Already our world-wide Salvation work engrosses the energies of every Officer whom we command.With its extension we have the greatest difficulty to keep pace;and,when this Scheme has to be practically grappled with,we shall be in greater straits than ever.True,it will find employment for a multitude of energies and talents which are now lying dormant,but,nevertheless,this extension will tax our resources to the very utmost.In view of this,reinforcements will be indispensable.We shall need the best brains,the largest experience,and the most undaunted energy of the community.
I want Recruits,but I cannot soften the conditions in order to attract men to the Colours.I want no comrades on these terms,but those who know our rules and are prepared to submit to our discipline:who are one with us on the great principles which determine our action,and whose hearts are in this great work for the amelioration of the hard lot of the lapsed and lost.These I will welcome to the service.
It may be that you cannot deliver an open-air address,or conduct an indoor meeting.Public labour for souls has hitherto been outside your practice.In the Lord's vineyard,however,are many labourers,and all are not needed to do the same thing.If you have a practical acquaintance with any of the varied operations of which I have spoken in this book;if you are familiar with agriculture,understand the building trade,or have a practical knowledge of almost any form of manufacture,there is a place for you.
We cannot offer you great pay,social position,or any glitter and tinsel of man's glory;in fact,we can promise little more than rations,plenty of hard work,and probably no little of worldly scorn;but if on the whole you believe you can in no other way help your Lord so well and bless humanity so much,you will brave the opposition of friends,abandon earthly prospects,trample pride under foot,and come out and follow Him in this New Crusade.
To you who believe in the remedy here proposed,and the soundness of these plans,and have the ability to assist me,I now confidently appeal for practical evidence of the faith that is in you.
The responsibility is no longer mine alone.It is yours as much as mine.It is yours even more than mine if you withhold the means by which I may carry out the Scheme.I give what I have.
If you give what you have the work will be done.If it is not done,and the dark river of wretchedness rolls on,as wide and deep as ever,the consequences will lie at the door of him who holds back.
I am only one man among my fellows,the same as you.The obligation to care for these lost and perishing multitudes does not rest on me any more than it does on you.To me has been given the idea,but to you the means by which it may be realised.The Plan has now been published to the world;it is for you to say whether it is to remain barren,or whether it is to bear fruit in unnumbered blessings to all the children of men.
APPENDIX
1.The Salvation Army--A Sketch--The Position of the Forces,October,1890.
2.Circular,Registration Forms,and Notices now issued by the Labour Bureau.
3.Count Rumford's Bavarian Experience.
4.The Co-operative Experiment at Ralahine.
5.Mr Carlyle on the Regimenation of the Out-of-Works.
6."Christianity and Civilization,"by the Rev.Dr.Barry.
THE SALVATION ARMY
The position of our forces.October,1890.
Corps or Outposts Officers or persons Societies wholly engaged in the work.
The United Kingdom .1375---4506France .)10672352Switzerland .)
Sweden .10341328United States .363571066Canada .317781021Australia--
Victoria .)
South Australia )
New South Wales )270465903Tasmania .)
Queensland .)
New Zeland .6599186India .)8051419Ceylon .)
Holland .408131Denmark .33--87Norway .457132Germany .16675Belgium .4--21Finland .3--12The Argentine Republic 2--15South Africa &St Helena 5212162------------
Total abroad 14998964910------------
Grand total 28748969416THE SUPPLY ("TRADE")DEPARTMENT At Home.Abroad Buildings occupied .822Officers .5315Employes .20755------
Total 26070
THE PROPERTY DEPARTMENT.
Property now Vested in the Army;--
The United Kingdom .#377,500
France and Switzerland .10,000
Sweden .13,598
Norway .11,676
The United States .6,601
Canada .98,728
Australia .86,251
New Zealand .14,798
India .5,537
Holland .7,188
Denmark .2,340
South Africa .10,401
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Total #644,618
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Value of trade effects,stock,machinery,and goods on hand,#130,000additional.
SOCIAL WORK OF THE ARMY.
Rescue homes (fallen women).33
Slum Posts .33
Prison Gate Brigades .10
Food Depots .4
Shelters for the Destitute .5
Inebriates Home .1
Factory for the "out of work".1
Labour Bureaux .2
Officers and others managing those branches 384SALVATION AND SOCIAL REFORM LITERATURE
At home.Abroad Circulation Weekly Newspapers .32431,000,000Monthly Magazines .3122,400,000----------------
Total 63633,400,000
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Total annual circulation of the above 33,400,000Total annual circulation of other publications 4,000,000-----------
Total annual circulation of Army literature 37,400,000-----------
The United Kingdom--
"The War Cry"300,000weekly "The Young Soldier"126,750weekly "All the World"50,000monthly "The Deliverer"48,000monthly GENERAL STATEMENTS AND STATISTICS.
Accommodation Annual cost.
Training Garrisons for Officers (United Kingdom)28#11,500(Abroad)38760
Large Vans for Evangelising the Villages (known as Cavalry Forts)Homes of Rest for Officers 2424010,000Indoor Meetings,held weekly 28,351Open-air Meetings held weekly (chiefly in England and Colonies)21,467-------
Total Meetings held weekly 49,818-------
Number of Houses visited weekly (Great Britain only)54,000Number of Countries and Colonies occupied Number of Languages in which Literature is issued 15Number of Languages in which Salvation is preached by the Officers 29Number of Local (Non-Commissioned Officers)
