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existence this institution received from the public 

 an income of $1,812 70c. ; out of this $600 was 

 paid to headquarters for rent, $590 52c. was 

 spent upon the building in various ways-, and the 

 balance of $622 18c. paid the salaries of the staff 

 and supported the inmates " (pp. 24, 25). 



Said I not truly that Mr. Booth's rise bears the 

 stamp of genius ? Who else could have got the 

 public to buy him a " corner lot," put a building 

 upon it, pay all its working expenses : and then, 

 not content with paying him a heavy rent for the 

 use of the handsome present they had made him, 

 they say not a word against his mortgaging it to 

 half its value? And, so far as any one knows, 

 there is nothing to stop headquarters from selling 

 the whole estate to-morrow, and using the money 

 as the " General " may direct. 



Once more listen to the author of " The New 

 Papacy," who affirms that "out of the funds 

 given by the Dominion for the evangelization of 

 the people by means of the Salvation Army, one 

 sixth had been spent in the extension of the 

 Kingdom of God, and the other five sixths had 

 been invested in valuable property, all handed 

 over to Mr. Booth and his heirs and assigns, as 

 we have already stated " (p. 26). 



And this brings me to the last point upon 

 which I wish to touch. The answer to all 

 inquiries as to what has become of the enormous 



