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P.S. — I have just read Mr. Buchanan's letter in 

 the Times of to-day. Mr. Buchanan is, I believe, 

 an imaginative writer. I am not acquainted with 

 his works, but nothing in the way of fiction he 

 has yet achieved can well surpass his account of 

 my opinions and of the purport of my writings. 



IV. 



The " Times," December 20th, 1890. 



SiE, — In discussing Mr. Booth's projects I have 

 hitherto left in the background a distinction 

 which must be kept well in sight by those who 

 wish to form a fair judgment of the influence, for 

 good or evil, of the Salvation Army. Salvation- 

 ism, the work of " saving souls " by revivalist 

 methods, is one thing; Boothism, the utilisation 

 of the workers for the furtherance of Mr. Booth's 

 peculiar projects, is another. Mr. Booth has cap- 

 tured, and harnessed with sharp bits and effectual 

 blinkers, a multitude of ultra-Evangelical mis- 

 sionaries of the revivalist school who were wan- 

 dering at large. It is this skilfully, if somewhat 

 mercilessly, driven team, which has dragged the 

 " General's " coach-load of projects into their pres- 

 ent position. 



