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Fifty years ago he started his public ministry for God and His poor ; fifty years of self-sacrificing toil ; fifty years of ood glorifying effort ; fifty years of great triumph ; fifty years while God has smitten his foes and cleared his track ; fifty years in which Jehovah has honored his faith and made of him a nation ; fifty years ! Every one of them memorable in Heaven and in Hell ! Fifty years ! What a Jubilee ! We must celebrate it suitably in Canada. How shall we do it — by love ? Yes ; let the breadth of our afiPection overlap the Atlantic. By voice? — Yes. Let's say the things we feel, for what is right to feel is right to say. By devotion 1 — Yes. Let us go for God and souls as never before. By action 1 — Yes ; ten thousand times yes. Let us have a program suitable to these fifty years — a pro- gram with fifty parts, every part a scheme, and every scheme a note of praise for every year of our General's public ministry. Consolidation and Growth. But the introduction of so stupendous a program calls for one or two preliminary words of general explanation. Why, it may be asked in a corner of the Army's battleground where the pinch of poverty has been so felt, and where financial embarrassment has led to misfortune should there be such launching forth of new schemes ? Why not go steadier 1 Why not consolidate 1 Why not pursue the good old policy of retrenchment and reform ? To all of which we reply, that is what we have been doing the last three years and what we shall continue to do, but to go steady is to move so as to get there, not to stand still. To consolidate is to render substantia], but not to stop short. The best kind of retrenchment is money wisely invested, and reform is doing better in the future than in the past. Out of a Revival into an Army. The Salvation Army is only just beginning the real warfare lying ahead of it. It is just as well. This should be understood in certain quarters where there is a kind of impression as to our having topped our record in Canada. Time and trial have done their work admirably in converting this movement out of a great revival into a consolidated Army — out of a crowd of young con- verts into a host of fighting men, and the world and the devil will come to understand that the accomplish' ments of the Army, now it exists, will be too great for comparison with any victories associated with the mere manufacture of the force. It was, I admit, a great victory to have made an Army, but the triumphs to be achieved by that Army, now it " marches on to war," how much greater are they destined to be 1 But there are other reasons why we should seize this opportunity of thrusting ourselves forward. There is, to begin with. The Reason of Faith. And that is the basis of all reason. There is nothing reasonable that is not based on fact, and there is little fact not based upon faith. Faith built up the worlds ; established and subdued kingdoms ; wrought righteousness, and instituted the fabric of all righteous governments. Faith crowned the martyrs and the apostles with glpry. . Faith robs the future of her mystery, the past of her sting. She converts the affairs of life into the springs of eternity, and tears out the shroud and the gloom from the grave. Faith has made every kingdom, every church, every organ- ization, and FAITH MADE THE SALVATION ArHT. That is the lesson which William Booth, standing at the head of the most devoted Army on earth, has to teach us. His faith was the mustard seed which in fifty years has developed to a tree, the trunk and roots of which stretch right through the earth. Poor daft scholars shall we be if we fail to take hope and take action in the face of such encouragement brought down to our very doors. Does anyone ask - " How will you accomplish this huge program 1" I reply, "By the same sort of faith that made the Salvation Army, as exemplified in the person and practice of our beloved General. We shall do all that we have set ourselves to bring about, and we shall do it by faith." The Reason of Logic. But our faith is not unreasonitble. It is the faith of our sanctified hearts, mixed with the thought of our consecrated wits. The schemes here propounded are not fictitious castles in the air got up for a sensation. No one of them is committed to type without careful thought and great pains. We can't hope to realize their completion in all cases during 1894, but they can be started, and started in such a manner as to secure ultimate success. Best of all, they may be carried through in such a way as to make them bless- Our Jubilee Program. ings and not burdens, either to Headquarters or the corps. Each scheme must, once it is fairly afloat, carry itself, and in some cases help to carry something else into the bargain. Let no one, therefore, suppose we are plunging at random. The Army will be better off, financially as well as in all other ways, for these undertakings, once the first cost necessary for starting them is raised. Self-Supporting, SouUSaving Apparatus. Especially is this the case as regards the Social enterprises. Here we stand on firmer ground. We have profited by experience. In the course of time it is quite possible, if not certain, our Shelters will become self-supporting institutions. In some cases they are quite so at present ; while with the aid of Government and city grants given us, and still to come, many of our other Homes will all but float themselves. This is the triumph of triumphs, and should encourage all in helping us with the first cost. The Reason of Our Loyalty. We love our General. We may be excused for regarding him as our prophet sent of God. To his voico and genius, to his self-sacrifice and perseverance, we, as officers and soldiers of a great Army, owe as much as mortal could to mortal man. We are not frightened to say so while he lives, and we may remind those who chunter about " man-worship " that we are not of the crew who have "changed their minds " upon the subject. The next best thing to having a God in heaven is to have as an earthly leader His faithful representative on earth, and the next best thing to loving and trusting that God is to love and confide in His servant. Thank Heaven, the Canadian Army is about clear of the agents who make for disunion and contention. We wait, I believe, with one accord to prove our loyalty to God and the General, and our devotion to the Army, by an act likely to take the breath out of our foes. " Then forward, BoldlerH, mkrcliiog on to war, Step ont boldly, keep the prize in view ; We shall conqner, for we know we are True blood-and-flrc soldiers of the King of kings." Scheme No. i. THE JUNE CONGRESS, OR, The Biggest Series of Meetings Ever Held in the History of the Army in Canada. We propose to do the 0. P. on a small scale. The size will be somewhat less, the quality quite equal. Every- thing Is shaping. The plan is complete, and ere this reaches our readers the preliminary arrangements idll be carried into effect. Nmety-fonr will be celebrated by overwhelming gatherings, the like of which have not been known in Canada. This will be the start. The General's Oampalgn will be the close of the Jubilee Gatherings. There is to be nine days of it. From Wednesday, 13th of June, to Thursday night, June, the 21st. Here is the program : Wkdhkdat, Jane ISth, Tbdrsdav, Jnne 14th, Friday, June ISth, Satobdav, June 16th, Sunday, June 17th, Monday, June 18th, Tuesday, Jane 10th, Wednksday, Jnne 20th, Thursday, June Slst, Provincial Officers' Oonncila. Staff Oonncils. Bti:ff and Field Officers' Oonncils. Staff and Field Officers' Oonncils. Huge Camp Heatings, on Well's HilL I Two Days With Ood. Bombardment of Hamilton. Mammoth Musical Festival in the Massey Music Hall. They'll Be There. The Brigadiers will, of coarse, be present. That Is, the Provincial Secretaries from all parts of the Domi- nion ; and thehr presence will likely lead to most hnpor- tant oonferenoea, as to pressing on the War from St. Johns to Vancouver. Almost the whole Staff of the Dominion will also be present, including Beoone and Social officers, holding Staff rank. The field officers of Ontario will also be there. Of coarse, all will raise their travelling expenses, and ere this, wUl have started a scheme for doing so. Excursions. Exoarsions will be arranged by road, rail, and water. Strong contingents are expected from such places as: London, Qnelph, Ohatham, Windsor, Hamilton, Peter- boro', Lindsay, Barrie, Kingston, Belleville, and other towns en route. There will be a mighty gathering of forces, and we shall suddenly wake op one morning to find Toronto occupied by the Salvation Army. There Is also to be an excursion, by the kind permission of the Commander, from Buffalo. Now, Major Holtz, you have a chance to show us how the Americans can do it, " As they go marching through Canada." Some Features. The oonncils will be quite of an original order. " Precept in Practice," will probably prove the key note to the whole. The books will unfold, and lo, we shall disoover many things I There will be such a series of revelations leading up to such a set of resolutions, revo- lutions, and renovations as has not been before known this side Jordan t The questions before the house will be startlers. We shall go at every department of his Satanic majesty, as if we meant his utter annihilation. To see ourselves, to see our duty, to see our GK>d. Here are the objects. An Army Encamped. The Sunday's Camp will be a stupendous hit. Each corps is to have its tent. There are to be tents also for Our Jltbilee Program. jGod. To his perseverance, '.rmy, owe as We are not ind we may lan-worship " ve "changed ct best thing IS an earthly trth, and the |hat God is to Heaven, the agents who We wait, I jyalty to God he Army, by ir foes. ingg." Staff of the KMoae and Id officers of ill raise their ve started a , and water. 1 places as: illton, Peter- i, and other gathering of morning to V. There Is ision of the tz, yon have oit, jinal order, he key note 0, we shall I a series of tions, revo- een before e the house ment of his mihilation. od. Here hit. Each ia also for Headquarters, Staff, and Field Officeie. A kind of enormous Salvation Shelter under canvas, for women as for men. Cheap, and well ventilated. We shall have for two nights a mighty host under canvas. Everr accommodation on the ground. First-class refreshment. It will be one of the biggest camps ever pitched for forty-eight hours, in the world. The difficulty at the moment is, where to find a tent large enough for the immense gatherings all day Sunday. They likely be thousands on thousands on the streets to see the grand parade. Outside, we shall hold a mass "Indignation" Meeting against the Devil, in the City Square. Coming home to Toronto, it will resemble a sail on the sea of glass in the paradise beyond 1 The Great March. This is to precede the Musical Festival. It will In every way be a new and in- teresting affair. Details to be given later will be red-hot, soul-savhig, sanctifying times. Oh, for a whhrlwlnd I Why not hnndreds[of souls that day 1 Why not, pray } The Two Days With God. It seems too good to be true. But they're decided upon. Sunday will get us ready for them. They wiU be held in the heart of the city. Bed-hot for salvation, sanctificatlon, restitution. What a time we shall have I Officers, get ready. Come with some burning message. THE VETERANS The time is at hand for a smash I Bombardment of Hamilton. Brioadier Jacobs. Brioaoier Holland. Brioadier Haroetts. OF THE JUBILEE on ; but certain, everyone may be at once, it will be the most interesting and Insbructive march yet organized in Canada. In some respects, we shall do a new thing, unlike anything before attempted in the world. There^will be flags, banner8,ibannerettes, mottoes, trophies, scenes, brigades, battalions, 8da of world really another life, p them, they "d alternative o a drinking r else seeking a pillow. I UuUy flee the there a place safe. Now, Oastle is to 'Poor Man's r. It Is to gs, and sub- will not be iin^ Men4 t. jver inmate will lothes, and ostalled in orld he can e given the ktory. He mom, with rime he so chooses he may turn into the hall, where, nightly, red-hot sal- vation meetings are conducted, and in- stead of spending his evenings in the company ofthe beer- shop, he will find himself surrounded with people plead- ing with Uod for his salvation, and set- ting before bis eyes the attraction of a holy life. Such is to be the " Workingman's Oastle" at Van- couver. A suitable block of buildings have been offered us. If they come at our figure, they seem the very thing. They afford the additional advantage of providing the city corps with a barracks of our own. We are prepared for action. Beyond doubt the scheme must be a great success. The one question is this, " Will the Vancouver comrades raise from the citizens the two or three thousand dollars for the fitting out of the place T' They have already in- timated to me they will, and so there is evei^ chance of our havi^ the Vancouver " Worklngman's Oastle " open by the General's visit. Let us hope so. BXAFK-OArTAlN BENNETT, New Social Secretary. Scheme No. 4. A FOOD AND SHELTER DEPOT, AND Workingman's Castle for Winnipeg. But Vancouver is not the only city of the West where such an institution as the above described is needed. In no city in the world, for the size, is there more of life "under another man's roof " than in the metropolis of the North-West. AUs, for the stapendous weapon for evil this disadvantage hasbeen made by the devil and his agents I How many a youth, buoyant with happ prospects of a new life on the fertile plains of "the land of the free" has found himself landed in a nest of vUliany for a home, and surrounded by boodlers and bettors for advisers. In the ancient days there were cities of refuge into which even the guilty might run and be free. Is there not need for such a place of safety to unfold its kindly portals in this city of the prairies, into which the tempted or the stnw- fling may find a lift upwards or a word of loving counaell t Is surely anything but rational for us, watchmen of the city, to be preaching the narrow way which leads to the life to come, while we ignore the fact that about the only way of a poor stranger to the life that now is, lies over the threshold of the gin palace. We must learn that good beds, square meals, cleanly influences and bright atmosphere may be means to the soul's edification as well as those other mere things we call words and songs and barracks. Such means for the preaching of Ohrist's Qospel we propose to estab- lish in Winnipeg. Theinsti- , ^. ^!i""^ ^^"1" . tution there fiitinded wUl be L*"'''-* *•>• ^"""P** <^'"'»^"- somewhat complex in character. In addition to the facilities spoken in the description of the Vancouver Oastle, there will be accommodation for the very poor, and also some conveniences for emigrants passing through the city who may choose to resort to the place. About f2,000 will be required to fit up this institution, and Winnipeg will do her best to subscribe it. PRISON GATE HOME, WOOD YARD, AND TIMBER LIMIT. One more feature of the Winnipeg Institution remains to be described. Under the same roof, but with separate apartments, will be opened a small Shelter for ex-pri- soners. It is too soon to say exactly to what extent this work will reach. That will largely depend upon the support, by way of public grant, the cit^ feels disposed to give ; It is at first intended to provide for the lodg- ment of a small num- ber of ex-prisoners who give promise of reform with the well- known purposesof all our institutions, viz., to reach and save their souls. We shall be espe- cially assisted in this effort by the splendid gift of Lieutenant- Governor Schultze, who has donated 160 acres of richly-tim- bered land to us, within thirty miles of the city, ^is land Wimnpio OiR Jrnii.EE Program. ! i will supply as with all the timber we require for our Wood Yard, and in addition find any amount of work for our ex- priaonen. The profita from the sale of the wood will go towarda the support of the F ^me. As we clear the land we ahall ooltivate it. Thus w^ shall find employment for any poor man honestly endeavoring to regain a foothold on the ladder of life while pounding at him with the Gospel Oun, for, {[lory to Jesus, He cm save even criminals, and, according to Bible records. He can save even their {'ailors who are, sometimes, judging by circumstances, the ligger sinners of the two. I hereby give due notice that "The Salvation Army in relation to the State and city prisons of the North- West " will be brought forward as a subject for the notice and consideration of the Qovemment of those Provinces at the proper time. Meanwhile, go it, Winnipeg, you have a good ■hare of the Jubilee. Scheme No. 6. A SALVATION CITADEL For Victoria. Leaving the Sodal side of things for a while, and coming to the Field, we return to the Coast for our next sen- sation. Victoria is the Capital City of British Columbia. For about seven years the Salva- tion Army has fought for Gk>d in that city in buildings that have been any- thing but suita- ble or expedi- tious. Notwith- standing this fact, there has grown up in that placeacorpathat might do credit to the chief cen- tresof the world. Size for size, and weight for wdght,and man for man, the Vic- \i&uu; ., , ■.,.^jK'-yi,_,m ^!t, torla corps will hold itsown with any going. Victoria, speaking in the parlance of war, is what you might call a *< crack regiment." Always ready for action, ever anxious to express her sympathy with any enterprise outside her own borders, proud of a privilege of ass i sti ng with men and money the hardest pressed part of the battlefield : yon have in the history and present standing of the Victoria corps one more embc«Ument of the tmth that it Is better to give than to get, and "There is that scattereth and yet mcreaseth." When, daring my last visit, I stood addressing those brave, loyal soldiers and friends, I felt -the hour had come for their Commissioner to lead them forth to a " land or place of their own," favored with the peculiar advantages of Salvation Army architecture and design, in a good place, where henceforth they might sing, prav, get souls saved, and continue to take up their splendid ool- lectioiis "under their own vine and fig tree." I called the soldiers together and told them I was prepared for action if they were. And so the first step was decided upon, viz. : to secure a site in the centre of the city where we shall always be sure of making ourselves heard and seen. I spent a good many nours in tramping the place, saw all there was to see, and finally se- leetedalotwhlch will suit us ad- mirably. The price is 96,000. The corpa is to buy the laad, and then I am to commence building opera- tions, niewhole Scheme will likely cost 912,- 000. The land will bededioated in connection with the Gen- eral's visit. Let not Victoria sup- pose that on the Social side of things she is Adjutant Archibald, sUirhted Thkt British OolumbUs new D. O. :_ t-.^* „ cHl 18 to come, but her hands are full with the Citadel for the present. One step at a time. 'liiTHl:»'' ^Sfc-ft- Mrs. Adjutant Archibald. Scheme No. 6. MAGNIFICENT SITE FOR A SALVATION FORT AT VANCOUVER. One step at a time, but sometimes yon can take two steps in one, and kill two birds with one stone. Such, we think, happens to be the case in connection with our new Social enterprise at Vancouver. Our position In that city is somewhat peculiar. Tears ago two plots were secured in what then promised to be a good locality for oar work. The tide, however, has proved adverse to that filace, and left our lots in a portion of Uie city unsuitable. t has, nevertheless, done us the kindness of doubling their value. Ultimately we shall dispose of them at a great profit, but this is not, by common consent, the moment to sell. For that very reason, however, it is the exaot time to buy. What we want to do, therefore. In Vancouver, is concisely this : First, we want to hold our lots ; second, we want to bay oar permanent site in the Oi'R Jubilee Program. oantrc of t>h« oi^, and (ih*n w* wanii to pnrehaM » aplendid property for our Working Men's CMtle. It should be obaerved, in pMieing, tut the oorpe ii now payingftheavyrentto an outside landlord. The Castle turns out to be the key to the position. By a careful arruige- ment of the premises «re can fit up a barracks in additfon to our Social spaces, far better than the barracks noir being used, and we can (on the understanding that the corps undertakes to raise the money for the fitting oat of the Shelter) manage to carry the property without charging the corps anything for rent. That is, they will pay their rent into a sinking fund, which will enable them to carry at once a masnlficent site for which we purpose to offer 97,000. Later on, the corps can realize on their plots, and raise the balance, patting up a magnifi- cent building on the main street of the city. If Vancouver comes up to scratch, as I expect, and aa they promised me, on the Shelter, in all probability the site will be secured before the General reaches the city, and he will be able to dedicate it. Vanooaver to the front again ! borders. The devotion, too, of its officers, who sit up far into the night, praying over poor drunks and wretched Magdalenes, will make many a new friend for the Army and the poor. Qod bless them, and send us more such. Our wide-awake, up-to-date Tbade Secbetary. Soheme No. 7. A NEW WOMAN'S SHELTER, TORONTO. Hitherto we have been occupied at the Coast and with the West. Thither we shall return again before this program is completed. For a change, however, let us take a look at Toronto. Judging by the enthusiasm already displayed, and by the reports of their Brigadier, the pnlse of the Torontonians is steady and sure on this subject. There are one or two thines in Toronto, however, already accomplished, which by rijUt belong to this year. And first of these is that blessed Woman's Shelter. This was started, I confess, with some degree of fear and trembling, and laonohed chiefly on the wave of Mrs. Booth's faith, but ahready it u an undoubted success. Two lady reporters and one newspaper man have desig- nated it the neatest lltUe home they have seen, and certainly it Is the harbor for perhaps the forlomeat creatures of the great city. It has received ready support, and its small complement of seventeen beds has alraady afforded a night's shelter to the tune of 896 lodgings, aU in three menths, to the most destitute women. It is, I venture to say, the first place Christ would visit if He came toToronto, and wanted to find the most lost, and the utmost subjects for His pity. Yes, the Women's Shelter belonos to the year of Jubilee, and now it has asserted itself, it will grow. It must be developed immediately. We must have an industry attached to it, and it moat enlarge its 8oheme No. 8. THE NEW TRADE HEADQUARTERS. Among the Jubilee achievements already accomplished should be noted the extensive alterations which have been carried out in connection with the old printing works. The condition of our War Cry works, bnoth internal and external, were anything but a credit to the Amy or a convenience to the work accomplished. A re-arrangement has been carried into effect which has practically put a new front to the building, and turned it from a tumble- down affair into a creditable edifice. The alterations have comprised a new boiler, steam fittings, heating apparatus, and a new set of offices, where the Tnde Secretary can disport himself with considerably more elbow room, and where, in a purer atmosphere and a better environment, we may expect even a richer harvest from his fertile brain. A scheme of this sort may perhaps not be regarded with that interest which attaches to some others m this program, but those of us who know how greatly the Army's credit in a city like Toronto depends upon the good appearance of her bricks and mortar, and those of us who know also with what sweat of heart and mind the 91,200 necessary to the scheme have been gathered, are not disposed to shunt this scheme up a back street. Scheme No. 0. A NEW CENTRAL HALL, Toronto. No portion of the Jubilee proposals will be haUed as a i greater boon than will tlie | bnUdlng of a suitable hall, in a central position, fori Salvation Army meetings in the City of Toronto. The best evidence of this is the enthusiastic manner in which the city soldiers received the announcement, and pledged themselves to raise the necessary money to carry through the business. It is to be hoped that in the future we shau have a hall in the | dty where a holiness conven- tion, a night of prayer, or an I officers' council can be con- ducted without haidng to Oaftain adahs. submit to an atmosphere This \b the long-headed brother who enough to poison one's very keeps the Trade Booka. brain, or else to freese one's very blood. It is astonishing how much suitably con- structed buildings have to do with the exerdse of nerve and ability, and the carrying Into effect of soul-saving work. The choicest flower mil perish in a tub, and tiie best oil bum out in a vacuum. Speaking in some barracks is like trying to get up a feeling in a vault of 8 Our Jrnn.ER Proi.ram. f the Rookiea. Great, big empty Bpaoes, with dark holes and corners, and ponderous beams, on every one of whicn a devil seems to sit, straddle-legged, making faces, while you labor with nerve and sweat to bring some sort of unction down upon the crowd. Scheme No. 10 of the Jubilee program is destined to have a wider influence upon the whole Army than appears upon the surface. A good, neat, compact, easily-heated, well-lighted hall, such as is now being constructed in the basement of the Temple, will wonderfully facilitate the process of "getting up steam," a process far more difKcult in some of the ponderous barracks, which, for want of more suitable places, have hitherto oerved the purpobe of our spiritual boilers. God bless and prosper the Jubilee Hall I THE PRINTING HOUSE. Scheme No. 10. A SOCIAL FARM, TORONTO. A Splendid Undertaking With a Great Future. There is a passage of Scripture which runs, " The cattle upon a thousand hills are Mine." How far that saying has come to pass on the hills round about Toronto I can hardly tell, but it will at least be true as regards the few hills that run across the beautiful farm just secured for the Salvation Army at Little York. The Salvation Army has taken the place on lease, and the world and the devil may be tolerably certain that, while that lease en? Tes, the Lord will get the benefit of all the cattle that fnraze within our fences, together with every blade that grows, and every rooster tlut crows. The purpose of the new enterprise is simple. 1. To find honest employment for any willing to labor. 2. To find a healthy and lovely spot for weary officers to rest. .3. To supply onr wants in the city. 4. To make a profit that will help ns support our Social Institutions, and thus render them nearer self-sustaining ; all of which we hope to do. From Nothing to Prosperity. As usual we begin at the bottom, only this time, thank God, there happens to be some good soil there. We start out with a little capital in the shape of a few dol- lars we have borrowed, and a few cattle we have scraped together. Please note In passing, we don't propose to fall into the snare of the modem settler, who must needs supply himself with every imaginable piece of farm machinery offered him by the enterprising firms, who ran him into debt, and then sell him up at a profit of about 100%. We purpose to steer clear of the sharks and all their extrava- gantly priced implements till we fijad money to pay for them. Farming on the style of our forefathem is good I led, well-lighted hall, such le basement of the Temple, process of "getting up liflioult in some of the [r want of more suitable parpofae of our spiritual the JnbUee Hall I •J. >^ ■ if orest. 3. To supply our \ profit that will help oa and thus render them oh we hope to do. Prosperity. n, only this time, thank I good soil there. We ;he shape of a few doL r cattle we have scraped 't propose to fall into «rho must needs supply ace of farm maohbiary ms, who ran him Into ofit of about 100%. We ks and all their extrava- nd money to pay for ur forefathers is good ■M. Our Jubilee Program. enough for us as a start ofif. We pro- pose to improve as we go on, not as we gooff! But we have that most valuable of all things, a moderate degree of common sense, which will keep us onsafe com- mercial principles, and we possess an inexhaustible sup- Ely of self-sacrifice, lurd work, and de- votion. In this case, too, there is Qod's heaven and sun- shine above us, and Qod'slaws aboutus, and we have the happy assurance that our farm is His, and He is likely to look after His own crops and cattle. We start, therefore, with nothing, but I know how we shall finish. In three years' time, if Ood wills, there won't be a farm for its size, the prosperity of which can be compared with ours. A Miniature Canaan. The spot is most inviting. The area, one hundred acres. It comprises a rich plateau of fertile soil, a small range of mountains, a rolling river, which winds with majestic sweep through a beautiful valley; there is also a dense forest in some parts, approaching the original state of Erimitive Canada. There are waterfalls and sweeping ills — all this, of course, on a very small scale, but never- theless all there, and only needing the force of imagination to complete the picture. Indeed, and speaking quite seriously, I don't suppose there could be found a piece of this earth of similar size into which has been crowded greater number of geographical features than are to be found in our little land of Canaan. There is a mountain that will do for the " Olives," and a river that will do for the "Jordan," and a forest that will do for "Lebanon," and a plain that will do for the " Wilderness." It is the very spot for a sort of Ober ammergau in Toronto. Rest, Reformation and Recreation. From a Salvation Army standpoint, too, there are many obvious advantages. There are two hooses on the land, besides numerous buildings affording all that could be desired for all kinds of mixed farming. One of these houses will be the new "Home of Best." There every con- venience will be provided for the comfort of weary officers. It will be a home in every sense, as will be vouched for by the presence of our much-loved Mother Langtry. TheotherHomewlllserveaBtheresidenceof the manager, Capt. Dodd, who, under Adjt. McMillan, has been appointed to this important place. A lovelier spot to rest, no officer could desire, while an officer not needing rest, but simply awaiting orders, will have the satisfaction of knowing he can lend a hand, and thus prevent his becoming a burden on the funds. The farm, too, may, in the course of events, become useful as a place where a slight penalty Captain and Mns. Dodd, Appointed to Snperinteud the F*rm. coald be inflicted on naughty officers. They might be sen- tenced to " three days' hard labor, hoeing potatoes " 1 (Note.— ITiM ia a joke.) Doubtless, too, officers wearied with city life, or soldiers desiring the luxury of a few days' camp oat, will avail them- selves of the Farm. Provision will be made for this. Small houses, with con- veniences, will be placed here and there on the land in the most pictur- esque spots, and these can be rented at low cost, while all the wants of the temporary settlers can be supplied on the spot. An Amphitheatre. Again, there happens to be one particular hillside which forms an immense amphl-theatre. It is proposed to fit this with seats, and erect a plat- form at the foot of the semi-circle. Here there will be accommodation for at least two thousand people for open- air demonstrations, excursions, or camp meetings, all of which will be held on the ground from time to time. Im- agine an evening gathering under the canopy of heaven, and sheltered by the lovely back-ground of pine and fir trees ! I have a strong desire to see a Solemn Assembly by lime-light under such conditions. Outing for the Poor Man and his Child. Another use to which we shall put our Land of Canaan, will benefit the very poor who crowd our Shelters. The children, too, who live in the slams of Toronto, will get their share of the privileges. Once a year we shall endeavor to arrange for a day's outing, when such will be conveyed to the Farm free of cost ; free meals will be given, and every effort made to fill up the day with blessings, both spiritual and temporal. In the case of the children this will be a certain suc- cess and a future blessing. We hope to have one day in the year when thousands of little ones will gather under the trees and about the ravines of our Salvation estate. The soul-saving influences spread around them on such occasions will last long in their memories. Mrs. Booth has already half a dozen ideas for such a day. Features. There is splendid pasture land for the rearing of sheep and cattle. Into the thicket and root land we shall turn our hogs. The uncultivatable land we shall utilize for our chicken farm, which is, after all, going to be an ac- complished fact — incubator and all. The river will water the stock, float the ducks, and grow water cresses. There is a splendid orchard, and doubtless our Social apples will fetch a high price. Sympathy ought to pab ■\ lO Our Jubilee Program. an extra cent on every apple we sell. In short, there are very few things we shall not attempt on that farm. How to Stock It. Here is a little plan which should, by rights, ahnost be a Jubilee scheme of itselt. One of the beauties of our Salvation Army is, how one part of it dovetails into another. Here is our farm, and there is our Harvest Festival scheme. One supplies the missing link to the other. Last year we were crippled in asking for live stock supplies, and friends and soldiers were backward in sending such, because we had no fit use to make of them. One hardly likes to send one's pet rooster to be cooked straight oflfl The farm now solves that diflSculty. Who that Is able to do so, will hesitate now to send os a steer ? Who will not make an effort to part with a couple of porkers, or a case of chiokena, ducks, geese, turkeys, a sheep, a cow, or a horse, when in imagination they see them turned out to grace the hills and dales of the consecrated farm 7 Why, we shall make a desperate effort to get such a collection of live stock in the fall, as will mt ke us a flourishing triumph by next year. For there is one thing more profitable than rearing your own cattle, and that is, to have them dumped down in the yard, by parcel post, carriage paid already reared. It is quite evident we're on the right lines. Ood speed the Jubilee Farm. Scheme No. 1 1 . A FOOD ^m SHELTER FOR HALIFAX. The "Salvation Harbor" will rank among the events of the JubUee Tear. Nor will it be a small event, either. Indeed, no undertaking of any dimension could be otherwise than important in the city, which, perhaps, at the moment, beyond many others promises a great and prosperous future. Halifax is to the East what Vancouver is to the West. The one is the gate of the Atlantic ; the other, the outlet to the Pacific. Between them, and represented by a belt of iron, is perhaps as quick and energetic an enterprise as could be found on the globe. All that wits, wealth, and influence can do to revolve upon that — immense steel girdle, the commerce of two or three empires, will be done, and the doing of it must essentially Dring prosperity to the two cities, having the lack to compose the beginning and the end of the chain. More than this, anyone must see a d^- asty of good fellowship, and profitable intimacy is springmg up between the Dominion and her sister colonies under the British flag in the South Atlantic. Oanada and Australasia will link hands more and more, and pledge together for their mutual benefit. As I stood, one eanv morning, watching the magnificent ocean liner " Arawa, swing from her moorings, and forge across the deep, blue waters of the Vancouver Harbor, I felt her to be a floatins promise of much future prosperity. But it is on the AtlanUc that the first great move has to be taken. Geo- graphically, Canada, and not the United States, is the key to the New World. It is only a question of steam power and twbi propellors. Qiven the same facilities be- tween Halifax and Liverpool, that now exist between Liverpool and New York, and it will be on the soil of Nova Scotia, rather than in the ports of New England, that the North Atlantic voyager will plant his foot on terra firma. The fates that preside over the universal dyspepsia of the human race, are on the side of Oanada. Twenty-four hours' less of the horror of sea sickness will enlist many a thousand passengers by our ronte. If, therefore, the project now on foot to esteblish an Anglo- Australian fast line of steamships should succeed, what a future there lies ahead of our magnificent harbor of the East. For this reason alone, it behoves us to look out and be ready for the incoming tide ; but there are other reasons. Halifax is a great shipping centre already. Her wharves are crowded with craft from all parts of the world. Tens of thousands of emigrants land on her piers, and the gallants of the North Atlantic squadron, of the British Navy, patronise her institutions (alas, for the character of many of the places visited I) at frequent intervals dur- ing "leave time." To all of which our splendid new Food and Shelter will throw open its hospitable gates, and for each of which special class, provision is being made. Our premises are splendidly central, and have the additional advantage of being close to the docks. They are fitted in the most ap- proved style. The entire cost of the outfit will probably over reach 92,600, and Halifax and the East will sub- scribe it. It will be in full swing within a month. Scheme No. 12. A RESCUE HOME FOR HALIFAX. No one can surely accuse the Canadian Obt of guiltiness in the matter of "blow." In fact, it is a weakness of our reporting staff throughout the Dominion, to which I commend the special attention of Maior Complin, that events of great moment are sometimes passed by with a very insignificant notice. Fortunately, this JubUee program will bring to the front a scheme which is aU the better because already an accomplished fact, but which, strange to say, although it has been dedicated, opened, and is in fuU working order, has not yet got so much as its picture in the Cby. All that Is said about Halifax in its relationship to the Food and Shelter is equally true as rmards the Rescue Home. Here in this JubUee Tear of 1894 has been estabUshed a Home of uiyone must see » dyn- We intimaoy is springuw BT sister ooloniea ander Atlantic. Ouiad* and »nd more, and pledge As I stood, one early fc ocean liner "Amwa,*' [6 across the deep, bine r, I felt her to be a sperity. Bat it is on the haa to be taken. Geo- United States, is the oly a question of steam » the same facilities be- "! now exist between 111 be on the soil of rts of New England, Jl plant his foot on de over the universal 'n the side of Oanada. ror of sea sickness wlli « by our route. If, to estobllsh an Anglo* Aould succeed, what a uficent harbor of the us to look out and be jere are other reasons. Iready. Her wharves » of the world. Tens n her piers, and the *dron, of the British las, for the character requent intervals dor- Food and Shelter will id for each of which ®:.,.0"P»n»iBe8 are Iditlonal advantage of fitted in the most ap- e outfit wUl probab& the East will sub- Ithin a month. 12. ^ HALIFAX. ianOBYofgniltlneBs Is a weakness of our ilnion, to which I »lor Oomplln, that les passed by with ately, this Jubilee sheme which is all mplished fact, but iM been dedicated, has not yet got so that Is said about Md and Shelter is »>•• Here in this tllshed a Home of Our Jubilee Program. II peace, refuge, and reformation for the fallen sisters of the city, and in no city of the country is there greater need. Halifax is the one remabiing garrison town where British sailors and soldiers are found duportlng themselves in full regalia. To say that Is to say much, alas I that stands for misery and heart-break among the weaker of the race. Women are supposed to stand secure behind the gallantry of their steel-clad brothers. In reality they are more frequently smashed to powder under their neels I Halifax is the Plymouth of Oanada, but now, thank Ood, there is in the midst of her a fortress of hope and succor. Ensign Hartrey and her sisters of mercy are on the alert, and theory of the penitent daughter has already gone to Heaven from the precincts of this Jubilee Home. The house is most suitable and commodious. The cost of fitting out the place has Leen about $500, and the cash is already almost all subscribed. This is a scheme for which we shall look to the City OounoU for assistance. Well done, Halifax I Tour new barracks came very near being a Jubilee event as well, and when we remember yon have just raised $2,000 for its erection, we can the better appreciate your part of the campaign. Scheme No. 14. Scheme No. 13. A RESCUE HOME for ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland. What has been said about the poorly noted progress in Halifax is even more true as reguds a similar institution that has sprung up in St. Johns, Newfoundland. This is so much so that few officers even, outside the Island, are aware we have really established a neat little Rescue Home in the Capital of the oldest EnBlish colony. It is none the less true, and seeing its kindly portals were thrown open to the unfortunate quite inside the Jubilee Year, there is no reason why this enterprise should be left out in the cold. The Newfoundland Rescue Home promises to grow into a blessing which will reach to the utmost limit of the Island. Many a pious fisherman's cot will be made glad by news of an erring daughter's return to the paths of virtue. When I was in St. Johns, I was told the needs for such a work were as great in the city and la the larger centres of population as in other parts of the Dominion. Huge difficulties it was stated were In the way of reaching the class desirable to benefit. The Sublio conscience of the colony is not quite sufficiently emoralized to permit so open a market for the virtue of her women as is sanctioned by the " more enlightened " and " more refined " communities. None the less, the sin was there, and the misery following it into the bargain, and I instructed Mrs. Major Read to make ample en- Siiries. If she could satisfy Mrs. Booth, I said that if ere was any real opportunity on the one hand, and any chance of support on the other, we would go on. It is largely due to the indomitable energy of Mrs. Read that the Rescue Home at St. Johns is an accomplished fact. Money has been generously subscribed, friends enrolled, and with what help Mrs. Major Morris, who is a practical hand at Rescue work, can lend, Mrs. Booth hopes to see the Newfoundland Rescue Home as successful an under- taking as any on the Jubilee program. A FOOD AND SHELTER AND SAILORS' HOME FOR ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland. Before leaving my pet colony it may be as well to explain another project which we intend, if possible, shall see success In tnat portion of the field for which I am known to have a warm feeling. This is a part of the program in which the Commandant will be especially interested, and which he submits for the very careful and energetic consideration of Major Morris and his comrades in the Sea-girt Isle. St. Johns is a city almost peculiar to itself. The com- merce of the whole colony is such as to render this so. Up to the present the rich and well-known resources of the land lie, are all but untouched, whUethe citizens of the nation, for the most part, find their home, their Industry, and their living by the sea. There is but one market for their fish, and too often, alas 1 the price given in exchange for it is in flour, pork, and beans, etc., rather than in coin. Every time the men return from their northern fiishing and sealing expeditions, they swarm into the citv, and while in the piooess of making their deal live as best they can, sometimes on their craft, but more often in the usual lodsing-house, which, in Newfoundland as elsewhere, is the abode of beer and betting. In addi- tion to all this, St. Johns is very much a city of strangers. Hundreds of young men gather from the out-harbors to spend the winter, either in seeking a job or looking for a happy means by which to while away the time till the ice-bound north gives out. Now, who can estimate the boon such an institution as a properly-managed Salvation Army Food and Shelter and Work- ingman's Oastle would prove '^o such a city? What vv-e propose is r what I have described for Vancouver on a small scale. Everyone who knows the city and the colony dedares it is the very thing needed, and htdl it wi<£ delight, as giving us the very opportumty we need to reach the souls of a large number whom we now never touch. For, remember, all these institutions are to be fall of red-hot enterprise for Gh>d and souls, and closely linked up with the local corps. Our Jubilee Scheme, No. 14, therefore provides a comfortable, clean. Christian, Salva- tion home for any sailor spending a few days in the Capital, a cheap doss for any poor, hard-pressed man in the city, and cheap meals for the poor, especially in the winter. It also implies other benefits that do not for the moment appear on the surface. Now, Blajor Morris, Enbiqn Blackbcbk, Salvation Harbor Haster, Halifkz. :i ':! I' t2 Our Jubilee Program. yon are the man of men to put such a scheme through. The magnificent success of your " Joe Beef ' enterprise bids me look with certainty towards the accomplishment of this idea. Scheme No* 16. A MAGNIFICENT NEW CITADEL, FOOD AND SHELTER, PqiSON CATE HOME AND WOOD-YARD. FOR LONDON, OflTARIO. Now for London's turn. She has waited long and Satiently, but she is to be amply rewaided. Sb-> has one her share unselfishly towards the help and blessing of other parts. The Corps has fought for God under difficulties for many years. What appeared at the time to be a misfortune burnt it out of its barracks, but it would seem that misfortune is to be over-ruled by a greater benefit. An extensive property, all but in the heart of the city, has been offered us at an absurdly low figure, chiefly through the influence of Influential friends, and partly on account of circum- stances which render it most desirable for the present possessors to sell. There are buildings on the land, con- sisting of two stores with commodious rooms above, offices, a large hall capable of seating twelve hundred Ole, a small hall for week nights, lavatories, and every ty for a regular fortress of Salvation. But in addition to this extensive pile of buildings there is the greater value of the site which has a frontage of mnety feet, and is within a stone's throw of the busiest portion of the city. Part of the land is vacant. Tie price of the property is $10,000, and the value of land alone la estimated by those who Wbibi Our Social Ofbrationb Btabt in London. understand the business in the city to be worth at least $7,000. The uses to which we propose to put this pro- perty are t;s follow : — We shall layout the best part of $3,000 upon renovations, the bulk of the money being spent on adapting the large and week-night halls for our purpose. London will have a model barracks. One of the stores is at present let, and will remain so. The rooms above this store will be fittf«d out for comfortable and commodious officers' quar- ters, and the money now being paid to an outside land- lord on this score will be returned into the till of the Army. In the centre there will be splendid accommodation for provincial headquarters, where the officers on the bridge in London will be within easy access of all the business houses of the city. The other store, with commodious rooms above, is admirably suited by virtue of its separate entrance for the scheme which Is next to be explained. The best feature, perhaps, about this enormous under- taking is the striking fact that although the Corps will hold these two magnificent buildings, the property of the Army^ in the centre of the city, they will pay no more in the way of rent than they are at present for their inconvenient quarters. On the other hand, the Corps is pledged to raise as their part of the scheme $3,600. This is not such a huge undertaking as it appears. It will be remembered that after the fire and the disposal of the London land, there was a balance to be credited to the Corps of about $1,400. In view of the brave efforts the Corps have made, and the loyalty they have manifested to the flag, the Com- mandant has decided, at a council of the local officers, to make this up to $2,000. The remaining $1,500 will be subscribed gladly, I believe, by the Corps and citizens of London who have a very warm heart and a ver^ deep respect for the Army. So we shall have the pleasure of taking the Qeneral round our own premises in London, and we have the additional gratifica- tion of being the possessors of a property which in years to come will double if not treble its value. FOOD AND SHELTER. Now, here I confess we are somewhat on uncertain ground. The population of London is 40,OOC. In point of numbers that would compare well with Vancouver, Halifax and Winnipeg, where we have no doubts as to the success of our enterprise. But then, as we have seen, these are cities with special features. Several wealthy citizens of London, however, who are also good friends of the Army, and who feel a generous deairo to benefit the worst and poorest of their city, have ap- proached me, and asked that the Army should oome for- ward and do something on behalf of the homeless of the city, as also the ex-prisoners of that portion of the Pro- vince. Our old and tried friend, Mr. Thomas MoCormack, who has been the leading spirit in the movement, asked us to consider what we could do. I made some careful enqalriea, visited the city on several occasions, made a round of the lodging houses, and was most astounded to find how many poor men there were, even in the well-governed, wealthy City of the Forest, without a place to lay their heads. I was informed by several lodging-house keepers that they were actually compelled to turn from theur doors nambers of able-bodied men, who had not the neoeasary funds to reach the standard absolutely essential for the support and profit of their bualnesa. Our Juhilee Program. 13 be worth at least ose to put this pro- uponrenoTatlona, adapting the large London will have is at present let, this store will be dious officers' quar- to an outside land- ito the till of the accommodation for tioers on the bridge of all the business >« with commodious tue of its separate to be explained. enormous under- igh the Corps will 8, the property of they will pay no ey are at present On the other 9 as their part of ft huge undertaking that after the fire )here was a balance 1,400. )s have made, and the flag, theOom- loil of the local • $2,000. The ladly, I believe, by > have a very warm Irmy. So we shall »1 round our own kdditional gratifica- 9rty which in years lue. TER. what on uncertain 4O,0OC. In point with Vancouver, no doubts as to then, as we have eatures. Several vho are also good enerous desira to ir city, have ap- f should come for* e homeless of the rtion of the Pro- 1, Mr. Thomas leading spirit naider what we nlrles, visited the d of the lodging d how many poor aed, wealthy City ir heads. I was >rs that they were doors numbers of oeasary funds to for the support I wrote Mr. McOormack saying that I thought there was every prospect oi' success for a small Shelter, provid- ing he could find the means to fit it out, and if some friends would come forward and guarantee our first year's expenses. The reply was prompt and to the point. "We will gladly subscribe the $500," said Mr. Mc- Oormack, "towiuds the outfit of the place." The pro- mise was accepted. Here is a use for our other store and the premises above. The store will be converted into a cheap Food Depot, and part of the rooms above will be fitted out for the accommodation of about thirty poor men. So London will have its Food and Shelter. But there are great issues hanging on the success of this institution. The friends who have subscribed the money are fuUy aware that it is an experiment we are trying. Should, however, this class of Home succeed, in this kind of a city, there are tremendous possibilities ahead of us. If we can establish a self-supporting Shelter In London, then why not in Hamilton, Kingston, Peter- boro, St. John, N.B., and any other similar centre. This is a Jubilee Scheme which may be the parent of many others. PRISON GATE HOME AND WOOD YARD. The other part of the premises spoken of, we shall otilize in the manner already explamed in connection with the Winnipeg scheme. We shall put ourselves into ^ -. touch with the vari- ous jails of the Prov- ince, in order that any of their inmates desiring to better their ways may have a chance of a com- fortable lodgingand a useful industry. Here comes in the use which, for the present, we shall make of our vacant plot. A Wood Yard in the centre of the city Is sure to be well patronized. Here any "out-of- works," hard up for a night's lodging, mi^, as in the case of Toronto, find em- ployment to earn, in afewhours,anight's repose, with a good supper and breakfast. The business will be conducted on strict cash principles, and, judging from the suc- cess already obtained in other parts, we can bespeak for it a successful career. Thus will our central pile of buildings in the Oity of London become a busy centre of all branches of Salvation Army warfare. There will be salvation for the soul, and, as a means to that end, songs for the ear, thoughts for the mind, Strayers for the guilty, pardon for the penitent, hope or the oppressed, food for the hungry, lodging for the homeless, a new chance in life for the despairing and down-trodden. How complete will be the triumph if we can render it all self-supporting. If the Oity Oonncil comes to our aid, this is what we confidently expect. Hajor CoHrLtN, Literary Secretary. Scheme No. 16. A BARRACKS FOR WINDSOR. The next Scheme, and those immediately following it, relate to barracks which are sadly needed, and which, I trust, will be got well under way during the year of Jubilee. Here is Windsor. We have in this city a delightful little corps. They are at present hammering away in a place more befitting a cow-shed than an Army p* barracks and quarters. Right out of the town, up a kind of blind street, surrounded by gardens and grass plote. It is out of all reason to expect to ac- complish much in a hole - and - comer con- cern of that SQrt. We must have a proper building, and we must have*t at once. On my recent visit the sol- diers were enthusias- tic, and I looked at some sites. The corps will set to work in- stantly, and raise the cash sufficient to secure a central lot, and it is hoped the JubUee Year will see a barracks on the way. It is very desirable that on our frontier city we should put In a first class appearance. The Scheme here will probably be a six thousand dollar one. Enhion Uoobe, Who will raise the pnrchase money for Windsor's new site. Scheme No. I7. NEW BARRACKS FOR ORILLIA. The plans are drawn, and have been published in the Wak Ort. They are of unique order, and are declared to be a distinct hit. I hope to have the pleasure of open- ing that building. Ito construction is to be the key, I believe, to many another. As a barracks and quarters combined, it is about the neatest, most concise, and cheap- est building I have seen anywhere. Of course, I speak from paper. It has got to be seen and spoken in, but if it turns out as I have every reason to hope, we may expect quite a revolution in the building line as the re- sult of tola part of the Jubilee Campaign. I I: Well, the story of Orillla is easily told, if not already well known. In November, 1892, the old barracks took fire. It was a Eorderous place, and ad, doubtless, ere it went up in smoke, told its tale on many a poor officers' lungs. Never- theless it has proven the birthplace of many a soul, and the soldiers will ever look hick with pleasure on the battles fought and victories won in tUe old rink. Since the fire the corps has labored under con- siderable difficulty in the way of a birracks; but, having been tried H4joiv,0alhoun, by fire, will come Repponsible for patting throngh LondoL forth, weU, if not as Scheme. gold, with the dollars that are due as her future rent. This is understood and bonded for. The corps, desiring to have a brick building, is raising the necessary extra cash. The foundations are already in, and aa soon as the requisite proportion of the building money is forthcoming the buildmg will be proceeded with. It will likely be opened some time in July. ' Our Jubilee Program. Scheme No 18' NEW BARRACKS FOR CORN- WALL AND BROCKVILLE. Here is a thriving town, full of industries, and with large cotton and woollen mills. There is a rattling little corps, which impressed me during the few minutes I was able to spend there, with its ability to rise and tackle anything within reason, either in the line of soul-saving or money-getting. They have hoped against hope for a building of their own. Some of them have, I fear, grown lean in their expectations by long and weary lingering within the chilly surroundings of their present dlsmu abode. It is, perhaps, the very highest triouto that could be paid to the vitality of this corps that it has continued to uirive in the south-east comer of a great shed, which reminds me of an old market, and which stands alone in its glory by the still waters of a canal. And why all this ? There are plenty of admirable sites In the city, just the thing we want. How long shall we linger before we bring our banner to the front and plant our guns where we have a chance of hitting the very bull's-eye of the town ? The soldiers of Oomwall, if they are true to the fiery spirit of my nativo county, from which they have taken their name, will arise and come to the end of that sepulchre by the canal. They will strike for the site I chose when last in their midst. This Jubilee Year is the chance to lay siege to the pocket of every friend in the place, and plant their foot on ground from which the Army can never be tklven. Now, Adjutant Taylor, this is a chance for you indeed. ! BROCKVILLE. And what Is the matter with Brookville that they should have to sing and preach under another man's roof ? Did I not wander through your streets, O Brookville, and search out the land for yon 1 I know your anxiety and groaning for a place to pray in, which is the property of Ood and your Army. You, too, are included in the Jubilee program. Your scheme is before you. Your devotion to it is pledged, I feel sure. There Is no reason why your scheme shouldn't start ofif by the purchase of your site, and finish inside the next eighteen months in the opening of a model little barracks, which will prove a joy and blessing alike to yourselves and the perishing ones of your town. I believe you will do it, and do it with a shout. Now, Ensign MacNamara, where is the pocket able to resist your attack 1 Scheme No. 19. flEW BARRACKS FOli B0NAVI8TA AND HE/^RT'S CONTENT, |IEWFOU|IDLAflD. Nor are my Newfoundland friends to be behind In the bricks and mortar line. Bonavista, in the north of the Island, is the centre of one of the very few floarlshing industries of the colony. Ita copper mines, with their immense output of as rich ore as can be found on the globe's surface, indicate the resources upon which the citizens of that island may fall back, when they make up their minds to quit the system, which gives them all the risk of a stormy life, and, sadly, too little of the profits. Why a country offering such internal opportunity for development, should tip out almost all her able-bodied citizens to sea for a living, is to me utterly incomprehen- sible. Bonavlata, and the adjacent district of mines, has set an example, and solved a problem, which the rest of the Island will do well to note. Hence it is we are able to build a nobby, little barracks, costing somewhere In the neighborhood of $1,050. It will be opened during the Jubilee Year. At Heart's Oontent, too, there is to be a suitable bar- racks. Heart's Oontent is a little out-harbor, on the southern shore of Trinity Bay. Although ito inhabitants would, I suppose, hardly number four hundred souls, it is a place of much importance to the world at large. Here, the Atlantic cables, after traversing the bed of the ocean, come ashore, and the spectator mav see in a dark room the flashes of light, sent through by the fingers of men who manipulate the keys of the electrical instrumento in the chief centres of the Old World. Did there come pes- tilence or accident to suddenly cut off the inhabitanteof this snug little village, much of the world would wake up to find itself severed in twain. When I was there, I was astonished at two things : First, as to how the Army has been able to do here, as in many other places in New- foundland, what had been found all but impossible in other similar villages, viz., keep alive an energetic, self- supporting corps. Well I remember the sunny morning, when driWng post-haste round the bay, I espied drawn up in line, inth colors flying, drums beating, and faces smiling, a buoyant band of men and women, clad in uni- form, who saluted me as their leader, and gave me an opportunity of addressing to them a few words of cheer asl passed. The second thing that sorpriaed me was, however, they .managed to keep going all' winter and summer In the old I ,!i lie that they should man's roof? Did I Dokville, and search ixiety and groaning roperty of God and •d in the Jubilee Your devotion no reason why your ohase of your site, aths in the opening 11 prove a joy and perishing ones of and do it with a here is the pocket HE/^RT'SCONTENT, to be behind In the the north of the ery few flourishing > mines, with their >n be found on the 96 upon which the nrhen they make up gives them all the ttle of the profits, lal opportunity for all her able-bodied bterly incomprehen- strlct of mines, has , which the rest of 9 it is we are able to somewhere in the be opened during ) be a suitable bar- 9ut-harbor, on the >ugh its inhabitants ' hundred souls, it }rld at large. Here, e bed of the ocean, >e in a dark room bhe fingers of men cal instruments in 'id there come pes- sinhabitantsofthis would wake up to was there, I was how the Army has ■ places in New- rat impossible in an energetic, self- le sunny morning, f, I espied drawn beating, and faces }men, clad in unl- and gave me an iw words of cheer ras, however, they ammer in the old Our Jubilee Program. 15 boat house, situated as it m, a quarter of a mile out of the place. Well, Heart's Oontent is buildins its new barracks. Some of it will be paid for in cash, but the rest will be built by that ready tact, and loving sacrifice, for which these fishermen are so notorious. It will be the building, perhaps, above all others, put up this Jubi- lee Year, on tne nearest approach to the apostolic prin- ciple. Much of the labor will be given ; wood out and hauled from the neighboring forest. The architectural skill will be supplied by men, whose brains have been sharpened in all practical uses by the constant requisition of that practical, common sense occasioned by life at sea. Scheme No. 20. NEW BARRACKS FOR CALGARY. The Coming ChicaKo of Canada. The next project turns our attention again to the West. About four thousand miles distant from the spot of our last discussed undertaking, lies the flourishing little city of Calgary. At present, she is an infant community. She is but the chud of the future self to which she is destined to grow. Here is the capital of Alberta, and Alberta of all States in the West, is the one which im- pressed me as holding the palm of future prosperity. Lying at the threshold of the foot hills, which lead up to the ponderous barrier of the Rockies, this city is shel- tered from [the blasts that sweep the prairies, and blest with warm breezes, which blunt the edge of her severest winters. Around Oalgary, and throughout the gigantic State of which shq is the capital, is as rich a streteh of country for farming and ranching, as could well be con- ceived. Cattle by the tens of thousands of all sorts, are turned out all the year round on the vast plains that sweep for hundreds of miles, and yet there Is room for hundreds and hundreds of thousands more, for whose coming the nutritious pasturage that grows on millions of acres awaits. Calgary is the centre of all this, and pro- mises to be in years to come, the Ohicaso of Canada. We have a splendid corps, who fight in a contemptible barracks, more suitable for a shooting aTey than a Salva- tion fort. On my recent visit I met the soldiers. It was decided that a site was to be secured as soon as the corps had raised a sufficient deposit to pay on the land. The spot is to be central, and the location was fixed upon. The building will be perhaps the handsomest for Its size in the Dom&ion. There happens to be a very rich stone found in the neighborhood. This will enable us to build a stone edifice for less cost than brick. Look out then, for a monument in Calgary worthy of the Salvation Army and Its Qeneral'e Jubilee. Scheme No. 21. A NEW BARRACKS FOR PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE. This can hardly be said to be altogether a new scheme. Some years ago the Army acquired a property In this place. The building on the land has hitherto served the purpose of a barraolu and a quarters. It is a long narrow affair, mostly front and back and aisle, and stove pipe; but within it has been accomplished a marvellous work for Qod. For a long while tne Corps has desired a proper building, and plans have been drawn and everything pre- pared. All that is required Is for For. age to set to work and raise the balance of the cash neecUul to the transac- tion. This they are now about to do. At the lively meeting I conducted on my way through, it was evident there is great interest in this undertaking by all good people in the city. At my meeting the Mayor, the M.P. and the Minister of Public Works all spoke most highly of the Army and assured us of their sympathy and help. Now, Portage, you have waited long enough. This year of Jubilee ia to be the year of your deliverance. You wUl get the money, I am certain. Half the battle is already fought. " Up and at them." Scheme No. 22. |IEW BAIIRACKS FOR PORT /^RTIfUR A[iD FORT WILLIAM. "The first shall be last, and the last first." Our two newest formed Corps are to have a share in the Jubilee scheme. Port Arthur and Fort William are rising towns on the beautiful shores of Thunder Bay at the head of Lake Superior. Port Ar^hur Is an old sta- tion of tho Hudson's Bay Company, being a Trade Post for the distribution of commerce from the interior across the waters of the great lake. Fort William owes its existence chiefly to the enter- prise of the O.P.B. who first bought land and then planted their workshops and elevators upon it. Around these has naturally s;rown a thriving settlement. Here, also, are two places which have, beyond doubt, a great future. They may be termed the terminal points of our Western world. Going westward they are naUed by the weary traveller whose brain has become sick with the dull monotony of a waste region of ponderous rocks, logs and tree stumps. There is never anything very inter- esting in riding through a country the practical uses of which remain undiscovered. Certainly such, hj present appearance, is the territory lying between North Bay and Port Arthur. For this reason the stupendous rush across the Continent Is broken here by a magnificent line of steamships which afford the jaded railway passengers the luxury of a sail over the breast of Lake Superior to Owen Sound, thus dodging the dreariest bit of the whole {'onmey. From these places too, wheat by the million tushels has been, and still wlU be, shipped to all parts of the world. Hence it Is satisfactory to know that during the year the Army's colors have been planted with eminent success in both towns, which are separated only by a couple of miles. On my way tLrough I had the pleasure of delivering short arddresses from the car to eager crowds who gathered at each station and drank In every word with utmost respect and interest. A magnificent band of converts, mostly men, has been raised, and that, notwithstanding the barracks stands in most unheard of positions. The boilding occupied by Fort William is out of the town altogether. At Port Arthur and Fort William it is proposed this year to secure sites. At Fort William we shall purchase a plot I selected in the few minutes I was driven around the town while the train stood in the station. It is a very central position, and we hope to have on it a model little barracKs, something after tne fashion of Orillia, opened and occupied by the time the General comes through. The Corps is going in " hammer and tongues " to raise the necessary funds. i6 Our Jubit.ke Program, Plans are drawing, and as soon as the neceasary amount is raised the deposit will be paid and the land secured. At Port Arthur we hope, by agitation, to secure from the Qovemment a grant of land in an equally good position. Every other church has been presented with its site, and there is no reason why the Salvation Army should be made an exception. If we can secure the plot we desire, we shall commence building operations, and Port Arthur will have its Jubilee Barracks as well as Fort William. Both the places should in everything be equal with each other, especially when the Harvest festival and Self- Denial business comes on. But everything depends upon the metal of the men and women on the spot. Scheme No. 23, A NEW BARRACKS for ST. JOHN I. Back again to the East. At last the long- cherished hope of the first St. John corps is to be realized. Last fall we did a good thing for theSalvation Army in this city. There was no flourish of trumpets over it, but, like much more underground work that has been going on lately, it will assert itself in due course. As at Van- couver, po in the capital of New Brunswick. Some years ago a site for a barracks was pro- cured. It was central, and ten to one would turn out the very thing ; one against ten, however, it didn't. The locality became too residential, and tony, and too much off the popular run of the people for our purpose. None the less, it was a good spec, and we have been able to dispose of it without loss. On the other hand, the building we have hitherto rented was, so far as position was concerned, the very thing desira- ble. It is central, standing in a good thorough- fare. It was offered to us at a remarkably low figure, and our lot was to be taken in part payment. We closed, and the flag of the Army now floats on another citadel of its own in a city which has received it as it has been welcomed to few cities in the world. But this is not all. The building is anything but satisfactory as it now stands. It is the merest shell of that which it is to be hereafter. The Jubilee Year will tell its tale on the old place, and the light of '95 will break upon a far different fortress to that in which our warriors now hold forth. It wUl be re-roofed, re-floored, re-lighted, and entirely re- arranged. Comfortable quarters for oflicers will be fixed on the premises, and a suitable week- night hall constructed. In short, it will be converted from ite backslidden state and re-consecrated to the ose of God and the Army. Scheme No. 24. [lew Barracks for Woodstock, |lew Brunswick. Here is a corps and a town, like many others in the East, I have not yet been privileged to visit. I am informed, however, that for a long time they have wanted a build- ing, and at last have formed a stout resolution to have one. Woodstock is, therefore, included in the Jubilee enterprise. During my last interview with Brigadier Jacobs at Montreal, it was decided to go on. A site is to be secured, a fund started instantly, and it is hoped to have a barracks going before the year olosea. It Is Our JrniLEK Program. '7 than a help, and in some oases this is admittedly so, at the present time. We have some magnl' ficent properties builtat greatexpense — baildings that would do credit to the biggest corps in the world. Their fault is their magnificence, and their misfortune lies in the fact that they are Erematare. They were built at a time of great nanoial prosperity, and when the flood tide of a new country was at its height. Ten years ago, everyone estimated that Canada was bound to share in the unparalleled prosperity which had reached her sister nation the other aide the line. So far as that estimate is concerned, we are. In the long run, quite safe. In point of date, how- ever, we find ourselves a little out in our cal- culation. In consequence, we have barracks in dififerent portions of the country which are found to be too large, cumbersome, and eipendve for the purpose of our work, and some steps will have to be taken to render them more eoonomieal and convenient. It is proposed, therefore, to do something of this sort as regards the four property os above mentioned. Montreal is sadly in need of renova- tion. We have a splendid building, which must be rendered cheerful, bright, and attractir : > / a little supply of common sense arrangemei;;., » id a plentiful application of paint. The same thing applies to Ottawa, only that here the arn nge- ments are already under way, and the barracks has already been transformed into an at' ractive and cheerful place ; but as for Hamilton, this is a bigger job. It is deemed advisable heie to ^o in for some structural alterations, which will necessitate considerable outlay. A scheme is before the Corps which will enable them to transform their unsightly and unwieldy barracks into a first-class buUding. The thing must be done thoroughly and well, and the corps and the numerous sympathizers with the Armv in the city will find the wherewithal to accomplish it. As to Kingston, much that is said about the other places applies. A week-night hall is sadly needed, and must be constructed, rearrangements of quarters carried into effect, and the whole structure beautified by a wholesale baptism of paint. Something else, too. The Kingston barracks requires light. Why in the name of common reason the rays of the sun should be blocked out by a ponderous brick wall, when we have so magnificent a right of light and air, is more than I can understand. Thus the reformation of four of our chief buildings of the Dominion will comprise one of the Jubilee schem'.°^ and the fact of its realiza- tion will work miracles in the health, vitality, and spiritual force of the brave troops occupying t^ose forts. am informed, nted a build- ition to have 1 the Jubilee th Brigadier n. A sito is 1 it is hoped oloses. It Is just possible Mrs. Booch or myself will get the honor of Seheme No. $i6« opening it. 8ohemeJ«o. 26. A HEW FRENCH CITADEL 1)1 THE HEART OF MOHTREAL. The Renovation and Adaptation of the Hamilton, Kingston, Montreal, A Mighty Undertakinff. and Ottawa Barraoki. ^^^ ^^ g^^g ^ j^q undertaking more daring, but nob Sometimes barracks of oar own are a hindrance rather less neeided, nor with leas promise of success than any I "1(1. |l' ■ !■""* iwaa ii '^eaiBi**. 18 Our Juiui.ke Program. that have yet been noted. It is a fact of great significance that onr French work has taken a new lease of life ; about that none who have seen it recently can have any doubt. Consolidation in plan, enterprise in effort, devotion in hard labor, and tact in oondnotorship have workedallteral mar- vel in the ancient city of the French Canadian. Some time ago it became evident that some drasticmeasnres would have to be taken if the French work was going to be got out of its rut. We were then located in one or two parts of the city, where, with great diiticnlty, audiences could be gathered, andwhere it was often a great struggle of very limiteid forces with preponderent row- dyism. Far be it Siafk-Captain Ji"'eb, The Captain of (lie Life-Ouards. from me to say one word that might reflect upon the brave, self-denying efforts of those then in charge. On the con- trary, I del^ht to give them credit for the way they held the fort in the face of overwhelming odds, and I love to remember how many of these brave girls are still continu- ing to do so. Moreover, it was with the fall concurrence of all concerned that the new policy was decided upon. Our Blucher. That policy, stated briefly, was concentration of effort. Instead of two or three struggling outposts, where the devil and the rowdies had all the show, one central posi- tion, and that position bang on the main French street of the city. This was the indispensible. Tbere was an- other indispensable in the shape of a new French-speaking officer. For this we ap- plied, and not in vain, to the Marechale. She res- ponded by the despatch of the present Adjutant, and her Lieutenant, Captain Pirrenoud. Here was our Blucher, only she came from Paris instead of from Berlin. For sending this Blucher we are deeply In- debted to the Marechale, to whom, on that account, we owe perhaps most of the victory. Then we struck out. No more back street business. The Frenchman is a creature of the Boule- vard ; he is created with a strong Inclination to dis- port hlmaelf, and, true to Adjutant TAvr.oB. Cornwall comes tbrougli mlVx flying colors. Victory at Liwtl the instinct, yon may always catch him on the pro- menades, and sel- dom on the by-{' iths of life. Hence we ran the tremendous risk of a store, with a rent of 9600 per annum attached. It was fitted and dec- orated according to the latest Parisian style. All that artistic touch and arrangement, of which the French are masters, was added by the fing- ers of the Adju- tant, who had al- ready become mis- tress of the art of appealing to the tastes of the French in her native land. Capt. Heift. Heave oh t Up goes the new barracks atOrUlla. It was opened, and the result was exactly what we predicted. The place began to fill, and ever since it has been too small to hold the crowds of French-speaking folk of all sorts and sizes and cMtes, who have flocked to it from all over the city. The attention has been superb. Souls have been saved, and the triumph of winning a dozen or so French speaking converts has been achieved- As for a few moments I sat at the back of the place making an inspection of all that was going on, it was difficult to believe I was not in dear old Rue Auber, witnessing once more the unrivalled at- tractions of a Parisian Salvation Army meeting. Rows on rows of solid men sat before me ; and mora wonderful still, for the first time in history, women in large numbers were ia attendance. On the platform sat the new con- verts, with tambourine and song and drum, pitching in in true Salvation Army style. The respect paid the Adjutant was marked to a degree. She dia the oest part of the program herself — gave out the hymn, announced the meetings, sold Army song books, then the WarCky ; kept order, sang the solo, prayed and preached as re- quired. Conviction and interest was marked on every face. As I sat, a well known Jesuit priest passed up the aisle and took a seat. I felt as though a new era had opened before' the Army in Canada. I somehow dared to hope indescribable things for the two million French speakuig citizens, who are ready for the Gospel while they await the sickle of death. *' If, ' I said to myself, " we can do this in Montreal, why not ander similar cirooniBtances in other places !" Then I— The Loss of our Fortress. Then came the horrid news that our hall was taken from us, and at a few months' notice we were to be turned, bag and baggase, into the street. I was tempted to feel unutterable thUigs, and I can hardly say I didn't yield tc the temptation. There are cireumstanoes which, in our judgment, have led up to this decision which are better - not referred to, as it is no earthly qse qtirring up ancient f "fS ,#-fi M Our JuiMi.KE Prooram. '9 feuds. Oar triumph b to be by preaohlns the Bleed- ing Lamb, not b^ propounding a polioy that too often finisheB In a bleeding nose. Various reasons were given. A higher rent offered ; too noisy, inconvenient, etc., etc. But the fact remains that after all we have labored to ac- complish we are houseless. Whither thail we go 7 Worse than this, ap to the present we have found it impossible to obtain any other place, even though we have screwed up our courage to the tune of eight hundred dollars a year. It is not so easy to secure premises for the Salvation Army on the main Catholic street of the city. Up a back alley we may retreat, certainly, but that, we have seen, is an effective method of committing suicide and strangling cor hopes in the birth. A Cutle of Our Own. There seems but one thing left to do. We must have a place of our own. That is quite evident if we are to have a French Work at all. While we remain at the mercy of store owners, who are in tarn influenced by religious persuasion, or the highe. ^ bidder, we shall never stand a ghost of a chance on a street like St. Lawrence Main ; and ^et we must have a fortress on that very street, if possible. The question is, Oan we'do it? Ought we to at- tempt it 1 Will the conscience and conduct of the Protest- ant community of that wealthy city come to our aid ? Will the Protestant millions of Canada see us stuck 1 As to the risks of oar saccess, they are nil. We have fought and won. The people will come to us. Even Catholics will listen with respect, and swallow wholesale the simple Gospel as it is preached BiMiiiiHlMt|y|p irw»inttii from our platform, going t:-mx^^^^^^BBM the length of publicly ^ i' ^/hFj^^H^^BESI kneeling at our penitent- form ! The one thing about which there owjht to be no doubt, is the assistance referred to. Once more I ask, will the Protestants of Canada see us driven from our en- trenchment with certain victory in view ? I think not — I dare to believe not! First, the Foundations. But we must go Bnbion Ellirv. steadUy and intelTi- 8he throws out the iife-iine in Bt gently. In otber words, John, N. B., Rescae Home. we mOSt go step by step. The Scheme, as a whole, will probably involve an expenditure of say $25,000. For poor people like us, it looks, at first sight, impossible, but on examination it becomes more feasible. There is a site we hope to secure which may cost us, say $10,000. It has a frontage on two streets, one a main thoroughfare, the other a residential street. On this plot there is ample room, fronting the main street, for a good store, as well as an entrance to our hall, which will be built in behind. The store and house above will rent without difficulty. Behind we shall bnUd one or more houses, which will also rent well, beins on a separate street in a central portion of the city. Inoetween these two we could build our neat, well- lighted, first class little French Hall. The rentals of our houses and stores will all bat meet the payments of oar interest and principal. How to Do It But that is not yet. First, we must secure the site. This we propose to do by a little sacrifice of present grati- fication to a future good. It will be known that we devote about .?1,0< Ml of our Self-Denial Fund each year to the support of our French MisHionary Work. Hither- to this has gone chiefly to pay landlords who treat us as we have seen ; but the same money now given to these would more than pay the interest in carrying our site. We can, therefore, raise a deposit, secure the land, and be sure of our foundation any time we like. But what of our work in the meantime ? Well, during the sum- mer we could, with ^reat advantage, conduct our meet- ings in a tent, which can be erected on the ground purchased. This will give us time to bring oar needs before the kindly disposed, and that is everything. If the worst comes to the worst, we can hold on in houses and French Churches lent us occasionally, while the French officers devote their whole energy to gaining the necessary funds. Once we get a proper hall, from which we cannot be dislodged, we know we are all right. After all, this scheme is only a question of raising six or seven thousand dollars. Why, there is many a gentleman or lady in that city of means who could give it and never know they had Sarted with the cash. It will be a triumph of triumphs ', in the Jubilee Year we can hoist our fla^ on our own plot on the main French street in the Domimon. Scheme No. )fi7. THE RENOV/^TIO|l OF THE QUEBEC FOIITIIESS. All that is said as to the French Work in Montreal, is equally applicable to the Citadel City of the Dominion. Last year, w e bought a property here, for which we p»d five thousand dollars ; but it will be little use to as till the necessary alterations and re- pairs are pat through. Thsse provide for a salt- able and attractive hall, together -with convenient officers' quarters. It is a burning shame we should have to wait five minutes for so small an amount. rnP'^- JoHi'i J-^. B.i Rescue floMS. Here Is Ensign Mitehell, and her brave little gang, straggling in the very heart of that stronghold of superstition and vice, all but handicapped, while those able to as- sist, go lamenting the state of things. Quebec shall yet hold ita own, and he the saooess Montreal has proved. yT 20 OuK JrniLFK Prooram. ii ! iw! l;!i ! I I i ;. |, i ! n •r^ There are other projecte In the wind for the City of the Rock, but " they do not yet appear." (Scheme No. XS. THE PURCHASE OF A RESCUE HOME, ST. JOHN, N.I3. Leaving now the question of new barracka, we return to the Rewjue field for our next proposal. The Uescue Work is in a more flourishing condition today, tlian ai any time In its history. .The officers are as loyal ana devoted a band of workers as could be found in any part of the great battleground of the Army. The r work is a Divine one. Their's Is the duty of proclaiming Christ s love to the most sorrowful, and Christ's purity to the moat degraded this world can produce. For that veiy reason, their work is perhaps the most Christliko. It is a significant fact that the person to whom He first pro- cUkimed His Messiahship, was a fallen woman by the well, and the last act of mercy He received in this world, was at the hands of one who had also been an erring Magda- lene. • .u Our Rescue Work is, perhaps for the size of tne country, ahead of anything m tho Army. We have now eight Homes, all of which are supported chiefly by the BubBoriptlons of the places where they labor— for the Rescue Work has many friends. One such friend, interested especially in this branch 01 our work, in the city of St. John, has come nobly to our help. He has promised, that if we can find a suitable place for our Rescue Home in that city, he will donate the magnificent figure of one thousand dollars towards its purchase, so that the local officers shall no longer be burdened with rent. We are looking out, and as such places have a knack of _,^^^_,j_^^^___ turning up when we B^^^W^"'^^MB^fl£^ia want them, we expect to have a commodious Rescue Home of our own as one more tribute of our praise to God in this Year of Jubilee. Scheme No. 29, PROPOSED RESCUE HOME FOR HAMILTON. And if the Rescue I Work has brought such | blessings to cities like | St. John, why not ex- tend it 1 There is Ham- ilton, where such work is far more needed than in London and Winnipeg, where Homes are already estab- lished. We agree, ana propose to impress the fact upon the citizens of the " Ambitious City," by establishing a Home Ensign Aikeniiead, ^Tlioae faith will renovate the Hsniilton Barracks. In ita midst during the Jubilee Year. The scheme will be worked in conjunction with that whidi indudea the renovation of the Hamilton barracka. The one should, and doubtless will, assist the other. When I last visited Hamilton, I made enciuiries as to the need of such a Home, and I found it widely admitted, made in public to the matter, waa Hamilton, get ready I The reference I alao well received. Scheme No. 30. PROPOSED RESCUE HOME for Ottawa. And Ottawa 1 Are there no fallen aistera of ours needing the attention of the Salvation Army in that place ? Unless we very much mistake it, there are ; and unless others with whom we have conferred— some b high places— are out In their facts, there certainly can be little doubt about it. Anyway, so far as property is con- cerned, we happen to be circumstanced so that we can at any rate try the experiment without running so tremend- ona a risk, and perhaps that is the most satisfactory way of settling the matter. It should be here pointed out, that our hope in dealing with this class of sinners, as all others, lies not in homes, or industries, or surround- ings, but in Jesus Christ and His power to convert the hearts of all men. Our marvellous success in this part of the business, and the priceless influence Ood has entrusted to us in dealing with these poor creatures, forbids that for any consideration we should hesitate in establishing ourselves where we feel there is need, and where we can find willing hands to go. We have the greatest respect and love tor every Christian work, and wish them every blessing for the very same reasons we think they should wish similar benefits to us, and we are sure it will be found we shall help, rather than hinder, any existing agency. But we dare not stop. In all probability, we shall establish a small Rescue Home in Ottawa during this year, and enlarge as we find needful. It is a sad misfortune that Ensign Gait, who had interested herself so heartily in the undertaking, and had pledged herself to raise the funds, should have been compelled at this juncture to drop out. But she will have plenty to do before the Jubilee Scheme is disposed of I Scheme No. 31. DEVELOPMENT of the CHILDREN'S SHELTER WORK. A Beautiful Mission. No one having spent half an hour inside our Ohildren'a Shelter in Toronto could help but praise God for the beautiful work there being accomplished. It is quite natural and equally logical to conclude that no organiza- tion can more fitly or successfully deal with the offspriiu of the very poor than can that movement which by God has been so eminently anccessful in ministering to the wants and staunching the wounds of the degraded in the maturity of their guUt and depravity. What is most good and most useful for Tommy's papa will be found Deet Bolted to Tommy himself. Mow, hitherto we have onfy Our Jrnii.KE Prooram. 21 %« Boheme will )h Inoludea the iie one should, len I iMt Tialtfld need of auoh a The reference I well received. HOME sisten of ours n Army in that b, there are ; and iferred— Bome in certainly can bo 1 property ie con- lo that we can at ning BO tremend- . Batiafactonr way lere pointed out, of Bmnera, as all iea, or eurround- )r to convert the oceBB in thia part itluence Qod has ) poor creatures, ihould hesitate in here is need, and ;o. We have the iristian work, and same reasons we to us, and wa are kther than hinder, not stop. In all Rescue Home in I we find needful, irho had interested , and had pledged been compelled at ill have plenty to id of I JHILDREN'S ,K. side our Ohildren's raise God for the shed. It is quite i that no organiza- with the offspring ent which by God ministering to the he degraded in the What is most good irill be found best lerto we have only ■•>a been experimenting as regards this branch of our work, but the experiment has abundantly proved our ability to do what we have never yet boon able to accomplish for the destitute child. It seems almost inconceivable,that since we opened our tiny Children's Home in this one city, there have come to ub many *1| hundreds of applications for admission, and not- withstanding our cramped space, we have actually housed seventy of these applicants, and adopted (luite a number out from the world of vice and ruin into comfortable Ohristian Homes and cir- cumstances, where they are at this hour, being brought up in the fear and admonition of the Lord. Our Chances With the EN«„N McQ,LuvR.v Children of the Poor. Who will ?"'""> Kingston Scheme Observe what facilities '""*' ■ our all but perfect organi- zation offers in the interests of these poor little creatures. To begin with, we have large opportunities of gath- ering them. We are in touch with the slums. Thoy are our speciality. We are the moral scavangers of society, the spiritual police force. We know *• how the poor live," and how also they die. We know, because we are there. Further, we have the confidence of the poor ; they trust as ; they like us ; f>erhaps that is because we ove tnem practically. Then, in connection with our Res- cue Work, what openings there are for a really Divine mission I We snatch the babes from the very jaws of Infamy ; we convert the very outlaws of society into the children of the King of kings, and good future citizens of the realm. Then see the tremendous outlet we have for the for- saken child. Our agents are in every city of the country, nay, of the wide world. We can find homes to any extent, where, under Ohristian influences of the best type, these little ones can be trained for God and good- ness. In this, as in many other things, I really believe we are only half awake. Recent Developments. Nevertheless, we're waking up. Mrs. Booth has been on the alert, and the growth of our Ohildren's Shelter work has been simply grand. Side by side with all our Rescue Homes, there is now running a Refuge for children, and steps are being taken during this Jubilee Tear to enlarge and develop this branch of our work. In view of the enlargement, we have decided upon more commodious houses in London, Winnipes, St. John, N. B., while in Toronto the Children's Snelter will be removed to pre- mises that will enable us to house nearl* double the number we do at present. These facts speaK lor the con- templated extension of our " way out " for the little ones dunng the Jubilee Year, as nothing else can. Caitain Cowan, Under whose Headershlp Calgary's Scheme is assured. (Scheme No. 3». The purchase of a MAGNIFICENT HEADQUARTERS — FOR — The Eastern Province, at St. John, N.B. Two things are tolerably dear. It is good to have a convenient and commodious Headquarters, and it is bad to be paying Army money into outside tills when that cash might be accumulating property for the cause. The purchase of our splendid new Headquarters is St. John, N. B., is the outcome of a policy based upon both these considerations. For years we have been greatlv hindered by lack of space and accommodation. The busi- ness of the East has too long been transacted in a back parlor at the end of a dismal passage I On the other hand, we have been paying high rentals to outside landlords for the inferior quarters in which onr top men of the East have been lodged. Some time ago, a magnificent property, originally the residence of Judge Whitmore, for whom it was bnilt,and who occupied it sixteen years, was offercl us at a very low figure. It was found that this large house, standing in its own grounds, afforded ample accommodation in the way of dwellings, for both the Provincial Secretary and his second in command, together with space for roomy o£Sces. We di£covered, too, that the price for which we were offered the place would enable us to rent it to the Province at considerably less than they are at present paying, and yet enable us to carry so substantial a property for the Army. We clinched the bargain, and the Headquarters is now being fitted out for the aforesaid uses. The place will be finally opened as the New Headquarters, and the East will subscribe the necespary funds for renovation and rearrangement. The Jubilee Tear will leave the Maritime Provinces with a Headquarters of theh: own, and Briga- dier Jacobs will henceforth rule the roost from his own perch. Well done, St. John 1 That is three schemes you will have in the Jubilee program. Scheme Bfo. 33. A SALVATION TIMBER LIMIT ; OB, A Workman's Hotel in the Woods. A NOVEL BUT PROMISING UNDERTAKING. A Word about our Country's Resources. Among the natural resources of Canada none are more extravagant in wealth or immensity than those which offer to the world an almost limitleBS supply of lumber. f » I » ; > 5 f^ t : 22 Our Jubilee Program. The bouadlesB forests of the land in which we live have for Bcoroa of years been pouring forth their treasure to the centres of the race. Material for everything shap- able by the too' of the mechanic, both of things that stand, or things that float, or things that accommodate, or things that adorn, has been, and is being supplied from the gloomy depths of our glorious forests. Thus do the great trees of Canada contribute to the variea utilities and necessities of the world. The ship's mast of unrivalled height which, resisting the ocean breeze, propels the huge monsters of the sea, once adorned the sUent avenues of untrodden Columbia. The ponderous beams that upUlt many a palatial mansion, or castle of commerce, were hewn from the bowels of our giants of the wood. Ihe stoutest timbers, that best resist the siege of flood, or fire or tempest, have first asserted their durability against the'edge of our axeman's tool ; while whole cities now shielding their thousands from the severity of the ele- ments, are builded with timbers, which, in their original state, spread out their arms to the sunlight of Canada s free land, and trembled in the winter breeze that stirs ten million leafy plumes. What Canada's woodlands have yielded in the way of strength they have likewise given in the way of beauty. From the trinket adorning the table of a loved one, to the intricate panelling that beautifies the palace of a prince, the choice products of our trees have found the where- with-all to beautify and delight. Yet notwithstanding the ravages of the locomotive, and deluges of fire, the supply seems undiminished. Wc have still left enough timber to rebuUd the edifices of the globe. How It Affects Us. But what has all this to do with the Salvation Army ? A good deal. We opened a wood-yard. Like all great men and great things, we began in a small way. We wanted to find an honest job for the friendless prisoner, who, finding himself outside Her Majesty's gaol, with Her Majesty's brand on his brow, knows not whither- wards to go for a "leg up," in life. Having by some fault or misfortune got himself into the lock-up, or peni- tentiary, it would appear that his discharge too often deposits him in a kind of a blind alley, every door of which is closed against him. For who proposes to hobnob with a discharged thief 1 We endeavored by establishing a place where such a man could come and chop wood, to give him, at any rate, the chance of a well-earned night's repose, and an oppor- tunity to look around and take his bearings for the future. This led to the building up of a small wood and coal busi- ness and the purchase and sale of lumber. Hence our interest in the timber limits of Canada. The Development of the " Darkest Canada Lumber Business." Our bnsines?, which was started in fear and trembling, without capital, without a customer, but by all possible pledge, and bond, on the rock-bottom principle of cash payment has, like all else we have undertaken, received the blessing of Almighty Qod. From its first inception, it has steadily grown, till to-day we ure quite satisfied of the possibility of running on strictly cash lines, a paying business. The thing is, of course, in its infancy, but we've got it through its swaddling clothes and weaned it from the ghastly habit of credit-giving and debt- making to which so many commercial concerns in the country succumb. Now we are sure of the foundation, we have decided to develop our business sharp. We can do it. There is no earthly reason why our w(>od-yards in Toronto and elsewhere shoald not, on the one liand, anpply all those willing to labor with a job, and on the other produce a magnificent revenue to the funds of the Social Work. Supply Our Own Demand. There is in this Salvation Army of ours everything needed to make U9, in point of cash, independent of the whole world. The difficulty is to get that understood and acted upon. See it here in our wood business. At present we pay high rates for oar lumber in Toronto. We buy our timber after it is hewn from the forest, cut and split. In other words, we buy our wood hewn, cut and split, in order to find work and profit for the unfor- tunate and down-trodden by setting them to saw and chop it. But supposing we could not only saw and chop, but hew, cut and split into the bargain ? Here we should have a wider opening for the poor man, and there would be a great saving in our present expenses. Our wood vard in Toronto creates the want. Our new wood-yard in London, already spoken of in this program, increases it. Our new timber limit will supply these demands, and the benefits will be for the Kingdom of Christ. Burn Our Own Fuel. But one other word about our own demand before pro- ceeding to describing exactly what it is we propose doing in the woods. We require timber for more than our wood yards. How many thousands of cords representing many hundreds of dollars of cash go up in smoke from our barracks every winter ? How many more dollars go up in coal ? Now, why shouldn't the money raised within our camp, go back into our own till, and thus help to extend and consolidate our machinery for doing good ? It Is intended to make careful calculations as to the cost of heating our barracks, anywhere within payable dis- tanoe of our limit, with a view to seeing, if by supplying these buildings, we cannot on the one hand, give cheaper fuel, and on the other, produce a larger market and profit for our Social Wood Industry. For, the larger market, of course, the greater the success. *' To him that hath shall be given," is a truism written deeply on men and things of this world, as well as those of the next. The Shelter in the Woods. But there are other considerations than those of in- creasing our business and our opportunity for labor, which have led us to dooide upon estaolishing a " Poor Man's Castle " in the forest. Everybody knows that large num- bers of men flock to the luml>er regions in winter time. The conditions under which many of these men live, are anything but edifying. Herded together, often like cattle, in the rude huts called " shanties," they spend the long, dark winter evenings in all sorts of low amusement Many a youth has gone into those camps comparatively innocent, but has come out the very repositoi^ of everythhig bad. Lumbermen have told me, that life in the forest, sometimes twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty miles from • town or settlement, is worse than life among a hoard of savages. Cursing, gamblbg, drinking, fighting, csrd- playing, and other things, unmentionable and vile, are practised in many of these places, which, banished from Our Jurilee Program. 23 y more dollars go public view, and all but from God, have a law to them- selvea. Now why, I have thought, when listening to such stories, should the sons of Canada, desiring to find em- ployment in the kindly fields of wealth— prepared by the beneficent hand of Jehovah — why should they be compelled to resort to such places, and associate with such company 1 Even in the best camps, where there may not be such open wickedness, life is a dreary monotony. The only method of breaking that monotony, is, alas, too often by the whiskey barrel, or the card table. But, why? Getting: a Living: Without Going: to the Devil. Why should religion, and the joys of Qod's happy service be removed from a man, who seeks by this most natural and worthy industry, to earn his living by the sweat of his brow 1 Oh, why is it the devil has so mono- polised the hard, practical thoroughfares of life, leaving the mere sidings for God 1 Now, the idea of onr Shelter in the woods, is simply to provide one place, at any rate, however small, where an honest man can spend his win- ter, working at Canada's great hidustry, without running the gauntlet of every vile temptation out of hell. We shall, as usual, begin in a small way ; but unless I greatly mistake, we are starting out on a big thing. We shall equip and furnish a house, just as if it were a city Shel- ter. There will be comfortable, clean beds and bunks, well lighted, well aired dormitories ; a pleasant reading- room, with all kinds of good books, newspapers, etc. ; a lavatory, where baths can be Indulged in ; and, most im- portant of all, a little building in which bright, musical, attractive Salvation meetings are conducted every night, and all day on Sunday. We shan't, of course, be able at first to make the place all one's wit would dictate. We are poor, and we mnst go an inch at a time. But here is the pattern. We shall then throw the doors of this for- tress of salvation open to any man who prefers to earn his living, subject, of course, to the nsuu cash terms, on our limit in the midst of these happy surroundings,rather than to sell hia soul for the price of his wages on the other plan. Will they Come ? As to the decision I have no doubt. It is a mistake to suppose that the majority of evil doers desire to be damned, either In this world or the next. People often go under because they are more weak than wicked. The weak ones, who dread their bad habits like the fly dreads the spider, are often glad to flee to any place where the forces that make for their destraotion are more easily coped with. I believe, therefore, we shall get plenty of applicants for our new Timber Limit, once it is known to exist. But we shall get more than loafers and dmnks in our forest fortress. The change in the environment of the lumber camp will, however circumscribed, produce, I think, a corresponding change in the character of the men wishing to avail themselves of one of Canada's greatest chances of earning a living. A Chance for Our Soldiers. It would not a bit surprise me to find our timber limit largely manned by Salvationists. It is, alas, a deplorable and indisputable fact that the frost, which locks up half the industries of the community half the year, turns out a large number of our own people from employment. In consequence, they are sometimes sorely put to it in their struggle to make ends meet. Our timber limit will oflfer to some such, at any rate, a kind of camp, with work and religion combined. We can have a corps in the woods. The pine arches of the forests may be made to ring with the songs of Zion, and once more we may call upon the trees to clap thour hands. I am hoping for this, because the presence of ever so few Salvationists will make our Institution a power for good, which i* otherwise could not be. After slogging all day at the trees, our soldiers could help us durbig their evenings to do a bit of slogging at the smnersof the little community. They would render the meetings attractive and powerful, and take it to heart to get everyone on the place con- verted. Think, too, what Sunday in such a camp, and with each facilities, could be. Scouts might be sent around to the neighboring shanties, and meetings arranged for miles about the place. So much for the Jubilee Timber Limit. Scheme No. 34. THE SALVATION NAVY; OB, A New Sailing Schooner for Newfound- land, a Steamboat for the Lakes, and a Steam Launch for Brit- ish Columbia. We propose to develop our Navy. At present, onr flotilla consists of one small sailing craft, called the Olad Tidings, which hitherto we have used in connection with our work off the coast of Labrador. She has done good service, but is altogether too small for the requhrementa. Her station will be changed. In future she will be com- missioned for coast work round the bays of the main land. After my visit last year to Newfoundland, I decided we should build a more commodious vessel, and The Salva- tionist, a schooner of thirty-two tons' burden, will be launched during the present summer. The Army is accomplishing among the fishermen of the far north, a truly wonderful work. When we have a more commodious ship, this will doubtless be still more so. About "The Salvatioaiit." The Salvationist will carry a complete set of Salvation Army accoutrements. She Is fitted, at a push, to sleep twenty-five persons. She can be converted, with little trouble,|into a floating barracks, capable of seating about 160 people. She will carry, in addition to the essentials of a full-rigged vessel, a tent for shore meetings, a num- ber of folding chairs, a supply of medicines, a oiroulatinK library, hymn books. Bibles, Wab Cbys, as well as aU the machmery of an ordinary corps. Her officers and crew will likely number three or four, and their plan of procedure will be somewhat as foUowb : The Salvationist will leave the Island with the fishing fleets, accompanying them to the Labrador coast. She will then commence cruising. From harbor to harbor, where little groups of fishermen locate for the purpose of curing their fish, she will carry the Gospel. Dropping anchor in the bays, she will despatch one or more of her 24 Our Jubilee Program. ' i M crow to shore. Sometimes the tent will be brought into use. At others, the fishermen will be invited to come on board the schooner, where a meeting will be held. In addition to this, the officers will keep touch with the large number of our soldiers who work all summer on the Ooast. Their cartridge money will be solicited, and, as far as possible, their fishing smacks visited, and prayed in. Thousands of men work up in that lonely region for months, and it can readily be understood, that the pre- sence of bright, happy, singing Salvationists, will be ap- preciated and made a blessing. No branch of our work is more interesting, and few more promising. God speed The Salvationist. Her cost is about $1,200, and she is to be paid for by contributions from the Island. Her hull will be painted black. Her fittings, boats, and houses, white, -and she will carry a tri-color band of the Army red, yellow, and blue, round her gunwale. Salvation by Steam on the Lakes. But we have internal as well as external seas In Canada. Within our immense area, we can boast of lakes larger than whole countries of Europe. By means of rivers and canals, which link up these stupendous fresh water seas, we can traverse thousands of miles, and reach al- moot hundreds of ports. Now, why not avail ourselves of these waterways for carrying the messages of salvation precisely as they are utilised in the interests of commerce. Everybody knows it is cheaper to travel by water than by land, especially when it becomes a question of carrying numbers. We have thought the matter out with great care, and have decided to purchase a steam yacht of our own. The cir- cumstances leading to the decision, are interesting, Last year, when travelling with the "Praying Gang," the " New Canadians," and the "Flying Squadron," I be- came convinced of what might be done, and what help rendered our poorest corps by means !^of more such ••gangs." Every time, however, I made any definite propositions, I was confronted by the tremendous ob- stacle of railway travelling. The distances are so great, and the expenses so heavy, that it is sheer bankruptcy to attempt anything by means of the iron horse. What we wanted, was a kind of travelling house, in which a Bri- gade could sleep and live, when unable to cover cheaply a whole distance between one town and another where we have corps. Something that would.make them indepen- dent of billets when they were impossible of finding, and yet some way by which our companies could travel from place to place at a minimum of cost. Then I thought of the lakes, and a small steamboat seemed the very thing. I sent to see what the cost of chartering would be. It was stupendous ; we could almost buy a boat right off for a very little more. Then we looked around. We found steamboats of the kind we reciuired, to be had at a very low charge, and we decided to pur- chase. Advantages, The advantages of the steamboat are numerous. To begin with, we buy her cheap. She is a little beauty. Will accommodate, at a push, a party of twenty-five to sleep, live and eat. First-class engine, and everything to be ap{)roved and passed as right and tight by our own Salvation Ship Builder, Brother Andrews, of Oakville. The cost of running will be nothing compared to the enormous amounts we are now compelled to pay to the railway companies every time we want to do a new thing. Our calculations have, of course, been computed on a strict commercial basis, just as if she would cost us the same as any firm plying her for trade. We are quite safe even on that reckoning. She won't, however, cost us anything of the kind. Our crew will, with the exception of the engineer, be composed of those who will serve ua and her from love to God and souls, desiring only their bread and clothing. Her coal will be the most expensive item, and yet I don't know. We shall make a desperate effort to beg much of the coal she needs. She will in some respects resemble a horse which costs you little, because your neighbor feeds him. Her boiler will, in one cise, stand for what the horse's stomach represents In the other viz : a medium for reducing the cost of travel- ling to a minimum. The chief difference is that you replenish the stomach with oats, and the furnace with coal — but both kinds of diet are often given 1 If we had a loco- motive, doubtless we could beg the coal for that, but we should be lost for a track. In this case God has provided the track, our friends will give us the coal, and we shall get there as near as can be for the wear and tear of our machinery. Her Uses. How shall we use her 1 In all sorts of ways. Immed- iately the sunshine clears the surface of the lake we shall have her under weigh. The coast towns and those adjacent thereto will be fortunate. She will visit them as fast as she can get around. One trip she will take a Training Garrison of lads or lasses who, while being trained on board, will attack the towns en route. An- other trip she will carry a first-class Singing Brigade. Another trip she will take down a group of Ontario officers to the East, and bring back an exchange gang of Eastern officers to Ontario. Both gangs setting the country on fire as they come and go. Another trip, it may be possible for her to push through to Lake Erie, and up through Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods, where she could take on a party of Candidates from the Northwest, and convey them East at half the cost of present railway transit. Another trip we could man her with a gang of Social trophies, and let her take them around for the benefit of the Social Work. Another trip she might ship a party of French converts, and do some- thing with them to help our missionary field in Quebec. Another trip, a band of children from our Toronto Shelter could board her and sing their way along the shore, taking as they go what friends like to give them towards that glorious work. Another trip she might be converted into a floating Headquarters, in which the Commandant and his Staff could type-write and do business to any extent all day, away from the plague of telegraph and telephone, while in the evenings public meetings could be conducted. Then there are pkces, too, on the foreign shores of the lakes. Who knows if the Commandant may not be able to work on the generous side of the Commander, and get leave to push his craft of specials over the other side for a few bomhardmentfl of the United States porta. The proceeds could be shared, and everyone blessed. We shall nave a try. In fact, there is hardly an end to the uses to which we can put our little steamer. As soon as we can secure her she wil' be dedicated and christened the "S. S. William Booth," In honor of the General's Jubilee. Her first trip will be taken this summer with Mrs. Booth and a party of female Cadets on board. Our JuniLEE Program. 25 w thing. :ed on a st UB the [aite safe , cost us txception serve us inly their ixpensive desperate le will in roa little, ill, in one ■esents in of travel- that you I with coal badalooo- kt, but we B provided id we shall bear of our . Immed- ke we shall and those isit them as vill take a vhile being oute. An- tg Brigade, of Ontario nge gang of setting the her trip, it Lake Erie, the Woods, )B from the the cost of uld man her take them Another trip id do some- in Quebec, our Toronto ,y along the to give them she might be n which the Tite and do he plague of mings public shores of the y not be able nder, and get ihersldefora porta. The sed. WeshaU to the uses to be dedicjted /'in honor of be taken this sale Cadets ou A Steam Launch for B.C. At present we are located at four places only In British Columbia ; but there are many more opportunities than are represented by these cities. A whole population scattered in and out of the harbors and creeks and rivers and lakes of that lovely land invite our attention. There are, too, the many thousands of native Indians who swarm up the Coast. Last year, when visiting Vancouver I had a conversation with the President of the Method'ist Conference of that part. He told me a marvellous story about a revival that had broken out among the native tribes as a result of a visit which certain of them had paid to our Corps in Victoria. I gathered from what he said that the Army has a great fortune up there, had we but men and women to make the attack. There are plenty of regions where no mis- sionary agency is at work and thither we ought to go. But to accomplish all this we must have something that floats, a small steam launch capa1)le of accommodating and sleeping four or five men is the thing required. She will cost us absolutely nothing to run but the cost of her repair and a little for coal now and again. Any quan- tity of bark can be got anywhere one likes to land in these parts and for our purposes that would serve admir- ably. When I was in Vancouver the other day, I examined a boat that woald be the very thing we want ; but the price is far away up in the clouds. When it comes to earth again, we may be inclined to close. In any case we ought to have a steam launch for British Columbia, and our British Columbian friends and com- rades ought to see to it that she is forthcoming. We shall call her the S.S. " Catherine Booth." So much for the Navy and Scheme No. 34. Scheme No. 35. PROPOSED CLOTHING CLUB FOR OFFICERS. Oar next scheme is one to which at the moment we can hardly commit ourselves outright. In all probability, however, it will become fact before the close of the next six months, and it is explained briefly here that everyone may understand our sincere intentions in the matter. Difficulties may appear that are not at present on the surface, but after long and careful study thu is the merest outline of what we propose. In many of our smaller corps, officers find it, without doubt, difficult to keep themselves suitably supplied with clothing. Their wants are now met in a more or less unsys- tematic way by grants from our central funds. That is, of course, where they are known. Often, however, the most self-sacrificing and the most needful will not apply for assistance, knowing how always overburdened is the exche(iuer. Now, it is the object of this club to do something at any rate towards supplying every officer in the Donimion with the necessary articles of wear. All cannot be accomplished at first, but the thing once started will steadily increase till the Salvation Army stands In a position to guarantee, by a regular method, every man and woman wearing the braid or badge with all they require. The funds for this huge undertaking will be raised in the first place by the appropriation of a certain amount of War Cry profits. In the second place by a percent- age of the Qraoe-bef ore- meat box scheme, in the third by voluntary oonbributions, and in the fooith by the pro- posed weekly payment into the bank of the Club by offi- ceiB of all ranks. The advantages will be obvious. In addition to those already mentioned officers can procure their goods at a far less rate than under any other condi- tions. The increase brought by the Club to our trade would enable us to do this. Officers, therefore, become the members of a supply society from which they could at any time purchasb at a great saving all they requh-ed, in addition to the goods at their disposal by the distribution of the Club funds. It remains to be seen if the plan can »e Pracnoally carried out. If so, then what a boon it will be to the whole work, not by any means the least part of which will be an uniformity of uniform among the leaders of our people. Scheme No. 36. THE SALVATION SOLDIERS' CLOTHING CLUB. A Few Remarks on the Text : "Whatsoever ye do, do all to the Glory of God." One or two Important considerations have decided na upon the immediate launching of this scheme. To begin with, our soldiers don't wear uniform as they should. The blesshig attached to it is beyond all contradiction. No one, once having walked the public places in the regalia of the Salvation Army, can ignore the spiritual strengthening given in exchange, for uie exercise of that oonrage, neoeMltated by a willingness to become a moving advertisement of full salvation. It is more and more essential our soldiers should come to understand that it is a principle as well as a jacket we want them to wear on their backs. Do you say, "My religion doesn't oonslst In my clothes ? " I reply, "Your clothes ought to consist in your religion." That is, they ought to be pwt of it, influenced by it, and subservient to it. When we ask a recruit to don the jersey, we are not requiring of him an act by which he should merely explain to the pubUo his identity with the Army, as he m^ht by another badge announce his attachment to the 0. P. B., but we are asking him to come out from among the world and " be separate." We are reminding him that whatsoever he does, he is to do all to God's glory. Wearing clothes is one of the " whatsoevers " of life, and we hand him a coat or a jersey, and say, " Wear that for God." Hence we are always safe in pushing our clothing business, because it is built up, not as others are— on the pride of the race — but on the principles of self-sacrifice and whole-heartednesa. There would be no more finery-shops if there were no more pride ; but note, the collapse of this evil would bring a magnificent increase to the business of our store. Down With Debt. Another consideration is the curse of indebtedness. We want to make an effort, however small, that will make it easier for our people to pay their way as they go. Few know better than we, who travel among the poor in all parts of the land, the intolerable burden, of ten leading to scandal, wrong, and ruin, which rests upon many in this land, who seem to have no oompuuction as to keeping clear of the debt demon. Now observe. Tou cannot dodge debt ; it is a principle eternally sure ; someone will have to pay if you don't, and what you fail to meet in cash, you will more than make up in heart-ache, dread, and disgrace. How much better, therefore, to cut your coat to the measure of your cloth. 26 Oi'R Jubilee Program. ■^i What we Propose. To help in thia, and also for other reasons, we are starting a kind of co-operative clothing club for the beneht of onr soldiers. Members will pay in it at least twenty- five cents 8 week, which they will despatch, as per in- structions, through their commanding oflScers, with the usual Trade remittances. In exchange for these pay- ments, they will receive receipts in the shape of specially designed stamps. These stamps the member will attach to a receipt book provided for the purpose. Two months after date the stamps become negotiable, and by remitting them to the Trade Secretary the goods required will be supplied from Toronto. And What May be Accomplished. All goods will be sapplied at a discount of 12i per cent. This discount will be placed in the bank to the credit of the members making the various purchases, and at the end of the year will be forwarded to them by cheque as their share in the profits of the business. Only the merest reference can be made to the scheme here. It is fully explained in the circulars now being prepared, but in addition to the advantages already noted, one word may be said as to the increase in our trade and profit, which would be the immediate result of a successful Issue of this undertaking. Supposing we could secure only two thousand members. That would represent at least an income of $26,000, and a profit of $3,262.50 to the members in one year. But think what such a lift would involve to the cause of Christ in this great Salvation Army. It Is really consoling for one to consider how many things his very trousers can be made to stand for. There is outapokenness for Christ to begin with ; preven- tion against debt to continue ; employment for the poorest at fair wages to go on with ; saving to one's own pocket to still contemplate, and profit to the cause of God to finish up with. Thus does the Salvation Army practically fulfil the injunction—" Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." Scheme No. 37. AN EXPERIMENT IN THE WAY OF A SALVATION ARMY CO-OPERATIVE STORE IN TORONTO. Tradiofi: for God. Things that are destined to grow generally spring spontaneously into existence. If that is so, the prospects ahead of onr wee little grocery store are encouraging. The thing itself is infinitesimal compared with the princi- ple upon which it is based, viz., co-operation in the cause of Christ. It began this way : Necessl^ is the mother of invention. A few offi- cers at Headquarters, who were feeling the grind of our extreme poverty, both as regards the public exchequer and their personal wants, thought they might assist the one and the other by clubbing together and baying their requirements of a little store, the profits of which were to be divided between the oastomers and the Armv. Why shouldn't we pay back as'much as possible of onr scanty wages Into the Impoverished funds of the work dearer to ns than our lives ? we asked. The reply sprang op in the shape of a little look-up store ap a aide street wiiich was rented at $10 a month, but which already promises to prove to us one or two things in the direc- tion of our own resources. It is too early to speak of its success at present, but once the plan of oo-operation could be got working in the Army, we could, withoat doubt, make mone^ which would roll our work along to any extent, or if It is right and desirable to co-operate for the mutual benefit of one another, how much more right must it be to join hands in this business, for help- ing and blessing, not ourselves alone, but the Kingdom of Christ 1 The Almighty has been too long pat ofif with the prayer-book and Psalms for His living in the world. Why not bring Him more into touch with the practical concerns of commerce, where wealth, too often, noarded out of His reach, is to be accumulated. The idea that to trade for God is out of keeping with true reverence. Is all pure prejudice. What is right for Gk>d's people to do for themselves must be much more permissible for them to do for Him. Hence it is possible oar little store may become the seedling of agreat profit-making bnsi- ness for God and His poor. Who knows I I was looking op the other day the record of the first known co-operative store that ever existed, and was quite struck with the similitude of the ciroanutancee that surrounded that undertaking and our little endeavor. JustinMcCarthy.in his "History of oar own Time8,"after speaking of the dislike entertained by certain long-headed Lancashire weavers for the credit system, describes it thns : " It occarred to these Rochiale weavers that if they should get to gether a little capital they might start a store of their own, and thus be able to supply thumselve^ with better goods, and at a cheaper rate. " Twenty-eight of them began by subscribing two-penco a week each. When they had got £28 (1140) they thought they lial capital enough to be- gin their enterprise with. They took a small store in a back street called 'Toad Lane.' " After the shop n^l been fltttd up the pioneers had only £14 (|70) left to stock it, and the concern luokiil so small and shabby that the hearts of some of the pioneers might have well nigh sunk within them. A neigh- boring storekeeper, feeling utter conUnipt for the enterprise, declared that he could remove the whole stock-in-trade in a wheel-barrow. The wheel- barrow load of goods soon, however, became too heavy to be carried away in the hold of a great steamer. " The pioneers began by supjilying each other with groceries. They went on to butehcr's meat, and then to all sorts of clothing. Prom sup- plying goods they urogreshcd on to the manufacturing of gooon the table at dinner time on each Sunday. Those setting around, are asked to drop into it at least one cent each. It is a simple plan of recollecting and recognizing the goodness of Grod in giving you a dinner, by lending a hand to succour those who have no dinner at all. Some five thousand boxes are already distributed, and we shall make a tremendous effoit to increase the number to ten thousand during the year. The holders will be assisted in their kind desire to help, by a little leaflet, which it is intended to publish and send neriodi- cally, giving the latest and most interesting news of our Social Work throughout the world. With a view also to properly organizing this scheme, special agents have been appointed for each Province to push it forward. The Auxiliary League, toos will come in for its share of the Jubilee. We hope for at least an increase of one hundred members. This part of onr work is much need- ing development, and by God's help it shall have it. Scheme No. 43. OUR JUBILEE HARVEST FESTIVAL AND OUR JUBILEE SELF-DENIAL. Sorely two events of such great importance should be regarded as separate schemes. They are not, however, new things, and for that purpose they come to be referred to as one. If not new, however, they will be special, and without doubt eclipse all similar undertakings that have gone before. The Jubilee Harvest Festival is bound to show a sub- stantial increase on last year. In addition to having proved how rich are the resources that lie aronnd us, we have learned by experience and perfected by practice. As to the Self-Denial, that will reach the 920,000 standard without the shadow of a query. The method will be as nearly as possible the same as last year, bat the machinery still more simple and even less expensive. The General will reach us just as the Self -Denial Week has closed, and the district officers will have the pleasure of announcins to him in person what has been the victory achieved by tneik- troops. Ncheme 'So. 44 A WEEK OF RECONCILIATION ; OR, Peace with Honor Throughout the Dominion. Let the Jubilee Year do what it can to meet the pro- blem of backsliding hr^ estrangement. So say we all and for such I am quite sure we shall labor. Nothing is truer than the fact that there will be very many sad hearts pondering over this Jubilee program. They have found little r^st for their souls since they left the fold where they were first gathered to the Good Shepherd and since they deserted the colors to which they once swore allegi- 'anceas sincerely as any of us. How many I believe who forsook the dear old simple homestead of the Salva- tion Army have found themselves overtaken by a famine in a far country 1 Eagerly have they endeavored to satisfy their souls with a spiritual diet less flavored with the Cross ; but all in vain I Salvationists they were, and Salvationists they will have to be if ever they are again to be really happy. And why not? That is the question Backsliders, Backbittrt, and Back-Peelers. I am always putting to them and to myself. Then, the back«lider. Oh, the backsliders I Can we not rise up in the strength of God and put an end to the ; iseries of hundreds of them ? And, again, those inter- ii u things which lead to half the declensions of our con- c ; -those petty squabbles and nasty grudges between soldier and doldier, between sometimes officer and officer. Can vro not, this blessed Jubilee Year, arise and bid them begone ? Comrades, I believe we can. I believe we shall. But, one word of caution. Our peace must be with honor, or it will be no peace worth having, and no peace that can endure. It is no earthly nse arranging truces without treaties. If there have been wrongs, they must be confessed ; if there have been sins against the com- munity they must be atoned for by submission and pen- itence. Otherwise there can be no pardon worth having. Without repentance, and all it implies, there can never come into a man's soul a pardon that he himself can happily accept, for, remember, it is possible to be for- given by others and not forgive one's self. On these lines we propose a week of reconciliation throughout the Dominion. The date will be announced through the War Cry, and all arrangements made from ani Ovn Ji Rii.KE Program. 29 the centre. Then 1 trust wUl come to pass a sweeping away of all malice, an opening of hearts freely to each other, a throwing away of grievances, a restoration of wanderers, a reclamation of backsliders, and a deluge of universal love and unity. Ood grant it t Scheme Jio. 45. THE CHARGE OF THE BRIGADES ; OR, The Canadian Brigade for the C. P., the Singing Brigade for the Dominion, the Naval Brigade for the Lakes, the Guards Brigade for Ontario, and the Lasses' Brass Band for Everywhere. Canada has her interest in the Universal Jubilee Demonstration at the groat Crystal Palace. It was meet that I myseif should have been there. How gladly would I have taken my flight across the ocean to mingle once more with the glad and triumphant throngs who will crowd the precincts of my old battle ground ! But duty wills it otherwise. Circumstanced, as I am, with so small a Headquarters' staff, and with so many things pressing for attention, it is absolately impossible that I should leave, and I have to content myself this side the ocean, with the realization that the best kind of pleasure is the joy of faithful service. But, nevertheless, we shall be well represented. Briga- dier Holland has been chosen to go over in charge of a party to make It understood that Canada is going ahead. The party are all raising their own faros. That was a condition of their acceptance. We aro too poor by a long way to be paying expensive boat trips, however strong the temptation. This brigade will be made as interesting and representative as possible. They will take with them a few brand new songs, and if I don t mistake, they will leave behind them a few melodies calculated to make Can- ada remembered for some time to come. Other things, too, they wir. !<. which don't appear here. One thing, however, it '•-ucU needed to make the party a real boomer. Half-a-dozen soldiera who cm pay their own fares and ride horse back cow-boy fashion, and who could represent our great North- West in the march past the General. (See advertisement in the Cry). The Commandant will e'ldeavor to arrange free billets in London for the soldiers accompanying this contingent. The party will leave immediately after the June Congress and sail per the s. s. " Parisian," of the Allan Line. The Commandant's Singing Brigade. In no country in the world is singing of greater worth or has it more attraction than in Canada. Canada must have more of it. I have come to feel quite certain that a first-class singing brigade cin be made a tremendous power for God and souls, while it would enable us to raise large sums of money, and at the same time benefit the corps visited. We will have one. It shall be the be iw that ever took seats on a platform. It shall sing with the precision and effectiveness of the best drilled troupe that ever existed, but it shall never loose its simplicity, and never be untrue to its one purpose— to seek the sal- vation of the lost. It has been my pleasure to travel in the early days with singing brigades that have made their mark upon the entire world ; they attracted hundreds of thousands of people, stirred whole neighborhoods, and led hundreds of souls to Jesns. They did more. How many of the songs, now universal favorites of the Army through- out the world, owe their origin, or introduction, to the singhig of those songsters. Take just a few by way of example : " There's mercy still for thee." " The precious Blood is flowing." ' ' There's k Golden Day. " " Nothing but Thy Blood." " I will sing the story of Jesus." " Down at the Saviour's feet." "Onward, yes, onward." "There's no one like Jesns." " Rolled away." " Ere the Sun goes down." "Ever Thine." " A wonderful Saviour is Jesus." " I have read of men of faith." " Oh, wanderer, think." May we not therefore expect another deluge of beauti- ful melodies as a result of our Jubilee troupe of salva- tion songsters ? IVIrs. Booth's Naval Brigade. The towns havmg the good fortune to lie along the coast of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence will be treated to a favor this summer they will not likely forget, subject, of course, to everything turning out as we expect with our new steamboat. She will e >■ sail from Toronto for her first series of bombardments almost immediately after the Congress. Mrs. Booth, with a party of female cadets, who she will train to sing and generally make themselves interesting, and who will be adorned in a special naval costume, will compose the attacking force. The charac- ter of the campaign is not difficult to imagine. On the steamer will reign love and unity and soul-inspiring fellowship, and at each of the places en route there will be arranged a public reception on the wharf, with a triumph- ant entry into the town, followed by a splendid series of meetings, conducted by the better and sweeter half of the Commandant in person. It seems to me that the cruise of the " William Booth," with her naval brigade, will eclipse everything of the kind attempted this year. God grant that wherever the little oraft discharges her heroines there may be a mighty upheaval of soul-saving and a revival of real religion. The Guards' March. General Coxey Is not the only man who can lead a con- tingent over the roads of America. Had he not been a military man I should have thought that enterprising gentleman had taken a leaf out of our book. One would have imagined he had himself been a member of the Sal- vation Life Guards regiments during their celebrated marches through the shires of England, to watch the method he employed to get his forces from town to town. Now, when it comes to the question of marches, we can do It with anybody, military or otherwise. We have de- votion and energy, and enthusiasm to any extent. That is good for long marches, and a little putting up with in- convenience. We have sympathy everywhere we go, so that our forces can Uv* like fighting roostera for abso- lutely nothing. 30 OuK JuBiLEK Program. On one campaign I found food, most of it of a luxuri- ous type, for 250 men during the best part of ten weeks, all given by loving friends and soldiers, who turned out to welcome their tramping brothers. And, oh, the happy times we had, and the conquering scenes we witnessed I The last march I was privileged to conduct in person lasted eleven weeks, during which time we covered a thousand miles by road, and saw eleven hundred souls converted, an average of one hundred per week. Now, why can't we do something on a smaller scale, but of the same character, in Canada 1 We are not com- pelled to confine our efforts to the places where we have corps. There are any number of small villages en route where a tremendous meeting could be held, and where a comfortable, warm building can be found for our men to sleep in, and where friends and farmers would be de- lighted to show themselves hospitable by the distribution of any amount of food. If we can get the men together we propose to try it. The column should number about fifty, and it will if the scheme becomes possible, be under the command of Staff- Captain Jewer, who will be fre- quently visited by the Commandant and the Brigadiers of the Provinces to which he goes. God speed the Canadian Life Guards ! They will turn many a place upside down during the present summer. The Jubilee Lasses' Brass Band. Again the women to the front. I have, when travelling in Ontario, been agreeably surprised to find how many women play In our bands. Now, it is proposed to get a number of these together, bring them to Toronto for special drill and tnition,and start them under reliable and able leadership, off through the towns and villages of Ontario. I will back the band for music and attractive- ness against any three masculine brass bands put together. The only band of the description I ever heard was in New Zealand. It charmed me. It was a splendid suc- cess, attracting immense crowds wherever it went, and raising large sums of money for Headquarters. This part of the Scheme is launched in faith, but I believe it will be an accomplished fact, and that within the present year. How much I should enjoy the pleasure of introducing such a band to the General on his visit I Let any gir! who can play a brass instrument, and who wants to help in this soul-stirring campaign, volunteer at once. God speed the Jubilee bind ! And God make the descent of all these brigades upon the cities, towns, and villages of the Dominion a means of awakening the whole country. Scheme Jio. 46. THE BAND OF LOVE ; OB, A New Chance for the Children. Nor must we forget the little ones. Greater, perhaps, than all the combined accomplishments of the Jubilee Year, would be some appreciable development of our Jumor Work. Of alf things, we are here most weak, and of aU fadings, we are here the most guUty. What are we doing for the children? That is the all- Bignificant question, which I always imagine I can hear being put to as by the Salvation Army of the distant We compass earth and hell to reach and save a hardened sinner ; but little bestir ourselves to mould and train the teachable spirit of the chUdren, who pass through our very fingers, and by our very doors, into the dark and abominable places of the earth. What folly ! What ntter immessuraole folly I What gardener is there who leaves his young plants to grow as they like, till maturity renders it all but impossible to train them as needs be ? He makes his garden what it is, because he makes it yming. What master will leave his pupil till the plastic mind is set with age and habit, before he imparts the knowledge so easily learnt in youth. He teaches the scholar when ytyimg. What gymnast will neglect his exercise, till the muscles of the body have grown de- formed by the laxity of years ? He trains his limbe while young. What trainer of animals will start his tuition with a full-grown lion, or a mature charger ? He teaches the tricks to the whelps, and gives his attention to the colt. So it would appear with almost all things that breathe. They carry the impreas through life, put upon them by the shape and character of the mould in which their dispositions were formed, while in the pliable and tender state of youth. But we seem to be forgetting much of that. We are in thousands of cases hammering away at the oak, and leaving the sapling to care for itself. Here and there we have a splendid Junior work, seeming to remind us of what we might do if we would. Now, let us this Jubilee year go a step farther, and declare that what we might do we shall. For that purpose, we propose to launch the " Band of Love," and generally develop our chUdren's work. The year will likely see great advances in this branch of oar warfare. The Company meetings will be got going, the ticket system Introduced, and prizes, in the shape of good Army literature, distributed. The Band of Love will be fully explained in later Issnes of the Oby. Mean- while, let it sufSce to say, the children are not to be left out of the calculation in the year of the General's Jubilee. Scheme Jio, 47. HOW IS IT TO BE DONE ? Our Jubilee Fuqd— How is it to be Raised? Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Juije 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Every Officer, arid Soldier, and Friend, to be /^slted to Seiid a Message to ilie Ceneral. A flew Idea— Now for United potion I It will be obvious to the readers of this program, If all we aim at, is to be achieved ; we mast have money. Our undertakings are necessarily dependent upon the practi- cal assistance our people and our friends, feel disposed to give us. Every effort, I doubt not, wiU be pot forth iMally, where the several schemes are to be carried into effect; but the Dominion, as a whole, must do its part, and do It in a worthy way. Does someone say : " There Is too maoh begging ? " There, my friend, you are absolutely at sea. The diffi- culty is not that there Is too much, but too little. What we want, IS a Kreater degree of that holy confidence, that goes forth to the world saying, " This is Christ's cause. Ouu JuHiLEE Program. 31 and yoa muBt help it." Always keep remembering it ia ifl not our cause. We have only the nonor to stand and pilot it, or do the merest detail of it. It belongs to Qod and God has said, " Ask, and ye shall receive," not only on your knees, but on the platform. Not only of God, but of thoAo He has made His stewards, and of whom He will require an account of stewardship. " Ask, and yon shall receive." And so it is that they, who are not a))ove asking, always get ; and those too proud to beg, always go beggarly. Are We to Do It ? Now, here is this magnificent program. Is it to be carried out? Is it Qod's will that it should? Is it in keeping with Ood's interests and God'sKingdom. Ir it the kind of thing He would do Himself, were He to come again ? Is it ? Let us settle that point, and if we find it so, then let us ask ourselves if it is going to t)e made impossible, because we are going to be afraid of asking for the necessary cash ? It mast, of coarse, be understood that we cannot bay properties, build barracks, furnish Shelters, and launch steamboats, without money. But money, in the Salvation Army, ia all a question of labor. Our energy and enthusi- asm ia all that's needed. Once our people get to ivork with a will, the thing is always accompUshed. Shall it be so once more ? How to Give. Our plan for raising tho Jubilee Fand is simple, effective, and interesting. The General is coming, and it is thought that thousands of officers, soldiers, and friends would like to convey to him some message of love and some word of blessmg. They would also like to give some token of practical gratitude for all God has made him to the world. But how can it be done ? This is the plan : — They will bo asked to write the message to the General, in ink, on a form specially printed, followed by their autograph. They will also mark by the side of their message the amount of their sobsoription to the Jubilee Fund, which will be handed to the Collector. The messages will be placed carefully in the order of each corps, and will be bound in book form into a beautiful volume, which will be returned to the District Officer. The District Officer will have the pleasurable task of E resenting this book to the General as the messages of is i^eople. The General will take the books from the hands of the District Officers and examine them at his leisure. Thus each soldier will have one chance in a lifetime of conveying to the General personally a message of love, or note of cheer. Jubilee Meetings will be held in each barracks of the Dominion daring the week-end Saturday, Sunday and Monday, June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. In every case an effort should be made to get the use of a charoh for the Jubilee Meeting on the Monday night, when the leading minlstera and pablio men of the town should be got to address the meeting on the subject of the General's Jubilee, his life work, and the Salvation Army. This can be done almost everywhere. A collec- tion shoald be taken up on behalf of the Jubilee Fund. The result of the effort will be announced at the June Congress. iftcheme Xo. 48. DEVELOPMENT OF Tim CIRCLE CORPS SCHEME. L%8t year's great effort is not to be in vain, and the Circle Corps plan, as then explained to the readers of the War Cry, is by no means a castle in the air. Neverthe- less, it would be oseless to deny that we have accomplished little in this direction, compared with what might have been, had we possessed the officers essential to the carry- ing out of the method. The best arranged military campaign, howsoever, nicely fixed to circumstances and geography must needs have agents to carry it out. ft will not conduct itself. The ablest genius that ever presided over the force of arms could never have accomplished his ideas minus assistance in the shape of generals, colonels, cap- tains, and lieutenants. Hence, a greater triumph of Napoleon than his marvellous power to inspire his fol- lowers was his wonderful success in the manufacture of Senerals. But his generals were absolutely essential to is victories. So it is with us in this Sidvation Army. We can do nothing without officers, and for the want of officers our magnificent circle corps plan, so full of pro- mise and easy of fulfilment, lies practically unworked. But it shall not, by God's grace, remain so. The Jubilee year mast see something more than has yet been accom- plished in this direction. Let this, too, be understood. Wherever there has been the necessary oversight, the thing has fulfilled all we predicted for it. lliere are circle corps now established that have lit the beacon of hope for the villages of Canada. With reinforcement in the shape of officers we can double the Army any time we like. Seheme No. 49. A SOUL-SAVING AND SOLDIER-MAKING CAMPAIGN. The General to Enrol the Recruits. This is almost the last, but it is more important than all the other schemes put together. It is the goal to which all the others must press. The one end, the one aim, the one significance, the one glory of this organiza- tion is the salvation of the souls of men. Take the re- demption of sinners from the standard of the Salvation .^rmy, and you have at once reduced her to a huge benefit society, or a friendly association for mutual advantage. But, true to her original purpose, she is the mightiest, quickest, most effective, most far-reaching agency for the things of eternity to be found in time. What is the Salration Army ? From her thousands of platforms shu tells the terms of peace between God and fallen man. From her coantlese rings she thunders the judgments of Jehovah to the passing crowds. Her institutions are outlets from the world of shame, and inlets to the realm of bliss. Her homes «re the hoase^ of prayer i^n4 personal entreaty, -1 I 32 Oru Jnui.KE Prooram. Her Bheltera are f ortresieB of refuge from open and fierce temptation which send their Inmatee to sleep with a song and awake them with a message of peace. Her oflicera are the knights of a crusade against the unbelief whicn has usurped the citadal of the heart. Her soldiers are fearless, outspoken ambassadors of the Cross. In short, ■peaking figuratively she la a stupendous vessel sailing the angry seas of life, every department of which remains In keeping with the ensign that floats from her mast-head- pardon for the past, purity for the present, and power by the all-prevailing influence of the Holy Ghost for ser- We must keep her going for souls. We must go for ■ouls ourselves as never before. Ten thousand hallelu- jahs for the recent rise In the tide j but why not more 1 Oh, for a shower, a thunderstorm, an earthquake of sal- vation. Souls With Bodies Attached I But soldiers as well as souls, souls with bodies attached, with voices that can speak, strength that can fight, eyes that can see, let there be strict and faithful dealing with those who come to our penitent-forms as to their duty by regards this movement. Ten to one Ood wants them in the organization by means of which He has met them. Tell them so. Where can they so follow Him 1 where so fight for Him, where so win jewels for His crown ? Make them face It, make them answer it. Thousands are surely going to hell to-day simply because their pride itself keep them from joining the Army. We must have our peni- tents made into recruits and soldiers. Now for a struggle to Increase in our soldiership by at least ten per cent, by the time thfj General reaches Ca- nada. It is proposed that each Distrii . should bring for- ward at some central point, a oompany of new recruits for the General himself to enroll. What a chance for us. Don't miss it. Scheme Jio. 50. 300 NEW OFFICERS. The Key to the Whole Position. What /\ra You Doing? Is tl|e Jubilee Battle to be Lost Because You Refuse to Follow Cod? Candidates Waqted for All Kinds of Worl(. This Way for the Cross aqd the Crown. In the great crises of Bible history, when the ripened sins of men have called for Divine Intervention, or when the needs of God's people required His counsel and guidance, or when Jehovah has purpose to carry out some great and benevolent plan for benefiting the race ; in all these cases He appears to have cast His eyes over the earth In search for some human agents. For some inscrutable reason, a man has always appeared an essential factor to the realization of God's projects. To the cry for ilty that came up Into His ears from the children of irael In Egypt, He replied by appearing to the shepherd Moaea In the wildemeaa of Horeb, with the injunction, " I have sent thee." And, when long years after, age had whitened the looka of that aame man, and time was about to put in her sickle and gather him to hla reward, the want of a new leader for the camp was spoken to Joshua, the son of Nun, in the worda, " Arise, go t " God Wants YOU I i'ollow down the centuries, and you will find It the same. When God wanted to rule His people. He com- missioned a Samuel; when He wanted to judge and punish them. He sent an Ellsha ; when He wanteda king for them. He sent a David ; when He wanted an instmotor. He sent a Solomon ; when He wanted an example for their copying, He aent an Abraham, or a Josepn, or a Daniel, and when at last the fnlnuss of time had prepared the world for the oomLig of Ita Redeemer, and He wanted the way made ready before Him, He commissioned the simple-hearted John the Baptist, whoae voice, ringing through the wildemeaa like a clarion, brought the world to attention. Think you He has altered in His designs 1 Has He not by means of heroes or heroines like Bunyan, Knox, Fox, Mra. Fletcher, Madame Guyon, Whitfield, Wesley, and William Booth, proved Himself the same to-day ? My brother, my sister, the moral of all this is that He wants you. All Kinds of Plans for All Kinds of People. Here is our Jubilee program. Look at it, and think. It has a voice of its own. It speaks to you. Are yon unfit for the platform ? Have you hidden yourself behind that excnae 1 Then the " Workingman's Castle," or the "Shelter in the Woods," or the needed Reaoue Homes at Ottawa and Hamilton say " Ton will do for us." We want yon, we must have you, or we can't exist and do our work of mercy. Is the Jubilee Program to be Your Death Warrant ? Tes, the program apeaka. Here it lies on paper, a dead thing waiting for you to come and breathe into it the breath of life. Will you, or shall we have to put it by as the written record which may appear anainst you as a death warrant on the Day of Judgment 1 In God a name, in the name of those who wait for the succor, which the fulfilment of this great plan will bring, I call for your answer ; I call for the witness of your oonsoienoe ; I call for the excuse by which you endeavor to shirk your duty, which can for one instant stand the gaze of God or the Boruti^ of your own thoughts. What shall your answer be ? Tours, my reader. la the program of '94 to be a dead letter, and is your indifference to be the poison to which it is to succumb 1 If so, look out for the inquest ! Are our hopes, God's hopes, your own hopes for this year of JubUee to be buried under the cold blanket of your unbelief ? If so, you can never plead as excuse that your faith was ao small for want of opportunity to develop and exerciae it. Oh, come and give vonraelf to God. See what mighty thinga await us, asalsted by the help of your hands. See to what porta of victory our veaael may be wafted by the breath of your enthuriasm. See what weight of glory waita the life of self-aarrender to which we invite you. Come along ; never mind your abilitlea, or non-abllltiea ; leave that with us. There Is a place for you, weak aa you are. Our glorious Army offers it. Will you take it 1 We must have at least 300 new oflScers this Julilleq Year If we are to accomplish our program. CONCLUSION Comrades, the program is beforo you. It is for you to say how for it will be an accomplished fact. I have rejoiced groBtly in the opportunity your loyalty to our General and this great cause has afforded me of conveying, very imperfectly, some idea of the great and magnificf;nt achieven\ents that are possible to our Army in this country. Do not, I pray you, suppose it has Iweii a difficulty, requiring a stretch of imagination, to produce this mammoth array of projucts. Nothing of the kind. On the contrary, there are other schemes of even greater import, which, because their time is not yet at hand, I have deemed it expedient to leave unmentioned. But here, surely, are enough to set your hearts on fire, and call you again, with new vigor, to the fray. Frankly, I confess to you, as your constituted director, my heart is in this thing, and that is because I earnestly believe this thing is for the driving plieud of the Kingdom of God. Canada is a great country, but she is greater by far in hor prospocts than s^e is in ibc piesent tense. So sure as we live, wo shall see the tides of emigration turn our way, and greater floods of human beings will pour through our land. Let us be ready for them when they como. Nay, let us be equal to those already with us. We have great and grand opportunities. Shall we seize them 1 Shall T, as your leader, fonimit myself to themf Will you stand by me 1 Can T rely upon your vigor and devotion to back me up? In this Jubilee Prookam, I have endeavored to play the part of a commander, who, seeing what may be accomplished for his King and cause, dares to set it forth to his soldiers, in the hope that they, too, may catch the flame of holy ambition. But I am helpless without that inl)reathing of enthusiasm into your breasts, for which I look as the omen of hope, and the pledge conquest. Eighteen-ninety-four is to be, I feel certain, a memorable epoch in our history. It is a year of a double inspiration and Incentive. God is with us, with us in a very special .sense. Disunion has taken its departure, and the sorrows through which together wo have sailed, have left us purer, more welded together, more deep in our attachment to God, our leaders, and our standard. Then, too, the General is coming, (lod to influence us by His Spirit, and His prophet to inspire us by his voice and presence. Let us give to Jesus glory, and let us crown the Jubilee Year with such a laurel of victory as shall mark the figures, 1894, upon the annils of Heaven, Earth, and Hell, as the date when birth and blessing came to thousiinds of souls. Your leader, in faithful affection, iL/^JoWl Commandant.