In such a case and in a world which we must admit to be selfish and
imperfect, the wonder is not that certain Salvation Army Officers,
being trained men of high ability, yield to tempting offers and go,
but that so many of them remain.
'Look at my case,' said one of them to me. 'With my experience and
organizing ability I am worth L2,000 a year as the manager of any big
business, and I could have it if I liked. Here I get about L200!'
This was one of those who remain. I say all honour to such noble
souls, for surely they are of the salt of the earth.
NOTE ON THE RELIGION OF THE SALVATION ARMY
The religious faith of the Salvation Army, as I have observed and
understand it (for little has been said to me on this matter), is
extremely simple. It believes in an eternal Heaven for the righteous
and--a sad doctrine this, some of us may think--in a Hell, equally
eternal, for the wicked.[8] Its bedrock is the Bible, especially the
New Testament, which it accepts as true without qualification, from
the first word to the last, troubling itself with no doubts or
criticisms.
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