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much has been heard and so little seen, not as 

 they stood in 1878, or in 1888, but as they stand 

 now? Six weeks have elapsed, and I wait for a 

 reply. 



It is true that Dr. Greenwood has been author- 

 ized by Mr. Booth to publish what he calls a 

 " Eough outline of the intended Trust Deed " 

 (" General Booth and His Critics," p. 120), but 

 unfortunately we are especially told that it " does 

 not profess to be an absolutely accurate analysis." 

 Under these circumstances I am afraid that 

 neither lawyers nor laymen of moderate intelli- 

 gence will pay much attention to the assertion, 

 that, " it gives a fair idea of the general effect of 

 the draft" even although " the words in quotation 

 marks are taken from it verbatim" 



These words, which I give in italics, (1) define 

 the purposes of the scheme to be " for the social 

 and moral regeneration and improvement of persons 

 needy, destitute, degraded, or criminal, in some 

 manner indicated, implied, or suggested in the book 

 called ' In Darkest England.' ' Whence I appre- 

 hend that, if the whole funds collected are applied 

 to " mothering society " by the help of speculative 

 attorney " tribunes of the people," the purposes 

 of the trust will be unassailably fulfilled. (2) 

 The name is to be " Darkest England Scheme" (3) 

 the General of the Salvation Army is to be " Di- 

 rector of the Scheme." Truly valuable information 

 all this! But taking it for what it is worth, the 



