power of His might."

It is, indeed, this bringing all, whether old or young, forward, in the
development of all their powers for God, which constitutes everywhere a
great part of The Army's work.

The enlarging influence of a close contact with Christ has hardly yet
been fully realised even by ourselves. The peasant, whose whole circle
of thought was so limited and stereotyped that his life only rose by few
degrees above that of the animals he drove before him, is taught by The
Army to pray and sing to the Maker and Saviour of the world:--

Give me a heart like Thine;
By Thy wonderful power,
By Thy grace every hour,
Give me a heart like Thine.

In a few years' time you will find that man capable of directing the War
over a wide stretch of country--dealing not merely with as many Meetings
in a week as some men would be content to hold in a year, and with the
diversified needs of thousands of souls; but taking his share in any
business transactions, or councils with civic authorities, as ably as
any city-born man.

What has so enlarged his capacity, broadened his sympathies, and turned
him into the polite and valued associate of any one, high or low, with
whom he comes in contact? His library, if, indeed he has any, beyond the
few Army publications he needs for his work, is still scanty enough to
make his removal at a few hours' notice remarkably easy, and he will
not be found much in public reading-rooms either. He has very little
time for fellowship with any of the intelligent friends who, for The
Army's sake, might now be willing to help him on.

He has simply had that oft-repeated prayer answered, and with the heart
of a saviour of all men comes an interest in men's thoughts and ways
which leads the man ever onward, overcoming all his own ignorance and
incapacities, for the sake of helping on the War.

Thus The General's declaration at an early moment, that he would get his
preachers out of the public-houses, has not merely been justified with
regard to the first elementary lines of recruiting; but the grace of God
has proved capable of developing, out of the most limited and despoiled
human material, the most able and large-hearted of organisers and
leaders, without building up any artificial or educational barriers
between them and their former associates.

How, indeed, could it be otherwise? Those who are ignorant of God may
well doubt the possibility of any mental improvement by mea