the Salvation Army 56
Languages in which the Work is carried on 33
Corps, Circles, and Societies of Salvationists 8,768
Number of persons wholly supported by and employed
in Salvation Army Work 21,390
Of those, with Rank 16,220
Without Rank 5,170
Number of Training Colleges for Officers and
workers 35
Providing accommodation for 1,866
SOCIAL OPERATIONS.—
Number of Institutions 954
Number of Officers and Cadets employed 2,573
Number of Local Officers, voluntary and unpaid 60,260
NUMBER OF PERIODICALS 74
These Periodicals are published in twenty-one languages,
and have a total circulation per issue of about one million
copies.
APPENDIX B
THE SALVATION ARMY'S ARTICLES OF WAR
HAVING received with all my heart the salvation offered to me by the tender mercy of Jehovah, I do here and now publicly acknowledge God to be my Father and King, Jesus Christ to be my Saviour, and the Holy Spirit to be my Guide, Comforter, and Strength; and that I will, by His help, love, serve, worship, and obey this glorious God through time and through eternity,
BELIEVING solemnly that the Salvation Army has been raised up by God, and is sustained and directed by Him, I do here declare my full determination, by God's help, to be a true Soldier of the Army till I die.
teaching.
I believe that repentance towards God, faith in our Lord
Jesus Christ, and conversion by the Holy Spirit are
necessary to salvation, and that all men may be saved.
I believe that we are saved by grace, through faith in our
Lord Jesus Christ, and he that believeth hath the witness of
it in himself. I have got it. Thank God!
I believe that the Scriptures were given by inspiration of
God, and that they teach that not only does continuance in
the favour of God depend upon continued faith in and
obedience to Christ, but that it is possible for those who
have been truly converted to fall away and be eternally
lost.
I believe that it is the privilege of all God's people to be
wholly sanctified, and that 'their whole spirit and soul and
body' may 'be preserved blameless unto the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ,' That is to say, I believe that after
conversion there remain in the heart of the believer
inclinations to evil, or roots of bitterness, which, unless
overpowered by divine grace, produce actual sin; but these
evil tendencies can be entirely taken away by the Spirit of
God, and the whole heart, thus cleansed from anything
contrary to the will of God, or entirely sanctified, will
then produce the fruit of the Spirit only. And I believe
that persons thus entirely sanctified may, by the power of
God, be kept unblameable and unreprovable before Him.
I believe in the immortality of the soul; in the
resurrection of the body; in the general judgment at the end
of the world; in the eternal happiness of the righteous; and
in the everlasting punishment of the wicked.
THEREFORE,
its sinful pleasures, companionships, treasures, and
objects, and declare my full determination boldly to show
myself a soldier of Jesus Christ in all places and
companies, no matter what I may have to suffer, do, or lose,
by so doing.
I do here and now declare that I will abstain from the use
of all intoxicating liquors, and from the habitual use of
opium, laudanum, morphia, and all other baneful drugs,
except when in illness such drugs shall be ordered for me by
a doctor.
I do here and now declare that I will abstain from the use
of all low or profane language; from the taking of the name
of God in vain; and from all impurity, or from taking part
in any unclean conversation, or the reading of any obscene
book or paper at any time, in any company, or in any place.
I do here declare that I will not allow myself in any
falsehood, deceit, misrepresentation, or dishonesty; neither
will I practise any fraudulent conduct in my business, my
home, nor in any other relation in which I may stand to my
fellow-men, but that I will deal truthfully, fairly,
honourably, and kindly with all those who may employ me, or
whom I may myself employ,
I do here declare that I will never treat any woman, child,
or other person, whose life, comfort, or happiness may be
placed within my power, in an oppressive, cruel or cowardly
manner, but that I will protect such from evil and danger so
far as I can, and promote to the utmost of my ability their
present welfare and eternal salvation.
I do here declare that I will spend all the time, strength,
money, and influence I can in supporting and carrying on
this war, and that I will endeavour to lead my family,
friends, neighbours, and all others whom I can influence, to
do the same, believing that the sure and only way to remedy
all the evils in the world is by bringing men to submit
themselves to the Government of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I do here declare that I will always obey the lawful orders
of my Officers, and that I will carry out to the utmost of
my powers all the orders and regulations of the Army; and
further that I will be an example of faithfulness to its
principles, advance to the utmost of my ability its
operations, and never allow, where I can prevent it, any
injury to its interests, or hindrance to its success.
AND
enter into this undertaking, and sign these Articles of War
of my own free will, feeling that the love of Christ, who
died to save me, requires from me this devotion of my life
to His service for the salvation of the whole world, and
therefore wish now to be enrolled as a Soldier of the
Salvation Army.
Signed...........................................
Image (full Christian and Surname)
Address........................................
Date........................ Corps.............
APPENDIX C
COPY OF THE SALVATION ARMY BALANCE SHEET, EXTRACTED FROM THE FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1909.
Copies of this Balance Sheet with Statements of Account can be had upon application. The Balance Sheet and Statements of Account for the year ending September 30, 1910, will be posted from the press early next year. The Balance Sheet of The Army's Social Fund can be obtained from the Secretary.
LIABILITIES
£ s. d.
TO LOANS UPON MORTGAGE,
including accrued Interest 540,277 3 11
" LOANS FOR FIXED PERIODS,
including accrued Interest 121,958 8 1
" RESERVE FUNDS, including
General and Special Reserves 176,143 15 ½
" SUNDRY CREDITORS 10,359 3 2
" COLONIAL AND FOREIGN
TERRITORIES FUND 55,219 10 7
" SELF-DENIAL FUND
(Balance) 3,463 12 3
Carried Forward £907,621 13 1/2
CR.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
BY FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY (at or below
cost) in the United
Kingdom, as on September
30, 1908 1,066,923 16 2-1/2
" Additions during the year 23,271 4 6
——————————
1,090,195 2 8-1/2
" Freehold Estate in
Australia 10,375 3 6
————————- 1,100,571 6 4-1/2
" INVESTMENTS, including
Investment of Reserve
and Sinking Funds 196,412 9 2
" FURNITURE and FITTINGS
at Headquarters, Officers'
Quarters, and
Training College, as on
September 30, 1908 5,412 16 1
" Additions during the year 2,768 9 5-1/2
———————-
8,181 5 6-1/2
Less Depreciation 2,433 19 9
———————- 5,748 5 9-1/2
————————-
Carried forward £1,802,732 1 4
DR.
Brought forward 907,621 13 0-1/2
To The Salvation Army Fund,
as per last Balance Sheet 411,701 0 6-1/4
" Donations and Subscriptions
For Capital Purposes
(including building
Contributions,
£20,044 0s. 2d.) 37,044 6 2
" General Income and Expenditure
Account
(Balance) 1,309 17 8-1/2
———————————————————————————————————
450,064 18 4-1/2
————————-
£1,357,706 11 5
CR.
Brought forward 1,302,732 1 4
By Loans
" Trade Headquarters Fund 27,902 16 5
" Sundry Colonial and
Foreign Territories 8,606 16 0
——————
34,506 12 5
" Sundry Debtors 18,360 10 4
" Cash at Bank 2,107 7 4
———————-
£1,357,706 11 5
We have examined the above Statement with the Books, Accounts, and
Vouchers relating thereto, and certify the same to be correct. We have
also verified the Bank balances and Investments.
KNOX, CROPPER & CO.,
Chartered Accountants.
16 FINSBURY CIRCUS, E.C.
December 31, 1909.
APPENDIX D
A FEW FIGURES SHOWING SOME OF THE WORK OF THE DARKEST ENGLAND SCHEME IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
1910 SEPT. 30, 1910
Number of Meals supplied at
Cheap Food Dépôts 69,784,480 6,869,897 76,654,377
Number of Cheap Lodgings for
the Homeless 27,850,674 2,445,300 30,295,974
Number of Meetings held in
Shelters 140,747 8,660 149,407
Number of Applications from
Unemployed registered at
Labour Bureaux 302,538 13,009 315,547
Number received into Factories 63,694 6,754 70,448
Number for whom Employment
(temporary or permanent) has
been found 249,453 20,210 269,663
Number of Ex-Criminals received
into Homes 8,840 416 9,256
Number of Ex-Criminals assisted,
restored to Friends,
sent to situations, etc. 7,886 1,166 9,052
Number of Applications for Lost
Persons 44,001 2,120 46,121
Number of Lost Persons found 13,710 398 14,108
Number of Women and Girls
received into Rescue Homes 44,417 3,679 48,096
Number of Women and Girls
received into Rescue Homes
who were sent to Situations,
restored to Friends, etc. 37,168 3,346 40,514
Number of Families visited in
Slums 998,079 109,750 1,107,829
Number of Families prayed with 577,550 64,141 641,691
Number of Public-houses visited 630,021 33,188 663,209
Number of Lodging-houses
visited 17,330 3,457 20,787
Number of Lodging-house Meetings
held 7,319 1,792 9,111
Number of Sick People visited
and nursed 93,233 21,912 115,145
NOTES:
1 (return)
[ See Appendix C.]
2 (return)
[ The following extract from
the recently issued 'Report of the Commissioners of Prisons and the
Directors of Convict Prisons,' for the year ended March 31, 1910, Part I
[Cd. 5360], published since the above was written, sets out the present
views of the Authorities on this important matter:—
cent have been previously in penal servitude, viz. out of
3,046 male convicts in convict prisons, 1,253 had been
previously sentenced to penal servitude, 672 once, 271
twice, 196 three times, and 114 four times or more. Mr.
Secretary Churchill has referred to us the question whether,
and in what way, it would be possible to make any impression
on this roll of recidivism—this unyielding corpus of
habitual crime. The problem is never absent from the minds
of those responsible for the administration of prisons and
the treatment of crime, and during recent years great
efforts have been made to improve the machinery of
assistance on discharge, fully impressed as we are with the
truth of the old French saying, "Le difficile ce n'est pas
emprisoner un homme, c'est de le relâcher." We have tried
to avail ourselves fully of the resources offered by such
powerful agencies as the Church Army, Salvation Army, as
well as other societies who have for years operated in this
particular field of charitable effort. We recognize the
ready help given by all these agencies. No doubt by their
efforts many difficult and unpromising cases have been
rehabilitated; but after full consideration we have come to
the opinion that the task of rehabilitation in the case of
men returning to freedom after a sentence of penal servitude
is too difficult and too costly to be left entirely to
voluntary societies, unaided by any grant of public funds,
and working independently of each other at a problem where
unity of method and direction is above all things required.
Mr. Secretary Churchill, to whom these views have been
represented, at once agreed that the difficulty lay in this
question of discharge, and that the official authority,
acting in close and friendly co-operation with the voluntary
societies must take a more active part than hitherto in
controlling the passage into free life of a man emerging
from penal servitude. ... A plan is now under consideration
for establishing a Central Agency of Control for Discharged
Convicts, on which both the official and unofficial element
will be represented, with a subsidy from public funds, the
purpose of which will be to take in hand the guidance and
direction of every convict on the day of discharge' (pp. 15,
16).]
3 (return)
[ See Parliamentary Blue Book
[Cd. 2562].]
4 (return)
[ The scale of pay in the
Salvation Array for Officers in charge of Corps (or Stations) is as
follows:—For Single Men: Lieutenants, 16s. weekly; Captains, 18s.
weekly. For Single Women: Lieutenants, 12s. weekly; Captains, 15s. weekly.
For Married Men, 27s. per week and 1s. per week for each child under 7
years of age, and 2s. per week for each child between the ages of 7 and
14. Furnished lodgings are provided in addition.]
5 (return)
[ But the day before this
proof came into my hands it was my duty to help to try a case illustrative
of these remarks. In that case a girl when only just over the age of
sixteen had been seduced by a young man and borne a son. First the father
admitted parentage and promised marriage. Then he denied parentage, and,
apparently without a shadow of evidence, alleged that the child was the
result of an incestuous intercourse between its mother and a relative. At
the trial, having, it seemed, come to the conclusion that this wicked
slander would not enable him to escape an affiliation order, he again
frankly admitted his parentage. In the country districts, at any rate,
such examples are common.—H. R. H.]
6 (return)
[ The loss is being reduced
annually, that for the financial year which has just closed being the
lowest on record.]
7 (return)
[ See Appendix A.]
8 (return)
[ On this and other points
see the Salvation Army's 'Articles of War,' Appendix B.]