the Hadleigh Colony, near
London. These colonies have necessitated a continual sinking of funds
contributed by the charitable public, and the return does not justify
their expense. The Army should realize this, and admit the fact, instead
of drawing wool over the eyes of the ignorant public by the constant
reiteration of "the great work done at Hadleigh and Fort Herrick." It
looks as though the organization was afraid that the infallibility and
sanctity of General Booth's pet scheme would be seriously impaired, if
the public should discover that any part of that scheme was a mistake
and an unfortunate experiment, and that, for this reason, it has
continued to expend much money on it, which might have been turned to
better advantage in connection with other parts of General Booth's plan.
These colonies are object lessons showing what is unwise to attempt,
rather than what can be done. The Army has no need to be ashamed of
having made a mistake, and its usefulness along other lines is
sufficient to maintain its reputation in spite of the failure of its
industrial colonies. There is no need of the industrial colony anyway.
The object in view is either to tide workless men over a period of hard
times and misfortune, or to restore manhood where evil habits and
recklessness have destroyed it, and this can be done and is being done
by means of the city industrial work without the aid of the colony. As
regards the work of reforming the inebriate, in which the industrial
colonies have had some success, that could be carried on without the
great expense of a regular colony.

The moral field of the city industrial work derives support from the
relation of its management to the spiritual work and influence of the
Army. The influence and spirit of the whole organization runs to a
certain extent through every branch of its varied developments. This
influence cannot be described by comparative means. The spirit, somewhat
unique in itself, runs through everything, a spirit which is a mixture
and blending of love, gratitude, service and patience. While we think
that, in the tendency of this branch to become a business enterprise,
there is a considerable decrease in the influence just described, it
still has great power. The officers and employees now engaged in this
work were themselves not long since outcasts in society. Many of them
had despaired of ever making a success of life and were simply drifting.
But a helping hand had been s