BY
The Salvation Army, contrary to what has often beenthought bysurface observers, has owed its existence, its strength,and itssuccess chiefly to our careful attention to the profoundest
questions of the soul.
And still, as always, we wish to urge upon all thestudy of thosegreat practical truths, without the proclamation ofwhich ourwork for men would cease to have any abiding value.We glory inthe knowledge of Christ as a perfect Saviour justas much forthis, our own time, as for any past generation, orfor anygeneration yet to come. The pretence that this agehas reachedsome superior development, whether mental or moral,for which anew kind of Saviour is needed, seems to us absurd.And we do notbelieve it can long endure where Christ is reallyknown.
To the most thoughtful, therefore, as well as to thosewho havethe least time for thought, I earnestly commend thewords ofdevout and practical men upon those great questions,which I hopeto see reproduced in the series of which the presentvolume isthe first. Prayerful reading of their messages cannotbut lead toimmediate action, to a complete self-abandonment toGod, and to arealizing faith in His power to use every one of Hissons anddaughters for the healing of the world’s opensores and thetriumph of His Rule.
BRAMWELL BOOTH. LONDON, January, 1909.
It is no small pleasure to me to commend this bookto all who love God, and in particular to those whoare labouring to serve Him in the ranks of The SalvationArmy. I believe that it will prove useful in the mostimportant ways—in its bearing,