13 OCTOBER 1906, Page 17

THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE PUBLIC. [To THE EDITOR OF

THE " SPECTATOR."] BPR,—As one familiar with the magazines and Reports of the Salvation Army (though not in sympathy with all its methods), I wish to assure Mr. Manson (see Spectator of October 6th) that profession of conversion, according to the Army's theory, is not extorted from appli- cants for assistance, though of course it is urged upon them. If I am not mistaken, even the inmates of the Labour Colony are permitted to attend any place of worship they please. Even their own reports of work often mention persons who were " elevated " in a temporal sense only,—accepting relief for the body, while declining it for the soul.—I am, Sir, &c.,

AMICA PAUPERUM.