The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-11
EACH COMPANY TO HELP
Proceeds Divided for Home
and Foreign Work.
Mirror Reporter Learns Some Inter
esting Facts of the Good Work
Done by Army.

ers of the northeastern Ohio divi-
sion of the Salvation Army, who
with his adjutant, Mr.. Hargrayes,
is at the local headquarters audit.
ting the books of the Marion
branch a representative OF the Mir
ror learned some interesting facts
concerning the work of what is
universally conceded to be the most
effective worker of rescues in the
world of Christian organization.
The annual season of self-denial
observed by the army throughout
the world is approaching and Majo.
Withers spoke eloquently of the
spirit and purpose of this time,
the material proceeds OF which Is
devoted entirely to missions, for
Ieign and home receivig equal por-
tiOns of the disbursement. Every
Sarmy center is required TO raise
certain sum or "target", the amount
being fixed by the state board of
missions Each member of the GEN.
ter is in turn targeted by the cap
tain of his branch and the aggre~
gate sum thus raised goes TO the
international board for the subsldiz-
IdnIg OF the work in fields not yet
self-supporting Fifty-four countries
and colonies are today feeling the
force and power Of Christianity
through the efforts OF Christian SOL
dters of the Army but in many of
these only the thin edge Of the
: wedge has been permitted TO en-
ter and in dhe meantime the SOL
: diers must live and push the work.
On the subsidized lin care France,
Spain, Italy, India, Japan, China,
e Russia, Panama. South America,
South Africa and many others. Ger
many and Switzerland have recently
been enabled TO stand upon their
own feet.
But more vitality interesting than
D the saving Of souls abroad Is tnu
atruIsm and prhcticaity of the
work here in our own United
Estates. The enormous tree of the
) army underneath whose protecting
. branches the derelcts OF all nations
, gather for protection and peace has
4 become the care of people of all
denominations and social segmenIs.
1t commands respect and consdera
tion by the very strength of its
| growth and all pervadinlg presence.
: Everywhere in the city one Gomez
] under its ramiiications, in the hote,
= of the woTl1ingman where clean
beds and wholesome meals are sup
| piled for a mere pittance and the
, environment OF a real home goes
without extra charge; in industrial
homes and employment bureaus
where men are pointed to places
h. where they may earn their daily
bread and are fed until they gain
: the honest penny from the worlds
supply; missing friends are located
and restored 10 their loved ones
and often to the path trodden in
childhood; slums are secured and
the renegade and outcast, the Sick
| and the hopeless feel the grasp OF
the hand of fraternal love and pro-
lection; rescue homes win back the
fallen to sweetness and purity when
just little while and they would
have been irTevocably caught in the
rapids and whirled ON into the sea
of oblivion; prison walls ring with
the martial music OF Christian SOL
diers and when the gates open to
belch forth upon society many
rudderless human craft fncapacILat-
ed by prison life for the freedom he
once forfeited, the army is there to
shelter and point out the way which
is right and leads 70 freedom OF
ihe soul as we'll as the body. Then
there Is the day nursery wherO
mothers who know the sound of the
wolf at the door may bring thel'
little ones and for the trifle OF five
cents per day, l1now that food and
tender care and wise instruction is
preparing their children TO fight the
battle of existence with a fair
chance to win. These are few OF
the inspirations OF the season of
seh-denial as praeticed by the Sal
vation Army OF the World
Inquiry elected the fact that the
target" for the local corps was one
hundred and ten dollars. to be col
le>ted before the eighteenth day Of
April. An Insignificant sum for a
community the size OF Marion when
the worth Of the project is taken
as the measure of giving. Only last
year an unfortunate was taken from
the county poor farm here and sent
TO the rescue home at Cleveland
where proper environment and kind
ness moulded her over into the
womanly woman she had ceased to