The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-09

SALVATION ARMY WILL HOLD
OPENING SERVICES ON NEXT
SUNDAY NIGHT.

Special services viii occur at the
Salvation Army hall on Sunday night,
the opening night Of the Week of
Self Denial, and one week from sun
day night will mark another inter
esting meeting. when the offerings Of
the week Will be placed upon the al
tar. Adjutant and Mrs. Crawford,
the Young Peoples secretaries for the
Atlantic coast province. will be in the
city on Thursday and Friday of next
week. and some special services Will
occur in their honor The adjutant
and his wife whose headquarters are
in Philadelphia. are both extremely
successful officers. and are now tour
ing the south
A General Self Denial.
The Salvation Army is actively en-
gagged in preparing for its annual
week of self-denial, which has now
become an established custom
throughout the world The dates
fixed are April 18th TO 18th inclusive
Last year the Army raised a large
sum by this means, which enabled il
to pursue its missionary, spiritual and
social work with uninterrupted sue
cess.
Few persons seem to realize what
a vast and worldwide movement this
has become. These modern crusaders
have now 21.02S officers and cadets
Including social under their ban
ners. working in fifty-fOur countries
and colonies. and in their own eneT-
getic way they are preaching the
| Gospel to the poor in about thirty dIf-
ferent languages. 1t appears from
their recent returns that the follow
| ing countries and colonies have been
invaded: Great Britain, France,
Sweden. Finland. Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Nor
way, Gibraltar, Italy, Iceland, Malta,
India. CeyIon, Java, Japan, Cape Col
ony, Natal. Orange Free State, Zulu
Hand. MashOnalanG, BechuaHaland
1 TransvaaI. St. Helena, United States
| Canada. Newfoundland, Argentine,
/ Uruguay. Bermuda, Hawaii, Jamaica
British Guina. Victoria, New South
Wales. Queensland. South Australia
! Western Australia, New Zealand, Tas-
mania.
Special expeditions are expected
! for China and the vast territory OF
1 Russia.
| Of Social Institutions the Army has
now a vast network. numbering in al
about 500.
! The Army always adopts some yer!
| self-sacrificing measures in order Il
raise the amount of money agreed
upon. From Commander Miss Booth
| who is at the head of the movemen
| in America, down to hte latest recruit
| the utmost efforts are being put fOrtl
! TO make it a record week. On the
principle that Example is bettel
THAN precept." all the officers and
! soldiers are expected to deny them
! selves of anything luxurious or un-
! necessary.
/ It is not generally known that il
addition to its social work the ARM
works among the laps and Chimes
in the states. the North American In
dams in Canada. the fishermen O
Labrador and Norway. the Lapps il
Sweden. the TamiIs in Natal, the Chi
nese and Dutch in Java, the Russian
in Finland. the French of Paris an
Quebec, the MaoTis of New Zealand
land the Natabele OF Africa The,
preach. in fact. in some thirty differ
eDt languages TO more than tina
number of nations and colonies. Sue
work as the Army is doing needs "A
little recommendation from us w
Iare certain that the country viii no
be behind liz its practical sympath
with the grand effort now being made