ch of Rome commemorates an enormous number
of holy men and women who have lived and died following in the
footsteps of Christ. But at the Reformation it was decided to
celebrate in the Church of England only the festivals of the
principal saints mentioned in the New Testament. If the line was
not drawn there, it was difficult to say where it should be drawn.
When two Holy-Days occur (_i.e._, fall on the same day), the
service appointed for the superior day should be used, but in
certain cases the Collect for the inferior day should be used
after the Collect for the superior day. As a general rule, a Saint's
Day, or Holy-Day, takes precedence before an ordinary Sunday.

SALVATION ARMY, THE, was commenced as a Christian Mission in 1865,
by its present "General," then known as the "Rev." W. Booth,
formerly a minister of the Methodist New Connexion. In 1878 the
name "Salvation Army" was assumed. In 1880 the Army was established
in the United States and in France, and a weekly newspaper called
the "War Cry" was issued, which has now (1883) reached the sale of
400,000 copies. In 1882 the "Army" had in Great Britain 420
stations, or corps; 980 officers (as the missionaries, male and
female, entirely engaged in the work, are called); and held 7,500
services weekly in the streets, and in buildings bought, built,
or hired for the purpose.

"Every member or soldier of the Army is expected to wear an 'S,'
meaning Salvation, on the collar, and those who can, provide
themselves with a complete uniform of dark blue cloth thus marked."

The grotesqueness, not to say irreverence, of many of their
proceedings, and much of their language; the noise, excitement,
and display which always accompany their work; the silly affectation
of constantly using a quasi-military phraseology, and some other
features of the movement, do not commend it to sober-minded
Christians; while the unauthorised celebration of the (so-called)
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper condemns it in the eyes of the
Church.

SANCTIFICATION. _Holiness_; the effect of the Holy Spirit's work
upon the heart of man, (See _Justification_.)

SANCTUARY. The place within the Septum, or rails, where the altar
stands in the Christian church. The term is also used of the
privilege of criminals, who, having fled to a sacred place, are
free from arrest so long as they remain there. This custom of
"Sanctuary," which is now almost wholly done away with everywhere,
arose from Deut. xix.