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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 

 " Rough 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 

 " Director of the Scheme." Truly valuable inform- 

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



