The "General" of the Salvation Army is not happy just
now. His processions in London have been stopped, practi- cally by violence. His raid on the Continent cannot be con- sidered a success, and Mr. Spurgeon, who has hitherto been neutral, has pronounced decisively against the Army and its works. Moreover, there is trouble about funds. The General has over-built and over-purchased himself, and has publicly announced that he has borrowed money for his edifices to the amount of £20,000, at six and a half, seven, and seven and a half per cent., showing that the security is not quite perfect. He asks friends of the cause, ,herefore, to lend him money on deposit, promising life annuities equal to five per cent. per annum, or five per cent. for long loans, or three per cent. for deposits withdrawable at a month's notice. That last offer might ruin him, if the Bank rate were two per cent., and altogether he had much better not convert the Army into a Bank of Deposit. If he does, he will find that the most interesting feature in his organisation, his own absolute power', will speedily disappear. Creditors will have accounts.
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