Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-11
RAISING THE BOTTOM
Salvation Army's Sole Sphere Of
Service And Loyalty
RAISE THE AVERAG

/ mere VIII always be bot
! tom to society. This bottom is
The Salvation Army's sole sphere
OF service and activity. But, re-
member. when you raise the bot
tom you raise the average
Commissioner David c Lamb.
It is a vast region indeed i'm which
The Salvation Army finds unceasine
need for its organized service to hui
manity. In that bottom" of society.
underspreading the entire social
structure. where victims OF poverty,
sickness and sin are crushed down
under the worlds heaviest burdens of
suffering and despair, the soldiers OF
this Army answer the individual cries
for aid minister 10 the suffering,
guide the helpless, and life up the
fallen.
The Salvation Army made this un-
der-region its own by establishing
Hospitals and Nurseries. Stun Set
Elements. Industrial Homes and insti-
tutions of many other kinds. Where
charity is called for and acceptable,
il gives; and 1t reaches with aid those
to whom charity is unacceptable.
Trained in dealing ably with life,
he Salvationists look to the building
up of character and self-reliance,
along with the furnishing of relief.
In its chosen sphere of service The
Salvation Army encounters conditions
Of which others are often unaware.
long experience in coping with the
unexpected in meeting all kinds of
emergencies, has given the organiza- |
ion remarkable adaptability and |
readiness, two qualities that distin-
yuished it's war service in our home
camps and in France.
All it's activities are centred now
II its service in the home field; and
N recent months it has encountered |
some changes in conditions at the
bottom" of society The salvaging
Of derelicts wrecked by drink, for ex-
ample. is labor Of the past. This
once represented a measurable per-
centage TO The Army's effort. It's
he inebriate homes are being turned
INTO homes for the rescue and cure
If drug addicts. There is still bot
om'' to society. and it is a region !
so vast that even The Salvation Army,
as its organization hasFe
grown to be, has never yet been ablen
% reach, with its unselfish service!h
thousands upon thousands of those Incl
iced. 1t has gone to the limit of itkeo
means; yet always there has been al led
infinite work to do beyond. tn
An evangelical spirit and atmos in
phere pervades all branches of TT st
Army's work, both in solely religion w
meetings. and in all the ramificati0 at
If the organizations many-sided +
.ivities. The avenues of approx
liffer. bat everywhere the aim is lie
of mankind. 81 as
In its street meetings alone ne al
salvation Army breaches to apprl- CT
nately 1S.000,000 persons yearly{of ri
his vast number it is estimatedhat 81
ully a third would never hear aer- HI
non nor a religious service we II te
lot for the efforts of the Salvatioists cl
IN other words, the teachings I the p
Master are carried to 6,000,00( per- 81
sons every year who otherwiseFould =
never hear or know them. Theiaiva- o
ion Army seeks those who WI not
seek the churches and preaees TO
hem where it finds them-inslums,
IL parks. in the streets. in vols and
II ways that they will undrstand.l
The voice of The Army sptker is
"a voice crying in the Wilderness
he wilderness of the city stfets.
The response to The lalvation
Armys countrywide apPal for
unds. to be made from Ma 10th TO
9th. will. it is hoped. mab it pos
ible to extend all its actnties dur
Il II. I