
Our Chances With the
EN«„N McQ,LuvR.v Children of the Poor.
Who will ?"'""> Kingston Scheme Observe what facilities
'""*' ■ our all but perfect organi-
zation offers in the interests
of these poor little creatures.
To begin with, we have
large opportunities of gath-
ering them. We are in
touch with the slums. Thoy
are our speciality. We are
the moral scavangers of
society, the spiritual police
force. We know *• how the
poor live," and how also they
die. We know, because we
are there. Further, we have
the confidence of the poor ;
they trust as ; they like us ;
f>erhaps that is because we
ove tnem practically. Then,
in connection with our Res-
cue Work, what openings
there are for a really Divine
mission I We snatch the
babes from the very jaws of Infamy ; we convert the
very outlaws of society into the children of the King of
kings, and good future citizens of the realm.
Then see the tremendous outlet we have for the for-
saken child. Our agents are in every city of the country,
nay, of the wide world. We can find homes to any
extent, where, under Ohristian influences of the best
type, these little ones can be trained for God and good-
ness. In this, as in many other things, I really believe
we are only half awake.
Recent Developments.
Nevertheless, we're waking up. Mrs. Booth has been
on the alert, and the growth of our Ohildren's Shelter
work has been simply grand. Side by side with all our
Rescue Homes, there is now running a Refuge for children,
and steps are being taken during this Jubilee Tear to
enlarge and develop this branch of our work. In view of
the enlargement, we have decided upon more commodious
houses in London, Winnipes, St. John, N. B., while in
Toronto the Children's Snelter will be removed to pre-
mises that will enable us to house nearl* double the
number we do at present. These facts speaK lor the con-
templated extension of our " way out " for the little ones
dunng the Jubilee Year, as nothing else can.
Caitain Cowan,
Under whose Headershlp Calgary's
Scheme is assured.
(Scheme No. 3».
The purchase of a MAGNIFICENT
HEADQUARTERS
— FOR —
The Eastern Province, at St. John, N.B.
Two things are tolerably dear. It is good to have a
convenient and commodious Headquarters, and it is bad
to be paying Army money into outside tills when that
cash might be accumulating property for the cause.
The purchase of our splendid new Headquarters is St.
John, N. B., is the outcome of a policy based upon both
these considerations. For years we have been greatlv
hindered by lack of space and accommodation. The busi-
ness of the East has too long been transacted in a back
parlor at the end of a dismal passage I
On the other hand, we have been paying high rentals
to outside landlords for the inferior quarters in which onr
top men of the East have been lodged.
Some time ago, a magnificent property, originally the
residence of Judge Whitmore, for whom it was bnilt,and
who occupied it sixteen years, was offercl us at a very
low figure. It was found that this large house, standing
in its own grounds, afforded ample accommodation in the
way of dwellings, for both the Provincial Secretary and
his second in command, together with space for roomy
o£Sces.
We di£covered, too, that the price for which we were
offered the place would enable us to rent it to the Province
at considerably less than they are at present paying, and
yet enable us to carry so substantial a property for the
Army. We clinched the bargain, and the Headquarters
is now being fitted out for the aforesaid uses. The place
will be finally opened as the New Headquarters, and the
East will subscribe the necespary funds for renovation and
rearrangement. The Jubilee Tear will leave the Maritime
Provinces with a Headquarters of theh: own, and Briga-
dier Jacobs will henceforth rule the roost from his own
perch. Well done, St. John 1 That is three schemes you
will have in the Jubilee program.
Scheme Bfo. 33.
A SALVATION TIMBER LIMIT ;
OB,
A Workman's Hotel in the Woods.
A NOVEL BUT PROMISING UNDERTAKING.
A Word about our Country's Resources.
Among the natural resources of Canada none are more
extravagant in wealth or immensity than those which
offer to the world an almost limitleBS supply of lumber.
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The bouadlesB forests of the land in which we live have
for Bcoroa of years been pouring forth their treasure to
the centres of the race. Material for everything shap-
able by the too' of the mechanic, both of things that
stand, or things that float, or things that accommodate, or
things that adorn, has been, and is being supplied from
the gloomy depths of our glorious forests. Thus do the
great trees of Canada contribute to the variea utilities
and necessities of the world. The ship's mast of unrivalled
height which, resisting the ocean breeze, propels the huge
monsters of the sea, once adorned the sUent avenues of
untrodden Columbia. The ponderous beams that upUlt
many a palatial mansion, or castle of commerce, were
hewn from the bowels of our giants of the wood. Ihe
stoutest timbers, that best resist the siege of flood, or
fire or tempest, have first asserted their durability against
the'edge of our axeman's tool ; while whole cities now
shielding their thousands from the severity of the ele-
ments, are builded with timbers, which, in their original
state, spread out their arms to the sunlight of Canada s
free land, and trembled in the winter breeze that stirs
ten million leafy plumes.
What Canada's woodlands have yielded in the way of
strength they have likewise given in the way of beauty.
From the trinket adorning the table of a loved one, to the
intricate panelling that beautifies the palace of a prince,
the choice products of our trees have found the where-
with-all to beautify and delight. Yet notwithstanding
the ravages of the locomotive, and deluges of fire, the
supply seems undiminished. Wc have still left enough
timber to rebuUd the edifices of the globe.
How It Affects Us.
But what has all this to do with the Salvation Army ?
A good deal. We opened a wood-yard. Like all great
men and great things, we began in a small way. We
wanted to find an honest job for the friendless prisoner,
who, finding himself outside Her Majesty's gaol, with
Her Majesty's brand on his brow, knows not whither-
wards to go for a "leg up," in life. Having by some
fault or misfortune got himself into the lock-up, or peni-
tentiary, it would appear that his discharge too often
deposits him in a kind of a blind alley, every door of which
is closed against him. For who proposes to hobnob with
a discharged thief 1
We endeavored by establishing a place where such a
man could come and chop wood, to give him, at any rate,
the chance of a well-earned night's repose, and an oppor-
tunity to look around and take his bearings for the future.
This led to the building up of a small wood and coal busi-
ness and the purchase and sale of lumber. Hence our
interest in the timber limits of Canada.
The Development of the " Darkest Canada Lumber
Business."
Our bnsines?, which was started in fear and trembling,
without capital, without a customer, but by all possible
pledge, and bond, on the rock-bottom principle of cash
payment has, like all else we have undertaken, received
the blessing of Almighty Qod. From its first inception,
it has steadily grown, till to-day we ure quite satisfied of
the possibility of running on strictly cash lines, a paying
business. The thing is, of course, in its infancy, but
we've got it through its swaddling clothes and weaned it
from the ghastly habit of credit-giving and debt-
making to which so many commercial concerns in the
country succumb. Now we are sure of the foundation,
we have decided to develop our business sharp. We can
do it. There is no earthly reason why our w(>od-yards in
Toronto and elsewhere shoald not, on the one liand,
anpply all those willing to labor with a job, and on the
other produce a magnificent revenue to the funds of the
Social Work.
Supply Our Own Demand.
There is in this Salvation Army of ours everything
needed to make U9, in point of cash, independent of the
whole world. The difficulty is to get that understood
and acted upon.
See it here in our wood business. At present we pay
high rates for oar lumber in Toronto. We buy
our timber after it is hewn from the forest, cut and
split. In other words, we buy our wood hewn, cut
and split, in order to find work and profit for the unfor-
tunate and down-trodden by setting them to saw and
chop it. But supposing we could not only saw and chop,
but hew, cut and split into the bargain ? Here we should
have a wider opening for the poor man, and there would
be a great saving in our present expenses. Our wood
vard in Toronto creates the want. Our new wood-yard
in London, already spoken of in this program, increases
it. Our new timber limit will supply these demands, and
the benefits will be for the Kingdom of Christ.
Burn Our Own Fuel.
But one other word about our own demand before pro-
ceeding to describing exactly what it is we propose doing
in the woods. We require timber for more than our
wood yards. How many thousands of cords representing
many hundreds of dollars of cash go up in smoke from
our barracks every winter ? How many more dollars go
up in coal ?
Now, why shouldn't the money raised within our
camp, go back into our own till, and thus help to extend
and consolidate our machinery for doing good ?
It Is intended to make careful calculations as to the cost
of heating our barracks, anywhere within payable dis-
tanoe of our limit, with a view to seeing, if by supplying
these buildings, we cannot on the one hand, give cheaper
fuel, and on the other, produce a larger market and
profit for our Social Wood Industry. For, the larger
market, of course, the greater the success. *' To him
that hath shall be given," is a truism written deeply on
men and things of this world, as well as those of the
next.
The Shelter in the Woods.
But there are other considerations than those of in-
creasing our business and our opportunity for labor, which
have led us to dooide upon estaolishing a " Poor Man's
Castle " in the forest. Everybody knows that large num-
bers of men flock to the luml>er regions in winter time.
The conditions under which many of these men live, are
anything but edifying. Herded together, often like
cattle, in the rude huts called " shanties," they spend the
long, dark winter evenings in all sorts of low amusement
Many a youth has gone into those camps comparatively
innocent, but has come out the very repositoi^ of everythhig
bad. Lumbermen have told me, that life in the forest,
sometimes twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty miles from •
town or settlement, is worse than life among a hoard of
savages. Cursing, gamblbg, drinking, fighting, csrd-
playing, and other things, unmentionable and vile, are
practised in many of these places, which, banished from
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public view, and all but from God, have a law to them-
selvea.
Now why, I have thought, when listening to such
stories, should the sons of Canada, desiring to find em-
ployment in the kindly fields of wealth— prepared by
the beneficent hand of Jehovah — why should they be
compelled to resort to such places, and associate with such
company 1 Even in the best camps, where there may
not be such open wickedness, life is a dreary monotony.
The only method of breaking that monotony, is, alas, too
often by the whiskey barrel, or the card table. But,
why?
Getting: a Living: Without Going: to the Devil.
Why should religion, and the joys of Qod's happy
service be removed from a man, who seeks by this most
natural and worthy industry, to earn his living by the
sweat of his brow 1 Oh, why is it the devil has so mono-
polised the hard, practical thoroughfares of life, leaving
the mere sidings for God 1 Now, the idea of onr Shelter
in the woods, is simply to provide one place, at any rate,
however small, where an honest man can spend his win-
ter, working at Canada's great hidustry, without running
the gauntlet of every vile temptation out of hell. We
shall, as usual, begin in a small way ; but unless I greatly
mistake, we are starting out on a big thing. We shall
equip and furnish a house, just as if it were a city Shel-
ter. There will be comfortable, clean beds and bunks,
well lighted, well aired dormitories ; a pleasant reading-
room, with all kinds of good books, newspapers, etc. ; a
lavatory, where baths can be Indulged in ; and, most im-
portant of all, a little building in which bright, musical,
attractive Salvation meetings are conducted every night,
and all day on Sunday. We shan't, of course, be able at
first to make the place all one's wit would dictate. We
are poor, and we mnst go an inch at a time. But here is
the pattern. We shall then throw the doors of this for-
tress of salvation open to any man who prefers to earn
his living, subject, of course, to the nsuu cash terms, on
our limit in the midst of these happy surroundings,rather
than to sell hia soul for the price of his wages on the
other plan.
Will they Come ?
As to the decision I have no doubt. It is a mistake to
suppose that the majority of evil doers desire to be
damned, either In this world or the next. People often
go under because they are more weak than wicked. The
weak ones, who dread their bad habits like the fly dreads
the spider, are often glad to flee to any place where the
forces that make for their destraotion are more easily
coped with. I believe, therefore, we shall get plenty of
applicants for our new Timber Limit, once it is known to
exist.
But we shall get more than loafers and dmnks in our
forest fortress. The change in the environment of the
lumber camp will, however circumscribed, produce, I
think, a corresponding change in the character of the men
wishing to avail themselves of one of Canada's greatest
chances of earning a living.
A Chance for Our Soldiers.
It would not a bit surprise me to find our timber
limit largely manned by Salvationists. It is, alas,
a deplorable and indisputable fact that the frost,
which locks up half the industries of the community
half the year, turns out a large number of our own people
from employment. In consequence, they are sometimes
sorely put to it in their struggle to make ends meet. Our
timber limit will oflfer to some such, at any rate, a kind of
camp, with work and religion combined. We can have a
corps in the woods. The pine arches of the forests may
be made to ring with the songs of Zion, and once more we
may call upon the trees to clap thour hands. I am hoping
for this, because the presence of ever so few Salvationists
will make our Institution a power for good, which i*
otherwise could not be. After slogging all day at the
trees, our soldiers could help us durbig their evenings to
do a bit of slogging at the smnersof the little community.
They would render the meetings attractive and powerful,
and take it to heart to get everyone on the place con-
verted.
Think, too, what Sunday in such a camp, and with
each facilities, could be. Scouts might be sent around to
the neighboring shanties, and meetings arranged for miles
about the place. So much for the Jubilee Timber Limit.
Scheme No. 34.
THE SALVATION NAVY;
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A New Sailing Schooner for Newfound-
land, a Steamboat for the Lakes,
and a Steam Launch for Brit-
ish Columbia.
We propose to develop our Navy. At present, onr
flotilla consists of one small sailing craft, called the Olad
Tidings, which hitherto we have used in connection with
our work off the coast of Labrador. She has done good
service, but is altogether too small for the requhrementa.
Her station will be changed. In future she will be com-
missioned for coast work round the bays of the main
land.
After my visit last year to Newfoundland, I decided we
should build a more commodious vessel, and The Salva-
tionist, a schooner of thirty-two tons' burden, will be
launched during the present summer.
The Army is accomplishing among the fishermen of the
far north, a truly wonderful work. When we have a
more commodious ship, this will doubtless be still
more so.
About "The Salvatioaiit."
The Salvationist will carry a complete set of Salvation
Army accoutrements. She Is fitted, at a push, to sleep
twenty-five persons. She can be converted, with little
trouble,|into a floating barracks, capable of seating about
160 people. She will carry, in addition to the essentials
of a full-rigged vessel, a tent for shore meetings, a num-
ber of folding chairs, a supply of medicines, a oiroulatinK
library, hymn books. Bibles, Wab Cbys, as well as aU
the machmery of an ordinary corps. Her officers and
crew will likely number three or four, and their plan of
procedure will be somewhat as foUowb :
The Salvationist will leave the Island with the fishing
fleets, accompanying them to the Labrador coast. She
will then commence cruising. From harbor to harbor,
where little groups of fishermen locate for the purpose of
curing their fish, she will carry the Gospel. Dropping
anchor in the bays, she will despatch one or more of her
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crow to shore. Sometimes the tent will be brought into
use. At others, the fishermen will be invited to come on
board the schooner, where a meeting will be held. In
addition to this, the officers will keep touch with the
large number of our soldiers who work all summer on the
Ooast. Their cartridge money will be solicited, and, as
far as possible, their fishing smacks visited, and prayed
in. Thousands of men work up in that lonely region for
months, and it can readily be understood, that the pre-
sence of bright, happy, singing Salvationists, will be ap-
preciated and made a blessing.
No branch of our work is more interesting, and few
more promising. God speed The Salvationist. Her cost
is about $1,200, and she is to be paid for by contributions
from the Island. Her hull will be painted black. Her
fittings, boats, and houses, white, -and she will carry a
tri-color band of the Army red, yellow, and blue, round
her gunwale.
Salvation by Steam on the Lakes.
But we have internal as well as external seas In Canada.
Within our immense area, we can boast of lakes larger
than whole countries of Europe. By means of rivers
and canals, which link up these stupendous fresh water
seas, we can traverse thousands of miles, and reach al-
moot hundreds of ports.
Now, why not avail ourselves of these waterways for
carrying the messages of salvation precisely as they are
utilised in the interests of commerce. Everybody knows
it is cheaper to travel by water than by land, especially
when it becomes a question of carrying numbers. We
have thought the matter out with great care, and have
decided to purchase a steam yacht of our own. The cir-
cumstances leading to the decision, are interesting, Last
year, when travelling with the "Praying Gang," the
" New Canadians," and the "Flying Squadron," I be-
came convinced of what might be done, and what help
rendered our poorest corps by means !^of more such
••gangs." Every time, however, I made any definite
propositions, I was confronted by the tremendous ob-
stacle of railway travelling. The distances are so great,
and the expenses so heavy, that it is sheer bankruptcy to
attempt anything by means of the iron horse. What we
wanted, was a kind of travelling house, in which a Bri-
gade could sleep and live, when unable to cover cheaply
a whole distance between one town and another where we
have corps. Something that would.make them indepen-
dent of billets when they were impossible of finding,
and yet some way by which our companies could travel
from place to place at a minimum of cost. Then I
thought of the lakes, and a small steamboat seemed the
very thing. I sent to see what the cost of chartering
would be. It was stupendous ; we could almost buy a
boat right off for a very little more. Then we looked
around. We found steamboats of the kind we reciuired,
to be had at a very low charge, and we decided to pur-
chase.
Advantages,
The advantages of the steamboat are numerous. To
begin with, we buy her cheap. She is a little beauty.
Will accommodate, at a push, a party of twenty-five to
sleep, live and eat. First-class engine, and everything to
be ap{)roved and passed as right and tight by our own
Salvation Ship Builder, Brother Andrews, of Oakville.
The cost of running will be nothing compared to the
enormous amounts we are now compelled to pay to the
railway companies every time we want to do a new thing.
Our calculations have, of course, been computed on a
strict commercial basis, just as if she would cost us the
same as any firm plying her for trade. We are quite safe
even on that reckoning. She won't, however, cost us
anything of the kind. Our crew will, with the exception
of the engineer, be composed of those who will serve ua
and her from love to God and souls, desiring only their
bread and clothing. Her coal will be the most expensive
item, and yet I don't know. We shall make a desperate
effort to beg much of the coal she needs. She will in
some respects resemble a horse which costs you little,
because your neighbor feeds him. Her boiler will, in one
cise, stand for what the horse's stomach represents In
the other viz : a medium for reducing the cost of travel-
ling to a minimum. The chief difference is that you
replenish the stomach with oats, and the furnace with coal
— but both kinds of diet are often given 1 If we had a loco-
motive, doubtless we could beg the coal for that, but we
should be lost for a track. In this case God has provided
the track, our friends will give us the coal, and we shall
get there as near as can be for the wear and tear of our
machinery.
Her Uses.
How shall we use her 1 In all sorts of ways. Immed-
iately the sunshine clears the surface of the lake we shall
have her under weigh. The coast towns and those
adjacent thereto will be fortunate. She will visit them as
fast as she can get around. One trip she will take a
Training Garrison of lads or lasses who, while being
trained on board, will attack the towns en route. An-
other trip she will carry a first-class Singing Brigade.
Another trip she will take down a group of Ontario
officers to the East, and bring back an exchange gang of
Eastern officers to Ontario. Both gangs setting the
country on fire as they come and go. Another trip, it
may be possible for her to push through to Lake Erie,
and up through Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods,
where she could take on a party of Candidates from the
Northwest, and convey them East at half the cost of
present railway transit. Another trip we could man her
with a gang of Social trophies, and let her take them
around for the benefit of the Social Work. Another trip
she might ship a party of French converts, and do some-
thing with them to help our missionary field in Quebec.
Another trip, a band of children from our Toronto
Shelter could board her and sing their way along the
shore, taking as they go what friends like to give them
towards that glorious work. Another trip she might be
converted into a floating Headquarters, in which the
Commandant and his Staff could type-write and do
business to any extent all day, away from the plague of
telegraph and telephone, while in the evenings public
meetings could be conducted.
Then there are pkces, too, on the foreign shores of the
lakes. Who knows if the Commandant may not be able
to work on the generous side of the Commander, and get
leave to push his craft of specials over the other side for a
few bomhardmentfl of the United States porta. The
proceeds could be shared, and everyone blessed. We shall
nave a try. In fact, there is hardly an end to the uses to
which we can put our little steamer.
As soon as we can secure her she wil' be dedicated
and christened the "S. S. William Booth," In honor of
the General's Jubilee. Her first trip will be taken this
summer with Mrs. Booth and a party of female Cadets on
board.
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A Steam Launch for B.C.
At present we are located at four places only In British
Columbia ; but there are many more opportunities than
are represented by these cities. A whole population
scattered in and out of the harbors and creeks and rivers
and lakes of that lovely land invite our attention. There
are, too, the many thousands of native Indians who swarm
up the Coast. Last year, when visiting Vancouver I
had a conversation with the President of the Method'ist
Conference of that part. He told me a marvellous story
about a revival that had broken out among the native
tribes as a result of a visit which certain of them had
paid to our Corps in Victoria.
I gathered from what he said that the Army has a great
fortune up there, had we but men and women to make
the attack. There are plenty of regions where no mis-
sionary agency is at work and thither we ought to go.
But to accomplish all this we must have something
that floats, a small steam launch capa1)le of accommodating
and sleeping four or five men is the thing required. She
will cost us absolutely nothing to run but the cost of
her repair and a little for coal now and again. Any quan-
tity of bark can be got anywhere one likes to land in
these parts and for our purposes that would serve admir-
ably. When I was in Vancouver the other day, I
examined a boat that woald be the very thing we want ;
but the price is far away up in the clouds. When it
comes to earth again, we may be inclined to close. In
any case we ought to have a steam launch for British
Columbia, and our British Columbian friends and com-
rades ought to see to it that she is forthcoming. We
shall call her the S.S. " Catherine Booth."
So much for the Navy and Scheme No. 34.
Scheme No. 35.
PROPOSED CLOTHING CLUB FOR OFFICERS.
Oar next scheme is one to which at the moment we
can hardly commit ourselves outright. In all probability,
however, it will become fact before the close of the next
six months, and it is explained briefly here that everyone
may understand our sincere intentions in the matter.
Difficulties may appear that are not at present on the
surface, but after long and careful study thu is the merest
outline of what we propose.
In many of our smaller corps, officers find it, without
doubt, difficult to keep themselves suitably supplied with
clothing. Their wants are now met in a more or less unsys-
tematic way by grants from our central funds. That is,
of course, where they are known. Often, however, the
most self-sacrificing and the most needful will not apply
for assistance, knowing how always overburdened is the
exche(iuer. Now, it is the object of this club to do
something at any rate towards supplying every officer in
the Donimion with the necessary articles of wear. All
cannot be accomplished at first, but the thing once started
will steadily increase till the Salvation Army stands In a
position to guarantee, by a regular method, every man
and woman wearing the braid or badge with all they
require.
The funds for this huge undertaking will be raised in
the first place by the appropriation of a certain amount
of War Cry profits. In the second place by a percent-
age of the Qraoe-bef ore- meat box scheme, in the third
by voluntary oonbributions, and in the fooith by the pro-
posed weekly payment into the bank of the Club by offi-
ceiB of all ranks. The advantages will be obvious. In
addition to those already mentioned officers can procure
their goods at a far less rate than under any other condi-
tions. The increase brought by the Club to our trade
would enable us to do this. Officers, therefore, become
the members of a supply society from which they could at
any time purchasb at a great saving all they requh-ed, in
addition to the goods at their disposal by the distribution
of the Club funds. It remains to be seen if the plan can
»e Pracnoally carried out. If so, then what a boon it
will be to the whole work, not by any means the least
part of which will be an uniformity of uniform among
the leaders of our people.
Scheme No. 36.
THE SALVATION SOLDIERS' CLOTHING CLUB.
A Few Remarks on the Text : "Whatsoever ye do, do
all to the Glory of God."
One or two Important considerations have decided na
upon the immediate launching of this scheme. To begin
with, our soldiers don't wear uniform as they should.
The blesshig attached to it is beyond all contradiction.
No one, once having walked the public places in the
regalia of the Salvation Army, can ignore the spiritual
strengthening given in exchange, for uie exercise of that
oonrage, neoeMltated by a willingness to become a moving
advertisement of full salvation. It is more and more
essential our soldiers should come to understand that it is
a principle as well as a jacket we want them to wear on
their backs. Do you say, "My religion doesn't oonslst
In my clothes ? " I reply, "Your clothes ought to consist
in your religion." That is, they ought to be pwt of it,
influenced by it, and subservient to it. When we ask a
recruit to don the jersey, we are not requiring of him an
act by which he should merely explain to the pubUo his
identity with the Army, as he m^ht by another badge
announce his attachment to the 0. P. B., but we are
asking him to come out from among the world and " be
separate." We are reminding him that whatsoever he
does, he is to do all to God's glory. Wearing clothes is
one of the " whatsoevers " of life, and we hand him a coat
or a jersey, and say, " Wear that for God." Hence we
are always safe in pushing our clothing business, because
it is built up, not as others are— on the pride of the race —
but on the principles of self-sacrifice and whole-heartednesa.
There would be no more finery-shops if there were no
more pride ; but note, the collapse of this evil would bring a
magnificent increase to the business of our store.
Down With Debt.
Another consideration is the curse of indebtedness.
We want to make an effort, however small, that will make
it easier for our people to pay their way as they go. Few
know better than we, who travel among the poor in
all parts of the land, the intolerable burden, of ten leading
to scandal, wrong, and ruin, which rests upon many in
this land, who seem to have no oompuuction as to keeping
clear of the debt demon. Now observe. Tou cannot
dodge debt ; it is a principle eternally sure ; someone will
have to pay if you don't, and what you fail to meet in
cash, you will more than make up in heart-ache, dread,
and disgrace. How much better, therefore, to cut your
coat to the measure of your cloth.
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What we Propose.
To help in thia, and also for other reasons, we are
starting a kind of co-operative clothing club for the beneht
of onr soldiers. Members will pay in it at least twenty-
five cents 8 week, which they will despatch, as per in-
structions, through their commanding oflScers, with the
usual Trade remittances. In exchange for these pay-
ments, they will receive receipts in the shape of specially
designed stamps. These stamps the member will attach
to a receipt book provided for the purpose. Two months
after date the stamps become negotiable, and by remitting
them to the Trade Secretary the goods required will be
supplied from Toronto.
And What May be Accomplished.
All goods will be sapplied at a discount of 12i per
cent. This discount will be placed in the bank to the
credit of the members making the various purchases, and
at the end of the year will be forwarded to them by
cheque as their share in the profits of the business. Only
the merest reference can be made to the scheme here. It
is fully explained in the circulars now being prepared, but
in addition to the advantages already noted, one word may
be said as to the increase in our trade and profit, which
would be the immediate result of a successful Issue
of this undertaking. Supposing we could secure only two
thousand members. That would represent at least an
income of $26,000, and a profit of $3,262.50 to
the members in one year. But think what such a lift
would involve to the cause of Christ in this great Salvation
Army. It Is really consoling for one to consider how
many things his very trousers can be made to stand for.
There is outapokenness for Christ to begin with ; preven-
tion against debt to continue ; employment for the poorest
at fair wages to go on with ; saving to one's own pocket
to still contemplate, and profit to the cause of God to
finish up with. Thus does the Salvation Army practically
fulfil the injunction—" Whatsoever ye do, do all to the
glory of God."
Scheme No. 37.
AN EXPERIMENT IN THE WAY OF A
SALVATION ARMY CO-OPERATIVE
STORE IN TORONTO.
Tradiofi: for God.
Things that are destined to grow generally spring
spontaneously into existence. If that is so, the prospects
ahead of onr wee little grocery store are encouraging.
The thing itself is infinitesimal compared with the princi-
ple upon which it is based, viz., co-operation in the cause
of Christ. It began this way :
Necessl^ is the mother of invention. A few offi-
cers at Headquarters, who were feeling the grind of
our extreme poverty, both as regards the public
exchequer and their personal wants, thought they might
assist the one and the other by clubbing together and
baying their requirements of a little store, the profits of
which were to be divided between the oastomers and the
Armv.
Why shouldn't we pay back as'much as possible of onr
scanty wages Into the Impoverished funds of the work
dearer to ns than our lives ? we asked. The reply sprang
op in the shape of a little look-up store ap a aide street
wiiich was rented at $10 a month, but which already
promises to prove to us one or two things in the direc-
tion of our own resources. It is too early to speak of its
success at present, but once the plan of oo-operation
could be got working in the Army, we could, withoat
doubt, make mone^ which would roll our work along to
any extent, or if It is right and desirable to co-operate
for the mutual benefit of one another, how much more
right must it be to join hands in this business, for help-
ing and blessing, not ourselves alone, but the Kingdom of
Christ 1 The Almighty has been too long pat ofif with the
prayer-book and Psalms for His living in the world.
Why not bring Him more into touch with the practical
concerns of commerce, where wealth, too often, noarded
out of His reach, is to be accumulated. The idea that
to trade for God is out of keeping with true reverence.
Is all pure prejudice. What is right for Gk>d's people to
do for themselves must be much more permissible for
them to do for Him. Hence it is possible oar little store
may become the seedling of agreat profit-making bnsi-
ness for God and His poor. Who knows I
I was looking op the other day the record of the first
known co-operative store that ever existed, and was
quite struck with the similitude of the ciroanutancee that
surrounded that undertaking and our little endeavor.
JustinMcCarthy.in his "History of oar own Time8,"after
speaking of the dislike entertained by certain long-headed
Lancashire weavers for the credit system, describes it
thns :
" It occarred to these Rochiale weavers that if they should get to
gether a little capital they might start a store of their own, and thus be
able to supply thumselve^ with better goods, and at a cheaper rate.
" Twenty-eight of them began by subscribing two-penco a week each.
When they had got £28 (1140) they thought they lial capital enough to be-
gin their enterprise with. They took a small store in a back street called
'Toad Lane.'
" After the shop n^l been fltttd up the pioneers had only £14 (|70) left
to stock it, and the concern luokiil so small and shabby that the hearts of
some of the pioneers might have well nigh sunk within them. A neigh-
boring storekeeper, feeling utter conUnipt for the enterprise, declared that
he could remove the whole stock-in-trade in a wheel-barrow. The wheel-
barrow load of goods soon, however, became too heavy to be carried away
in the hold of a great steamer.
" The pioneers began by supjilying each other with groceries. They
went on to butehcr's meat, and then to all sorts of clothing. Prom sup-
plying goods they urogreshcd on to the manufacturing of goo<ls. Thev
bad a corn mill anil a cotton mill, and they became, to a certain extent a
land and a building society. Their capital of £28 (1140) swelled in six-
teen years to over £120,000 (|tX)3,000).''
And if all this can be done withoat a splendid organiza-
tion to back it up, and for mere personal interest, what
conld not be accomplished by the same method for the
flory of Qod and the salvation of souls 1 We shall see.
t may be so. it may not. Meanwhile, I buy my batter
to the glory of God, and thank the Salvation Army for
the chance.
Scheme No. 3H.
THE ANNUAL WAR CRY WEEK.
OB,
A New Method of Booming the " Cry."
Something mast be done during the Jubilee Year by
way of still further improving the War Gey, and what is
far more urgent, increasing its sale. There are some
things, and some things that may be done. About one
of them we may at once speak, although concerning
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others it is not at present permissible. "If all the
effort, energy, and care put into the War Cry by way of
Improvement bad been exercised in effort." to discoTer
Bome more effective way of selling it, wocid not the result
have been greater than it has ? That is the question I
have been patting to myself as the constituted guardian
of the Army's interests in Oanada. I am bound to say
we have been sadly at fault here. We are a systematic
people. Our government is the quickest and most prompt
in the world. Our machinery for evangelistic effort is
also most precise, and everything we tackle in a systematic
style, we do with much credit. It is the hitty-missy
regime that lets na in, the exercise of energy without
wits. Now, we propose to go in for a more systemAtic
way of pushing our War Cry. We propose to do this by
setting aside one week in the year which shall be known
as the " War Cry Boom Week." Our efforts this week
will be organized and run from Headquarters exactly as
our Self- Denial Week is now run. Regular canvas will
be made of every house in every town for sabscriben.
Soldiers will be urged to pay a year's subscription in
advance, and thus get the War Cry at a saving. Dona-
tions will be taken np for the supply of the War Cry to
hospitals, prisons, etc., and a general united and mighty
effort will be put forth to increase our sale. The week
will be notified long beforehand, and will be celebrated
by a special five cent Cry.
Scheme No. 39.
A JUBILEE SPECIAL CRY !
OB,
The Most Wonderful War Cry ever
Published.
We shall do more than the boom in the War Cry line.
Canada has already a world-wide reputation for her
special issues of the Army gazette. Our last Easter
number won hurrahs from every quarter of the globe, and
there is little doubt that even now thousands could be
sold in other countries were that feasible. But the Jubilee
Cry will eclipse all others. It will be no fault of ours if
It doesn't eclipse the literary productions of the whole
world. To explain it here would only give away our
patents, and make our task of competition the more
difficult. But without hesitation, we challenge the
editors of the globe. Come one, come all, we stand pre
pared. Our Jubilee Cry will form our Christmas number
for 1894, and will be issued and sold in connection with
the General's visit.
ISeheme No. 40.
Blood," "Jesus is strong to deliver," "The precious
Blood is flowing o'er my heart," "Almighty to save,"
"The grace of God," " Calvary's stream," " Grace there
is," "This is why I love my Jesus," "His Blood
can make the foulest clean," " The heavenly gales are
blowing," and many more, are associated and ever
must be with the stupendous gatherings that first gave
them voice and being. In continuation of this, Canada
desires to present the Salvation Army at large with at
least a dozen new songs that will hold their own with any
gone before. We want all who have talents in this
direction to correspond with us, and as our share, Mrs.
Booth and myself pledge ourselves to contribute at least
half the book, if not more. Some time during the year,
therefore, we hope to publish the " Canadian Jubilee
Music Book."
Scheme No. 41.
THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE
LEAGUE OF MERCY.
Here is another branch of our work still in Its Infancy,
but which may be said to have served its apprenticeship.
The work of love accomplished by the city oranoh of the
League in Toronto, is touching and inspiring. The War
Cry has before told the tales of its ministrations. By
these Sisters of Salvation, the hospitals are visited, the
prisons are prayed in, the sick tended, and the slums
gospelled. But the time has come for development. It
U a shame, that with such facilities as are offered as, we
should delay. Scarcely a prison or hospital in Protestant
Canada, is closed against our agents, and where there are
hindrances, they could, with push and patience, be re-
moved. So we propose to organize the Ijeague from the
centre. A Secretary is to be appointed to Mrs. Booth
for this purpose, and branches of the League of Mercy
may be soon expected in such cities as London, Hamil-
ton, Peterboro', Montreal, Kingston, St. John, Halifax,
Victoria, and Winnipeg. The League of Mercy xviil
grow up alongside our Social Work. It wUl comprise
the link in the corps, which will attach it to the new op-
portunities opening up in our institutions. Besides this,
oar League of Mercy officer will be the agent for Social
enquiries, such as qaeries concerning lost friends, and
lost children ; homes for little ones, and those who have
found salvation in our Bescae Work, and who desire
situations. In all this we can be assisted splendidly by
our local Leagues of Mercy. God speed the benevolent
undertaking.
Scheme No. 4%.
THE JUBILEE MUSIC BOOK ; iq.oqo MEMBERS OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE ;
OB,
New Songs Warranted to Go.
Great is the power of music. It is a strange coincidence
that nearly all oar great occasions seem to have created,
or popularized, or instituted one or more songs that have
roUed round the world as the after wave of the blessings
attending our great assembUes. Thus it is that songs like
" Oh. the blessed Lord," " My heart is now whiter than
snow" "Oh,preolou8 is the flow," "Nothing but Thy
OR,
" Craoe-Before-Meat " Box-Holders, and 100 Hew Auxiliaries.
So far, so good. You, my gentle reader, have followed
this program thus far, I am sure, with mingled feelings of
wonder and delight. You will be the first to rejoice In
the realization of our Ideas, you will even pray for their
fulfilment ; but, believe us, we want to do more than
either of these. We want you to help us. Yes, you, we
mean. You, who now read these lines. Do you ask,
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•• How can I help ? " Scheme No. 46, is designed to
meet your difficulty. You may not be rich, and therefore
not so circumstanced as to do very much in the way of
large donations ; but you are able to ally yourself to f'at
principle, which has contributed more than any other to
the mightiest accomplishments of this world, viz., the
principle underlying tne old Scotch saying, " Many a
mickle makes a mnokle." See around you what illustra-
tions you have of this truth in the world of nature. It
is as though the visible creation came forward to put in a
plea for our *' Qraoe-before-Meat " scheme. The fath-
omless deeps of the ocean say, " We are but the gather-
ing Into one great whole of numberless tiny globules,
which, distilling upon a hundred million leaves of the
forest, and ten million million blades of the valley have
contributed each their mite to the rippling .streams, which
in turn swell the rivers, that roll out to our boundless
depths." Will you be true to the plan of the ocean ?
The great corporations, whose millions run into thn hun-
dreds, tell you they have amassed their wealth by a sys-
tematic method of looking after the pence, rather than
the pounds of the people. Will yon be as wise for Qod,
as they have proved in the interests of their own pockets?
WiU You take One?
So, by many illustrations could we remind you, dear
reader, of the principles upon which we have launched
our " Grace-before-Meat " box. The whole scheme is
but a systematic method of gathering up the mites,
mites many of which are frittered away in trivials that
could be well dispensed with ; but mites, which, when
gathered, comprise a revenue to gladden many a heart
and home. Will yon be one of these mite-givers ? Will
,"oa now make up your mind to send for the box,
and thus do your share towards rendering the Jubilee a
triumph ? For remember, this scheme is one of those
parts of the program which renders the rest possible.
Please, therefore, send for one of these boxes.
Their idea is simple, and well within reach of all. The
box is placed>on the table at dinner time on each Sunday.
Those setting around, are asked to drop into it at least
one cent each. It is a simple plan of recollecting and
recognizing the goodness of Grod in giving you a dinner,
by lending a hand to succour those who have no dinner
at all. Some five thousand boxes are already distributed,
and we shall make a tremendous effoit to increase the
number to ten thousand during the year. The holders
will be assisted in their kind desire to help, by a little
leaflet, which it is intended to publish and send neriodi-
cally, giving the latest and most interesting news of our
Social Work throughout the world. With a view also to
properly organizing this scheme, special agents have been
appointed for each Province to push it forward.
The Auxiliary League, toos will come in for its share of
the Jubilee. We hope for at least an increase of one
hundred members. This part of onr work is much need-
ing development, and by God's help it shall have it.
Scheme No. 43.
OUR JUBILEE HARVEST FESTIVAL
AND
OUR JUBILEE SELF-DENIAL.
Sorely two events of such great importance should be
regarded as separate schemes. They are not, however,
new things, and for that purpose they come to be referred
to as one. If not new, however, they will be special, and
without doubt eclipse all similar undertakings that have
gone before.
The Jubilee Harvest Festival is bound to show a sub-
stantial increase on last year. In addition to having
proved how rich are the resources that lie aronnd us, we
have learned by experience and perfected by practice.
As to the Self-Denial, that will reach the 920,000
standard without the shadow of a query. The method
will be as nearly as possible the same as last year, bat
the machinery still more simple and even less expensive.
The General will reach us just as the Self -Denial Week
has closed, and the district officers will have the pleasure
of announcins to him in person what has been the victory
achieved by tneik- troops.
Ncheme 'So. 44
A WEEK OF RECONCILIATION ;
OR,
Peace with Honor Throughout the Dominion.
Let the Jubilee Year do what it can to meet the pro-
blem of backsliding hr^ estrangement. So say we all
and for such I am quite sure we shall labor. Nothing is
truer than the fact that there will be very many sad hearts
pondering over this Jubilee program. They have found
little r^st for their souls since they left the fold where
they were first gathered to the Good Shepherd and since
they deserted the colors to which they once swore allegi-
'anceas sincerely as any of us. How many I believe
who forsook the dear old simple homestead of the Salva-
tion Army have found themselves overtaken by a famine
in a far country 1 Eagerly have they endeavored to satisfy
their souls with a spiritual diet less flavored with the
Cross ; but all in vain I Salvationists they were, and
Salvationists they will have to be if ever they are again
to be really happy. And why not? That is the question
Backsliders, Backbittrt, and Back-Peelers.
I am always putting to them and to myself.
Then, the back«lider. Oh, the backsliders I Can we
not rise up in the strength of God and put an end to the
; iseries of hundreds of them ? And, again, those inter-
ii u things which lead to half the declensions of our con-
c ; -those petty squabbles and nasty grudges between
soldier and doldier, between sometimes officer and officer.
Can vro not, this blessed Jubilee Year, arise and bid them
begone ? Comrades, I believe we can. I believe we shall.
But, one word of caution. Our peace must be with
honor, or it will be no peace worth having, and no peace
that can endure. It is no earthly nse arranging truces
without treaties. If there have been wrongs, they must
be confessed ; if there have been sins against the com-
munity they must be atoned for by submission and pen-
itence. Otherwise there can be no pardon worth having.
Without repentance, and all it implies, there can never
come into a man's soul a pardon that he himself can
happily accept, for, remember, it is possible to be for-
given by others and not forgive one's self.
On these lines we propose a week of reconciliation
throughout the Dominion. The date will be announced
through the War Cry, and all arrangements made from
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the centre. Then 1 trust wUl come to pass a sweeping
away of all malice, an opening of hearts freely to each
other, a throwing away of grievances, a restoration of
wanderers, a reclamation of backsliders, and a deluge of
universal love and unity. Ood grant it t
Scheme Jio. 45.
THE CHARGE OF THE BRIGADES ;
OR,
The Canadian Brigade for the C. P., the Singing
Brigade for the Dominion, the Naval Brigade
for the Lakes, the Guards Brigade for
Ontario, and the Lasses' Brass Band
for Everywhere.
Canada has her interest in the Universal Jubilee
Demonstration at the groat Crystal Palace. It was meet
that I myseif should have been there. How gladly would
I have taken my flight across the ocean to mingle once
more with the glad and triumphant throngs who will
crowd the precincts of my old battle ground ! But duty
wills it otherwise. Circumstanced, as I am, with so small
a Headquarters' staff, and with so many things pressing
for attention, it is absolately impossible that I should
leave, and I have to content myself this side the ocean,
with the realization that the best kind of pleasure is the
joy of faithful service.
But, nevertheless, we shall be well represented. Briga-
dier Holland has been chosen to go over in charge of a
party to make It understood that Canada is going ahead.
The party are all raising their own faros. That was a
condition of their acceptance. We aro too poor by a long
way to be paying expensive boat trips, however strong
the temptation. This brigade will be made as interesting
and representative as possible. They will take with them
a few brand new songs, and if I don t mistake, they will
leave behind them a few melodies calculated to make Can-
ada remembered for some time to come. Other things,
too, they wir. !<. which don't appear here. One thing,
however, it '•-ucU needed to make the party a real boomer.
Half-a-dozen soldiera who cm pay their own fares and
ride horse back cow-boy fashion, and who could represent
our great North- West in the march past the General.
(See advertisement in the Cry). The Commandant will
e'ldeavor to arrange free billets in London for the soldiers
accompanying this contingent.
The party will leave immediately after the June Congress
and sail per the s. s. " Parisian," of the Allan Line.
The Commandant's Singing Brigade.
In no country in the world is singing of greater worth
or has it more attraction than in Canada. Canada must
have more of it. I have come to feel quite certain that
a first-class singing brigade cin be made a tremendous
power for God and souls, while it would enable us to
raise large sums of money, and at the same time benefit
the corps visited. We will have one. It shall be the
be iw that ever took seats on a platform. It shall sing with
the precision and effectiveness of the best drilled troupe
that ever existed, but it shall never loose its simplicity,
and never be untrue to its one purpose— to seek the sal-
vation of the lost. It has been my pleasure to travel in
the early days with singing brigades that have made their
mark upon the entire world ; they attracted hundreds of
thousands of people, stirred whole neighborhoods, and led
hundreds of souls to Jesns. They did more. How many
of the songs, now universal favorites of the Army through-
out the world, owe their origin, or introduction, to the
singhig of those songsters. Take just a few by way of
example :
" There's mercy still for thee."
" The precious Blood is flowing."
' ' There's k Golden Day. "
" Nothing but Thy Blood."
" I will sing the story of Jesus."
" Down at the Saviour's feet."
"Onward, yes, onward."
"There's no one like Jesns."
" Rolled away."
" Ere the Sun goes down."
"Ever Thine."
" A wonderful Saviour is Jesus."
" I have read of men of faith."
" Oh, wanderer, think."
May we not therefore expect another deluge of beauti-
ful melodies as a result of our Jubilee troupe of salva-
tion songsters ?
IVIrs. Booth's Naval Brigade.
The towns havmg the good fortune to lie along the
coast of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence will be treated
to a favor this summer they will not likely forget, subject,
of course, to everything turning out as we expect with our
new steamboat. She will e >■ sail from Toronto for her
first series of bombardments almost immediately after the
Congress. Mrs. Booth, with a party of female cadets,
who she will train to sing and generally make themselves
interesting, and who will be adorned in a special naval
costume, will compose the attacking force. The charac-
ter of the campaign is not difficult to imagine. On the
steamer will reign love and unity and soul-inspiring
fellowship, and at each of the places en route there will be
arranged a public reception on the wharf, with a triumph-
ant entry into the town, followed by a splendid series
of meetings, conducted by the better and sweeter half of
the Commandant in person. It seems to me that the
cruise of the " William Booth," with her naval brigade,
will eclipse everything of the kind attempted this year.
God grant that wherever the little oraft discharges her
heroines there may be a mighty upheaval of soul-saving
and a revival of real religion.
The Guards' March.
General Coxey Is not the only man who can lead a con-
tingent over the roads of America. Had he not been a
military man I should have thought that enterprising
gentleman had taken a leaf out of our book. One would
have imagined he had himself been a member of the Sal-
vation Life Guards regiments during their celebrated
marches through the shires of England, to watch the
method he employed to get his forces from town to town.
Now, when it comes to the question of marches, we can
do It with anybody, military or otherwise. We have de-
votion and energy, and enthusiasm to any extent. That
is good for long marches, and a little putting up with in-
convenience. We have sympathy everywhere we go, so
that our forces can Uv* like fighting roostera for abso-
lutely nothing.
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On one campaign I found food, most of it of a luxuri-
ous type, for 250 men during the best part of ten weeks,
all given by loving friends and soldiers, who turned out
to welcome their tramping brothers. And, oh, the happy
times we had, and the conquering scenes we witnessed I
The last march I was privileged to conduct in person
lasted eleven weeks, during which time we covered a
thousand miles by road, and saw eleven hundred souls
converted, an average of one hundred per week.
Now, why can't we do something on a smaller scale,
but of the same character, in Canada 1 We are not com-
pelled to confine our efforts to the places where we have
corps. There are any number of small villages en route
where a tremendous meeting could be held, and where a
comfortable, warm building can be found for our men
to sleep in, and where friends and farmers would be de-
lighted to show themselves hospitable by the distribution
of any amount of food. If we can get the men together
we propose to try it. The column should number about
fifty, and it will if the scheme becomes possible, be under
the command of Staff- Captain Jewer, who will be fre-
quently visited by the Commandant and the Brigadiers of
the Provinces to which he goes.
God speed the Canadian Life Guards ! They will turn
many a place upside down during the present summer.
The Jubilee Lasses' Brass Band.
Again the women to the front. I have, when travelling
in Ontario, been agreeably surprised to find how many
women play In our bands. Now, it is proposed to get a
number of these together, bring them to Toronto for
special drill and tnition,and start them under reliable and
able leadership, off through the towns and villages of
Ontario. I will back the band for music and attractive-
ness against any three masculine brass bands put together.
The only band of the description I ever heard was in
New Zealand. It charmed me. It was a splendid suc-
cess, attracting immense crowds wherever it went, and
raising large sums of money for Headquarters.
This part of the Scheme is launched in faith, but I
believe it will be an accomplished fact, and that within
the present year. How much I should enjoy the pleasure
of introducing such a band to the General on his visit I
Let any gir! who can play a brass instrument, and who
wants to help in this soul-stirring campaign, volunteer at
once.
God speed the Jubilee bind ! And God make the
descent of all these brigades upon the cities, towns, and
villages of the Dominion a means of awakening the whole
country.
Scheme Jio. 46.
THE BAND OF LOVE ;
OB,
A New Chance for the Children.
Nor must we forget the little ones. Greater, perhaps,
than all the combined accomplishments of the Jubilee
Year, would be some appreciable development of our
Jumor Work. Of alf things, we are here most
weak, and of aU fadings, we are here the most guUty.
What are we doing for the children? That is the all-
Bignificant question, which I always imagine I can hear
being put to as by the Salvation Army of the distant
We compass earth and hell to reach and save a hardened
sinner ; but little bestir ourselves to mould and train
the teachable spirit of the chUdren, who pass through
our very fingers, and by our very doors, into the dark
and abominable places of the earth. What folly ! What
ntter immessuraole folly I What gardener is there who
leaves his young plants to grow as they like, till maturity
renders it all but impossible to train them as needs be ?
He makes his garden what it is, because he makes it
yming. What master will leave his pupil till the plastic
mind is set with age and habit, before he imparts the
knowledge so easily learnt in youth. He teaches the
scholar when ytyimg. What gymnast will neglect his
exercise, till the muscles of the body have grown de-
formed by the laxity of years ? He trains his limbe
while young. What trainer of animals will start
his tuition with a full-grown lion, or a mature
charger ? He teaches the tricks to the whelps, and gives
his attention to the colt. So it would appear with almost
all things that breathe. They carry the impreas through
life, put upon them by the shape and character of the
mould in which their dispositions were formed, while in
the pliable and tender state of youth. But we seem to
be forgetting much of that. We are in thousands of
cases hammering away at the oak, and leaving the sapling
to care for itself. Here and there we have a splendid
Junior work, seeming to remind us of what we might do
if we would. Now, let us this Jubilee year go a step
farther, and declare that what we might do we shall.
For that purpose, we propose to launch the " Band of
Love," and generally develop our chUdren's work. The
year will likely see great advances in this branch of oar
warfare. The Company meetings will be got going, the
ticket system Introduced, and prizes, in the shape of
good Army literature, distributed. The Band of Love
will be fully explained in later Issnes of the Oby. Mean-
while, let it sufSce to say, the children are not to be left
out of the calculation in the year of the General's
Jubilee.
Scheme Jio, 47.
HOW IS IT TO BE DONE ?
Our Jubilee Fuqd— How is it to be Raised?
Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Juije 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
Every Officer, arid Soldier, and Friend, to be /^slted to
Seiid a Message to ilie Ceneral.
A flew Idea— Now for United potion I
It will be obvious to the readers of this program, If all
we aim at, is to be achieved ; we mast have money. Our
undertakings are necessarily dependent upon the practi-
cal assistance our people and our friends, feel disposed to
give us. Every effort, I doubt not, wiU be pot forth
iMally, where the several schemes are to be carried into
effect; but the Dominion, as a whole, must do its part,
and do It in a worthy way.
Does someone say : " There Is too maoh begging ? "
There, my friend, you are absolutely at sea. The diffi-
culty is not that there Is too much, but too little. What
we want, IS a Kreater degree of that holy confidence, that
goes forth to the world saying, " This is Christ's cause.
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and yoa muBt help it." Always keep remembering it ia
ifl not our cause. We have only the nonor to stand and
pilot it, or do the merest detail of it. It belongs to Qod
and God has said, " Ask, and ye shall receive," not only
on your knees, but on the platform. Not only of God,
but of thoAo He has made His stewards, and of whom
He will require an account of stewardship.
" Ask, and yon shall receive." And so it is that they,
who are not a))ove asking, always get ; and those too
proud to beg, always go beggarly.
Are We to Do It ?
Now, here is this magnificent program. Is it to be
carried out? Is it Qod's will that it should? Is it in
keeping with Ood's interests and God'sKingdom. Ir it
the kind of thing He would do Himself, were He to come
again ? Is it ? Let us settle that point, and if we find
it so, then let us ask ourselves if it is going to t)e made
impossible, because we are going to be afraid of asking
for the necessary cash ?
It mast, of coarse, be understood that we cannot bay
properties, build barracks, furnish Shelters, and launch
steamboats, without money. But money, in the Salvation
Army, ia all a question of labor. Our energy and enthusi-
asm ia all that's needed. Once our people get to ivork
with a will, the thing is always accompUshed. Shall it be
so once more ?
How to Give.
Our plan for raising tho Jubilee Fand is simple,
effective, and interesting. The General is coming, and it
is thought that thousands of officers, soldiers, and friends
would like to convey to him some message of love and
some word of blessmg. They would also like to give
some token of practical gratitude for all God has made
him to the world. But how can it be done ?
This is the plan : — They will bo asked to write the
message to the General, in ink, on a form specially
printed, followed by their autograph.
They will also mark by the side of their message the
amount of their sobsoription to the Jubilee Fund, which
will be handed to the Collector.
The messages will be placed carefully in the order of each
corps, and will be bound in book form into a beautiful
volume, which will be returned to the District Officer.
The District Officer will have the pleasurable task of
E resenting this book to the General as the messages of
is i^eople.
The General will take the books from the hands of
the District Officers and examine them at his leisure.
Thus each soldier will have one chance in a lifetime of
conveying to the General personally a message of love, or
note of cheer.
Jubilee Meetings will be held in each barracks of the
Dominion daring the week-end Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
In every case an effort should be made to get the use of
a charoh for the Jubilee Meeting on the Monday night,
when the leading minlstera and pablio men of the town
should be got to address the meeting on the subject of
the General's Jubilee, his life work, and the Salvation
Army. This can be done almost everywhere. A collec-
tion shoald be taken up on behalf of the Jubilee Fund.
The result of the effort will be announced at the June
Congress.
iftcheme Xo. 48.
DEVELOPMENT
OF Tim
CIRCLE CORPS SCHEME.
L%8t year's great effort is not to be in vain, and the
Circle Corps plan, as then explained to the readers of the
War Cry, is by no means a castle in the air. Neverthe-
less, it would be oseless to deny that we have accomplished
little in this direction, compared with what might have
been, had we possessed the officers essential to the carry-
ing out of the method.
The best arranged military campaign, howsoever,
nicely fixed to circumstances and geography must needs
have agents to carry it out. ft will not conduct
itself. The ablest genius that ever presided over the
force of arms could never have accomplished his ideas
minus assistance in the shape of generals, colonels, cap-
tains, and lieutenants. Hence, a greater triumph of
Napoleon than his marvellous power to inspire his fol-
lowers was his wonderful success in the manufacture of
Senerals. But his generals were absolutely essential to
is victories. So it is with us in this Sidvation Army.
We can do nothing without officers, and for the want of
officers our magnificent circle corps plan, so full of pro-
mise and easy of fulfilment, lies practically unworked.
But it shall not, by God's grace, remain so. The Jubilee
year mast see something more than has yet been accom-
plished in this direction. Let this, too, be understood.
Wherever there has been the necessary oversight, the
thing has fulfilled all we predicted for it. lliere are
circle corps now established that have lit the beacon of
hope for the villages of Canada. With reinforcement in
the shape of officers we can double the Army any time
we like.
Seheme No. 49.
A SOUL-SAVING AND SOLDIER-MAKING
CAMPAIGN.
The General to Enrol the Recruits.
This is almost the last, but it is more important than
all the other schemes put together. It is the goal to
which all the others must press. The one end, the one
aim, the one significance, the one glory of this organiza-
tion is the salvation of the souls of men. Take the re-
demption of sinners from the standard of the Salvation
.^rmy, and you have at once reduced her to a huge benefit
society, or a friendly association for mutual advantage.
But, true to her original purpose, she is the mightiest,
quickest, most effective, most far-reaching agency for the
things of eternity to be found in time.
What is the Salration Army ?
From her thousands of platforms shu tells the terms of
peace between God and fallen man. From her coantlese
rings she thunders the judgments of Jehovah to the
passing crowds. Her institutions are outlets from the
world of shame, and inlets to the realm of bliss. Her
homes «re the hoase^ of prayer i^n4 personal entreaty,
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Oru Jnui.KE Prooram.
Her Bheltera are f ortresieB of refuge from open and fierce
temptation which send their Inmatee to sleep with a song
and awake them with a message of peace. Her oflicera
are the knights of a crusade against the unbelief whicn
has usurped the citadal of the heart. Her soldiers are
fearless, outspoken ambassadors of the Cross. In short,
■peaking figuratively she la a stupendous vessel sailing the
angry seas of life, every department of which remains
In keeping with the ensign that floats from her mast-head-
pardon for the past, purity for the present, and power by
the all-prevailing influence of the Holy Ghost for ser-
We must keep her going for souls. We must go for
■ouls ourselves as never before. Ten thousand hallelu-
jahs for the recent rise In the tide j but why not more 1
Oh, for a shower, a thunderstorm, an earthquake of sal-
vation.
Souls With Bodies Attached I
But soldiers as well as souls, souls with bodies attached,
with voices that can speak, strength that can fight, eyes
that can see, let there be strict and faithful dealing with
those who come to our penitent-forms as to their duty by
regards this movement. Ten to one Ood wants them in
the organization by means of which He has met them.
Tell them so. Where can they so follow Him 1 where so
fight for Him, where so win jewels for His crown ? Make
them face It, make them answer it. Thousands are surely
going to hell to-day simply because their pride itself keep
them from joining the Army. We must have our peni-
tents made into recruits and soldiers.
Now for a struggle to Increase in our soldiership by at
least ten per cent, by the time thfj General reaches Ca-
nada. It is proposed that each Distrii . should bring for-
ward at some central point, a oompany of new recruits
for the General himself to enroll. What a chance for us.
Don't miss it.
Scheme Jio. 50.
300 NEW OFFICERS.
The Key to the Whole Position.
What /\ra You Doing?
Is tl|e Jubilee Battle to be Lost Because You Refuse
to Follow Cod?
Candidates Waqted for All Kinds of Worl(.
This Way for the Cross aqd the Crown.
In the great crises of Bible history, when the ripened
sins of men have called for Divine Intervention, or when
the needs of God's people required His counsel and
guidance, or when Jehovah has purpose to carry out
some great and benevolent plan for benefiting the race ; in
all these cases He appears to have cast His eyes over the
earth In search for some human agents. For some
inscrutable reason, a man has always appeared an essential
factor to the realization of God's projects. To the cry for
ilty that came up Into His ears from the children of
irael In Egypt, He replied by appearing to the shepherd
Moaea In the wildemeaa of Horeb, with the injunction,
" I have sent thee." And, when long years after, age had
whitened the looka of that aame man, and time was about
to put in her sickle and gather him to hla reward, the
want of a new leader for the camp was spoken to
Joshua, the son of Nun, in the worda, " Arise, go t "
God Wants YOU I
i'ollow down the centuries, and you will find It the
same. When God wanted to rule His people. He com-
missioned a Samuel; when He wanted to judge and
punish them. He sent an Ellsha ; when He wanteda king
for them. He sent a David ; when He wanted an instmotor.
He sent a Solomon ; when He wanted an example for
their copying, He aent an Abraham, or a Josepn, or a
Daniel, and when at last the fnlnuss of time had prepared
the world for the oomLig of Ita Redeemer, and He wanted
the way made ready before Him, He commissioned the
simple-hearted John the Baptist, whoae voice, ringing
through the wildemeaa like a clarion, brought the world
to attention.
Think you He has altered in His designs 1 Has He not
by means of heroes or heroines like Bunyan, Knox, Fox,
Mra. Fletcher, Madame Guyon, Whitfield, Wesley, and
William Booth, proved Himself the same to-day ? My
brother, my sister, the moral of all this is that He wants
you.
All Kinds of Plans for All Kinds of People.
Here is our Jubilee program. Look at it, and think.
It has a voice of its own. It speaks to you. Are yon
unfit for the platform ? Have you hidden yourself behind
that excnae 1 Then the " Workingman's Castle," or the
"Shelter in the Woods," or the needed Reaoue Homes at
Ottawa and Hamilton say " Ton will do for us." We
want yon, we must have you, or we can't exist and do our
work of mercy.
Is the Jubilee Program to be Your Death Warrant ?
Tes, the program apeaka. Here it lies on paper, a dead
thing waiting for you to come and breathe into it the
breath of life. Will you, or shall we have to put it by as
the written record which may appear anainst you as a
death warrant on the Day of Judgment 1 In God a name,
in the name of those who wait for the succor, which the
fulfilment of this great plan will bring, I call for your
answer ; I call for the witness of your oonsoienoe ; I call
for the excuse by which you endeavor to shirk your duty,
which can for one instant stand the gaze of God or the
Boruti^ of your own thoughts. What shall your answer
be ? Tours, my reader. la the program of '94 to be a
dead letter, and is your indifference to be the poison to
which it is to succumb 1 If so, look out for the inquest !
Are our hopes, God's hopes, your own hopes for this
year of JubUee to be buried under the cold blanket of
your unbelief ? If so, you can never plead as excuse that
your faith was ao small for want of opportunity to develop
and exerciae it. Oh, come and give vonraelf to God. See
what mighty thinga await us, asalsted by the help of your
hands. See to what porta of victory our veaael may be
wafted by the breath of your enthuriasm. See what
weight of glory waita the life of self-aarrender to which
we invite you. Come along ; never mind your abilitlea,
or non-abllltiea ; leave that with us. There Is a place for
you, weak aa you are. Our glorious Army offers it. Will
you take it 1
We must have at least 300 new oflScers this Julilleq
Year If we are to accomplish our program.
CONCLUSION
Comrades, the program is beforo you. It is for you to say how for it will be an accomplished fact.
I have rejoiced groBtly in the opportunity your loyalty to our General and this great cause has afforded me
of conveying, very imperfectly, some idea of the great and magnificf;nt achieven\ents that are possible to
our Army in this country. Do not, I pray you, suppose it has Iweii a difficulty, requiring a stretch of
imagination, to produce this mammoth array of projucts. Nothing of the kind. On the contrary, there are
other schemes of even greater import, which, because their time is not yet at hand, I have deemed it
expedient to leave unmentioned. But here, surely, are enough to set your hearts on fire, and call you again,
with new vigor, to the fray.
Frankly, I confess to you, as your constituted director, my heart is in this thing, and that is
because I earnestly believe this thing is for the driving plieud of the Kingdom of God. Canada is a great
country, but she is greater by far in hor prospocts than s^e is in ibc piesent tense. So sure as we live,
wo shall see the tides of emigration turn our way, and greater floods of human beings will pour through
our land. Let us be ready for them when they como. Nay, let us be equal to those already with us. We
have great and grand opportunities. Shall we seize them 1 Shall T, as your leader, fonimit myself to themf
Will you stand by me 1 Can T rely upon your vigor and devotion to back me up? In this Jubilee
Prookam, I have endeavored to play the part of a commander, who, seeing what may be accomplished
for his King and cause, dares to set it forth to his soldiers, in the hope that they, too, may catch the flame
of holy ambition. But I am helpless without that inl)reathing of enthusiasm into your breasts, for which I
look as the omen of hope, and the pledge conquest.
Eighteen-ninety-four is to be, I feel certain, a memorable epoch in our history. It is a year of a
double inspiration and Incentive. God is with us, with us in a very special .sense. Disunion has taken its
departure, and the sorrows through which together wo have sailed, have left us purer, more welded together,
more deep in our attachment to God, our leaders, and our standard. Then, too, the General is coming,
(lod to influence us by His Spirit, and His prophet to inspire us by his voice and presence. Let us give to
Jesus glory, and let us crown the Jubilee Year with such a laurel of victory as shall mark the figures,
1894, upon the annils of Heaven, Earth, and Hell, as the date when birth and blessing came to thousiinds
of souls.
Your leader, in faithful affection,
iL/^JoWl
Commandant.