Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-05-18
ARMY GREAT WORK
Intensive Appeal Will be Made in
Walhalla Saturday Next.

>AoNoN' eAs llS COuFeFtS Improve
their worldly condition they often
seek other places for worship than
the corps halls Of the Salvation Ar
NY. Consequently the religious work
or the Army T.: for the person who
has reached the zero point Of his
career-usually the man or woman
who has lost faith in religion and
rejected Christ
In its service to suffering human
ity the Salvation Army raises the
unfortunate once more to the spirit-
ual plane--to the plane of accent
ance of Him who died for all. There
Is no PROSECUTING under the durance
Of hunger or suffering. There is. in
fact, no PROSECUTING at all. Protest
ant, Catholic, Jew or Agnostic alike
are welcome in Salvation Army
homes. These places are hospitals
for bruised souls.
Religion in the Salvation Army
goes hand in hand with practical
services. II provides an agency to
the advantage Of every element of
every community. large or small.
Their service program for 1921 does
not contemplate the entering or de-
vclopment OF Il new field. however,
bui rather indicates Il desire IO py-
nhnd the present efforts Of mercy
10 all parts Of y State rather than %
L,
tors. Most important Of it all is tho
wish TO reach the very source of The
great social problems and TO hclp in
controlling tho strong currents OF
ruly.
While unique, the program is on
iircly practicable and relies for its
success only upon the cooperation
OF the most substantial elements OF
each community in each State. HUI
man waste Of life and Of opportunity
has been the greatest problem Of all
ages, and this is SO to-day. This
waste is undoubtedly the foundation
OF social disorders which we choose
to call modern, which are older than
civilization. Relief measures have
banked the fires Of unrest, but it
would be idle to say that these rag
Ing flames have been in any meas
ure subdued. Therefore, while con-
tinuing and (where necessary ex-
panding all its forms Of relief work.
and without III any way stepping
beyond the confines or its own cs-
mD!iShcd policy. the Salvation Amy
has this year inaugurated method
of reaching beyond the boundaries
Of even the most constructive relief
by attacking many social disorders
in the places Of their origin.
Popular places are obviously the
fostering points Of distress, but that
the foundations for distressful con-
ditions are often laid in the smaller
communities is equally obvious. In
the cities organizations and institu-
tons are maintained by the Saliva
ton Army to care for and in Il meas
ure correct these situations. It is
rea liZed, however, that these must
be greatly strengthened. The small
er communities and the country
side, unfortunately, are without this
service. If the stream from con-
tributing sources can be in any way
lessened if reconstruction can he
commenced Immediately after the
injury and before the injured be-
comes han dened and probably lost,
it is apparent that the smouldering
contlagration Of unrest can, in
measure at least, be quenched, and
1T certainly can be much better con-
tt rolled.
The following cases are illustrative
Of the activities Of the Salvation Ar
my and Of the service which can be
rendered in the county OF Oconee:
/. Young girl whose mother was
found to be leading 4 bad life was
sent to one Of our rescue homes.
2. Two little girls, aged three and
four, respectively, found abandoned
by parents. we're sent to one Of our
children's homes.
8. Man Of sixty. still able to per-
form light labor. was found place
in an industrial home.
4. Girl. aged 16-ruined by step
father-who tossed baby from the
window Of train on which she was
riding. was arrested for child mur-
der Through advisory board she
was released on probation and sent
to Salvation Army rescue home.