Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-08-01


the meaning of the word service more
fully than has the Salvation army and
Capt. Halls talk last evening gave al
insight into the character Of the work
which is being accomplished by the Sal.
walton army.
.ao is Major Activities. :
The sixteen major activities of the
Salvation army were enumerated by
Capt. Robin, who is in charge of the
salvation army advisory boards in the
state, as follows: ,@
Evangelistic work; the giving Of
Christmas dinners; fresh air camps
free employment bureaus; missing
friends bureaus; prison work; young
women's boarding homes; children's
homes; rescue homes; maternity hos
pitals; slum settlements; industrial
homes for men; working mems hotels +;
work among ex.service men; anti-sui-
eide bureaus; training colleges for Sal
walton army work.
Although the evangelistic work is a
most important part Of the army's
work, it is often Of secondary import
ance. The fresh al camps where moth.
ers and children residing in the slums
are brought for ten days outing in
the country have perhaps accomplished
more good than countless sermons. A
work Of inestimable value is being car
ried on in the prisons in the reclaiming
Of convicts to useful lives. Eighty-five
per cent of the girls committed to the
rescue homes become good law abiding
citizens upon their release compared
with one per cent Of the girls in the
state reformatOries.. The free employ
ment bureaus in the larger cities have
proven most successful.
FsuDded SIXTY Years Ago.
= The Salvation army was founded
sixty years ago By VIM. Booth In the
east end Of London. Armies have been
founded since in over seventy couh-
tries but the growth Of the Salvation
army has been fraught with many DIFF
ficulties. Prosecuted, despised, rid
iculed and reviled by other organiza-
tions. the workers in the army pressed
on undaunted until the recent great
war, when they proved their worth by
tho deeds they accomplished.
Capt. Hall chose for his text, "Inas-
much az ye have done it unto the
best Of these, We have done it unto
me-" The spirit of the Salvation army
was apparent In his address and it Is
certain that many present learned
many new things about the true mean
ing OF service.
The speaker elaborated upon the
various activities Of the army. explain
ing the several phases Of the work in
the slums Of the larger cities. Partic-
tllar stress was laid upon the rescue
work and the evangelistic work which
always goes hand In hand with the
work Of reclamation.
Dwelling briefly upon the work Of
the Salvation army during the world
war, the speaker declared that no other
organizations had accomplished more
with less money than had the Saliva
ton army. The fact that every Saliva
.tion army worker in the trenches came
out unscathed was attributed by Capt.
Hall to Gods protection.
- Greatest Duty.
The greatest duty Of the churches.
according to Capt. Hall, is to impress
the thought of salvation upon the peo-
pie. A cleansing Of the heart must
take place. before Christianity can be
accepted by a person and the speaker
pleaded for more Of that spirit which
was. also in Christ Jesus.
A number Of songs were sung by a
sextette Of Salvation army lassies and
q solo was sung by an army worker,
while two other workers took up an Of.
fering. The sum Of $50 was received
to defray the expenses of the trip to
this city.
prayer was offered by Rev. r.. r
Percy, and A. W. Armstrong, OF the
Mems Union Gospel team, presided at
the services.
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