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all along with straightforwardness and good 

 faith." 



But the nature of Mr. " Commissioner " Booth- 

 Clibborn's conceptions of straightforwardness and 

 good faith is so marvellously illustrated by the 

 portions of his letter with which I have dealt that 

 I doubt not his statements are quite up to the 

 level of the " Army " Eegulations and Instruc- 

 tions in regard to those cardinal virtues. As I 

 pointed out must be the case, the slave is subdued 

 to that he works in. 



For myself, I must confess that the process of 

 wading through Mr. " Commissioner's " verbose 

 and clumsy pleadings has given me a " hot fit," 

 which, I undertake to say, will be followed by not 

 so much as a passing shiver of repentance. And 

 it is under the influence of the genial warmth 

 diffused through the frame, on one of those rare 

 occasions when one may be " angry and sin not," 

 that I infringe my resolution to trouble you with 

 no more letters. On reflection, I am convinced 

 that it is undesirable that the public should be 

 misled, for even a few days, by misrepresentations 

 so serious. 



I am copiously abused for speaking of the Jes- 

 uitical methods of the superior officials of the Sal- 

 vation Army. But the following facts have not 

 been, and, I believe, cannot be, denied: 



1. Mr. Booth's conduct in the "Eagle" case 

 has been censured by two of the Judges, 



