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{ { | THIS DRAWING shows an early Salvation Army buiiding in the squalid East End slums of London. The words 'Christian Mission" on the building indicate the drawing was made before 1878 when the movement's founder, William Booth, chose the name Salvation Army. He held his first meeting in a tent in 1865. (CP Photo) Salvation Army Survives, Thrives 'Cause It Fought By DOUG MARSHALL LONDON (CP) -- Dozens of evangelical movements sprang|° up amid the disease, dirt and destitution that were the ugly byproducts of 19th-century capi- talism in England. Most of the missions faltered and vanished in a morass of social problems too vast to be solved by simple Christian 'in-| spiration. The Salvation' Army, 100 years-old this year, survived and thrived largely because it spurned pass.ve pastoral preaching. With drums beating and brass bands blaring, it went) to war. Today the Army, known af- fectionally throughout the Eng- lish speaking world as "the Sally Ann," has 25,418 officers working in 69 countries. It oper- ates from some 18,000 centres, including 2,000 social institu- tions, and has nearly 900 day schools scattered throughout Af- rica and Asia. More than 2,500 overseas del- egates are expected to attend centenary celebrations in Lon- don in June and July. Events will include a Festival of Youth, open - air devotional meetings, festivals of salvation songs and a service of thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey during which a plaque will be unveiled commemorating the life a work of the Salvation Army's founder, William Booth. GOT NAME IN 1878 The Army traces its origins back to Sunday, July 2, 1865, when Booth, a former Method- ist minister, conducted his first meeting in a ragged tent in Whitechapel, centre of London's poverty-stricken East End. The mission's name wasn't coined until 1878 when Booth, in a draft report, described his helpers as '"'a volunteer army." Booth's son Bramwell said this would give the impression that they were all spare-time work- ers. "I'm a regular or nothing," immigrants, Jack Addie and Joe Ludgate, put on the first mucn of our modern social wel- fare activity on youth," said a of a series of ev listic meet- ings in London, Ont. Despite some initial opposition (Addie was arrested for obstruc- tion on one occasion but was freed by the magistrate) the or- ganization caught on and soon spread across the country, Today there are more than 1,800 officers and cadets and nearly 5,000 full-time employees serving in 1,400 centres in Can- ada, in addition to 55,000 junior and senior bandsmen and 114,- 000. vocalists. CHANGING IMAGE Before Booth died at 83 in 1912, Winston Churchill had called him one of the three greatest generals he had known. The present and eighth general --there has been one Amer- ican, and one Australian -- is Frederick Coutts. Although its missionary work abroad is clear and necessary, many critics consider the Salva- tion Army an anachronism in the modern Welfare State. To meet this criticism the Army has recently been updating its image, considering a new uni- form and introducing a guitar- playing group, The Joy Strings, to supplement the tra- ditional tamborines, trom bones and drums The present: territorial com- missioner for Canada and Ber- muda Edgar Grinsted, said on his arrival at the Toronto head- quarters last year he planned to inaugurate such groups as The Joy Strings in Canada. Although still battling the demon drink, many Army of- ficers have come to believe that sexual immorality is the great- est social evil of modern times. The last General, Wilfred Kitch- ing, called the lowering of moral standards of sexual pur- ity "a tragedy of our age." AIMING AT YOUTH "We are also concentrating| he said. Booth then crossed out the} word "volunteer" and substi-| tuted "salvation." Although no| one realized it at the time, this| simple alteration determined) the whole development of the} movement into a quasi- military | organization with a hierarchy of| officers of both sexes dressed| in tight-necked tunics matching} the British army uniforms of the S8oer War. Booth later said he "found his| destiny" in the squalid East! End slums of a century agol| where thousands of men were|-- unemployed and unemployable.| It was an area where beer shops stayed open 18 hours a day and| advertised: "Drunk for One| Penny; Dead Drunk for Two) Pence." ATTACKED PUBS Alcohol was and remains one| of the prime social evils as far| as the Army is _ concerned. Booth counter-attacked the pubs| with temperance halls and mis- sions where the poor and hun-| gry could buy cheap, whole- some food and get a warm bed Surviving attacks by jeering mobs arrests by hostile police and even the witty sophism of playwright George Bernard Shaw. the Army rapidly invaded the rest of Britain and spread across the sea, In 1880 a beach- head was established in the United States. Operations started in Canada May 24, 1882, when two English REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS (World Headquarters, Independence, Missouri) ORANGE TEMPLE SIMCOE & BRUCE, OSHAWA 10:00 A.M. -- CHURCH SCHOOL for Children end Adults 11:00 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP ALL ARE INVITED PHONE 728-9606 CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH (Anglican) Mary ond Hillcroft Streets in the Army's new £1,000,000 International Head- quarters in London. "We think the Army has a key part to play in fighting juvenile delin- quency." A measure of the Army's con- tinuing strength is the success of its famed crusading news- paper War Cry, with a circula- tion of 250,000 in Britain and 81,000 in Canada. The Army's publication for children, Young "igs is even more success- fu A !egion of down - and - outs throughout the Western world still seeks succor from the Sal- vation Army, with its mixture of tolerance, warmth and_ hu- manity. Social legislation can feed and clothe the needy. But it lacks the hope and charity, the feel- ing that 'somebody cares," which is the special province of the Salvation Army. UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 6 King Street East, Oshawo (upstairs) 723-6325 SUNDAY 10:00 A.M.--Sunday School 11:00 A.M.--Morning Worship 7:30 P.M.--Evangelistic Service | 8:00 P.M. Wed. Bible Study |} TWO MEMBERS of the Salvation Army's League of Mercy bring a copy of the War Cry and a candy bar to a patient in the West- minster Military Hospital ai London, Ont. The work of the Salvation Army. in Canada started at London in 1882 when two English immigrants held evangelis- tic meetings. (CP Photo) SHOT FROM WITHIN LONDON (CP)--The BBC is working on a method of con- cealing a tiny television camera in the kit of a Household Cav- alry trooper for unusual shots of the Trooping of the Color cere- mony in the summer. UNITED SPIRITUALIST CHURCH OF ONTARIO Drange Temple Bruce St., Oshawa (Upstairs) SUNDAY, MARCH: 14th 2:30 P.M.--HEALING CIRCLE AND MESSAGES Healing Intercession Is Free 7:00 P.M.--DIVINE SERVICE THE PATHFINDERS Rev. O. Perry and Mrs. A Hurn "GRACE | LUTHERAN PARK ROAD & HIGHWAY 401 Rev. Philip Fiess, Minister SUNDAY SERVICES 9:45 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL DIVINE WORSHIP LENTEN WORSHIP } WED. 7:30 P.M. ROSSLAND ROAD 1042 Rossland Rd. PASTOR--MR. RO FREE METHODIST CHURCH W., East of Garrard BERT BUCHANAN 11:00 A.M.--MORNING 10.00 A.M.--SUNDAY SCHOOL "LEAD US NOT INTO. TEMPTATION" 7:00 P.M.--EVENING SERVICE 3rd in the series of messages from Ist Corinthians SUNDAY 6:30 P.M. -- F.M.Y. WEDNESDAY 8:00 P.M. -- Prayer and Bible Study THURSDAY 6:30 P.M.--C.Y.C. SERVICE Ages 6-14 SERVICES 8:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M. NURSERY CARE--11:00 A.M. CHURCH SCHOOLS 9:30 and 11:00 A.M WEDNESDAY ---~ 10:00 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION A Religion _ Today's World To the people of our time Concerning problems of our time To Unitarians, all doctrine and belief . must stand the test of enlightened reason. While not discarding the tested truths of tradition, it keeps abreast of modern knowledge. Pushing aside the veils of creed and dogma, Unitarians enlist the support of education and science that man may better understand and cooperate with his fellow man. 11 AM.--MARCH 14 Speaker E. WINTER Theme: hi Elizabethan --_ Back- ound of Shakespeare's Biays , UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP O.R.C. Building 100 Gibb St For Information call 723-2028) Mr i In the language of oor time Erie St., off Simeoe S. (Next efter Bloor St.) Wed. 6:30 P.M.--C.Y.C. Fri. 8:00 P.M.--F.M.Y. A WARM WELCO, FREE METHODIST CHURCH 10:00 "A.M.--SUNDAY SCHOOL 11:00 A.M.--FAMILY WORSHIP HOUR 7:00 P.M.--FAMILY GOSPEL HOUR 8:00 P.M.--Prayer Meeting and Official Board Minister: Rev, C. M. Bright Phone: 725-3872 ~ | ME AWAITS YOU H Pastor: SUN 91 Cent | -* MASONIC ma LUTHERAN CHURCH (Eastern Canada Synod) THE REV. HENRY . FISCHER DAY, MARCH Vath 9:45 A.M.--SUNDAY SCHOOL "1:00 AM.--THE SERVICE FAITH 725-2755 ] THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, March 13, 1965 723-9363 or 723-1863 For | __ EASY MONTHLY TERMS ARMSTRONG ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS 52 Fernhill Blvd. COMMISSIONER EDGAR GRINSTED heads the work of the Salvation Army in Canada and Bermuda. He is a former director of eLEAN * SILENT e EFFICIENT 13 evangelistic work in Brit- ain, 11:00 A.M. Mrs. Walker's drapes tell the dramatic story of clean electric heating Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker live in an electrically heated: home in Stayner. The Walkers are one of the many fam- ilies recently interviewed throughout Ontario to discover their personal opinions of electric heating. Here are their comments: "T notice a terrific difference in our drapes. In our other home they had to be cleaned twice a year, but after a year in this house they are as fresh and clean as the day they were put up. I haven't touched them at all." "I had to wash down walls in our pre- vious home at least twice a year. All I have done here is simply wipe off fingermarks." "This year we had our carpet cleaned and that was about the extent of my spring cleaning. I doubt very much that we would have been able to keep everything so clean with any other heating system." "I am very happy with electric heating. I would not change it for anything." Families all over Ontario echo the Walkers' comments. However, there is more to electric heating, than cleanliness: Elec- trically heated homes, insulated to Hydro standards, cost no more to heat than homes © with other systems. Flameless electric heat- ing is quiet, safe and offers the convenience of room-by-room or zone temperature con- trol. With all its advantages, no wonder so many people are turning to electric heating for the comfort, convenience and economy they want in a heating system. Electric heating is one of the many features of the famous Medallion all-electric homes. For full information, consult a qualified elec- tric heating contractor, or your Hydro. ELECTRIC HEATING FOR YOUR PRESENT ROME If you are p ig home extensions or if parts of your home are not properly heated, you can install sy electric heating for less than it costs to extend your present heating system. ©) your hydro ELECTRIC HEATING IS THE SUPERIOR HEATING SYSTEM SEE MEDALLION ALL-ELECTRIC HOMES ON DISPLAY IN THESE COMMUNITIES HARMONY VILLAGE DOWNSVIEW ROSSLYN HEIGHTS BEAU VALLEY BELLE VISTA Walnut Court Adelaide Street East Norwich Street Oshawa Blvd. N. Melrose Street North of Rossland Rd. W. TEMPLE BUILDING: | | re St. at Metcalf St. '"JIM" McTEAGUE ELECTRIC LTD. 415 Cochrane, Whitby ELECTRIC HEATING CONTRACTORS * 668-4278 You Are Invited to -- With Us | REV. 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