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orders than in those above them. The growth and work 

 of the Salvation Army is the most outstanding feature 

 of modern times, both ethically and socially. In 

 this organisation we find men and women giving 

 their lives to save others from " sin and misery." 

 Harold Begbie's "Broken Earthenware" has brought 

 home to all of us the self-abnegation of those whose 

 lives have been changed by the altruism of Jesus, and 

 through the power of His teaching have overcome the 

 world. In this they find their joy and exceeding re- 

 ward. In this work of self-sacrifice they realise them- 

 selves. In sacrificing the flesh they realise the soul, 

 and know the peace and joy of the Divine Immanence ; 

 they come to the full recognition of the truth that 

 " the ideal is the real," which brings the only lasting 

 satisfaction to their spirit ; they come to the know- 

 ledge of the truth that " the things which are unseen 

 are eternal. ' ' It means, as Eugels has admirably stated, 

 " the ascent of man from the kingdom of necessity 

 to the kingdom of freedom." When freed from the 

 " cloak of self," men are enabled to grasp the unseen, 

 to breathe the air of heaven, and become one with 

 eternity. Carlyle, in one of his finest passages, has 

 said : "In the grimmest rocky wildernesses of exist- 

 ence there are blessed well-springs ; there is an ever- 

 lasting guiding star " ; and the Salvation Army has 

 been the means of bringing the grandeur and the joy 

 of this thought to many weary souls. 



It has been given to few men, as it was to the late 

 leader of the " Army," to see the triumph of his schemes 

 for the betterment of mankind thoroughly established. 

 One of the finest tributes ever paid to a man at the end 

 of the day, took the form of an article in " The Times," 

 in which the work of W. Booth and Livingstone was 

 compared. There it was said : " The words of Sir Bartle 

 Frere, describing Livingstone, are not less applicable 



