The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-01-20

bring TO the working out OF large
conceptions" As to the method
of the Army, the Archbishop say:
that experience does not convince
him "that the characteristic modes
of the Salvation Army are capable
of producing lasting moral effects
in whole class or district" Fur
Their on, ait seems TO me sign OF
weakness that you ignore them,
specialized societies with host OF
agents and volunteers) $50 CON-
Pletely as to produee.-unintention
" no doubt-the impression that in
districts where such organizations
have been long and vigorously at
work, your own are the only help
ers and reseuers." Nevertheless
he concludes with advice and eau
ton. "These," (other peoplesO
works are seriously and soberly
going on, and yours is q call, even
to those who least agree with some
of your methods, for immense ex-
tension and for wise alliance"
Professor Huxley prefaces his
argument with the statement that
a generous and philanthopic friend
had placed at his dispose. large
sum Of money for the furtherance
of the vast scheme" "ifI
thought it worthy of support" The
Professor then proceeds to admit
"that there is an immense amount
of remediable misery amongst US.
He next refers TO the leading pro-
positions peculiar TO Mr. Booth as
they appear TO him, viz: that the
only adequate means to such re-
formation is the adoption of
that form of somewhat "Cory-
bantic Christianity praeticed by
the militant missionaries of the
Salvation Army; and that appro-
pirate instrument for the propaga-
ton of the enthusiasm is body of
deyotees drilled and disciplined,
etc. He now turns to the histo-
rieal lessons to be learnt from the
study of former attempts of the
same or similar kind, and refers to
Francis of Assist and Ignatius
Loyola. But what became Of the
Franciscan experiment? he asks, |
. if there was one rule rather than |
another on which the founder laid |
stress, it was that his army CT friars i
should be absolute mendieants |
keeping themselves sternly apart
from all worldly entanglements.
Yet even before the death of |
Francis, q strong party headed by
5 deputy of his own appointment
began to banker after these things,
and within thirty years of that
time the Franeiscans had be-
come one Of the most pow
erfuI, wealthy and worldly cor
porations in Christendom, with
their fingers in every sink OF poll
teal and social corruption, if so be
profit for the order would be fshed
put Of It, their principal interest
being to fight their rivals. the Do
ninicans. and to persecute such of
heir own brethren as were honest
enough TO try to carry out their
.ounders plainest injunctions." In
ike manner the same lesson Is
drawn from the history of the
Tesuits, ''and who is to say that the
Salvation Army in the year 1920
shall not be replica Of what the
franciscan order had become in
he year 1862"
Professor Huxley now quotes
he Rev. J. Llewelyn Davies, the
Of whose philanthrophy IS,
he says, beyond question, and in
whose competency and fairness he
places implicit confidence, and VINO
iatly denies the boosted success Of
he Salvation Army in It's professed
and winds up, Mr.. Booth
las pithily characterized certain
benevolent schemes as doing six
penny worth Of good and . shiI-
ing's worth Of harm. I grieve
0 say that, in my opinion,
he definition exactly fits his own
project"
Unless clear proof that 1 am