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statement of his as evidence that a statement 

 quoted by me from Mr. Sumner's work is a " for- 

 gery." But Dr. Greenwood unfortunately for- 

 gets to mention that on the 27th of December, 

 1890 (Letter No. VII. above), Mr. Trotter was 

 publicly required to produce proof of his asser- 

 tion; and that he has not thought fit to produce 

 that proof. 



If I were disposed to use to Dr. Greenwood 

 language of the sort he so freely employs to me, 

 I think that he could not complain of a handsome 

 scolding. For what is the real state of the case? 

 Simply this that having come to the conclusion, 

 from the perusal of " In Darkest England," that 

 " General " Booth's colossal scheme (as apart from 

 the local action of Salvationists) was bad in prin- 

 ciple and must produce certain evil consequences, 

 and having warned the public to that effect, I 

 quite unexpectedly found my hands full of evi- 

 dence that the exact evils predicted had, in fact, 

 already shown themselves on a great scale; and, 

 carefully warning the public to criticise this evi- 

 dence, I produced a small part of it. When Dr. 

 Greenwood talks about my want of " regard to the 

 opinion of the nine thousand odd who still remain 

 among the faithful " (p. 114), he commits an im- 

 \ prudence. He would obviously be surprised to 

 learn the extent of the support, encouragement, 

 and information which 1 have received from ac- 

 tive and sincere members of the Salvation Army 



