tent testimony against it, indeed
the whole theory of a Divine Army and of War, must remain for ever one
of the strongest features of his life's work. The old song:--

Arm me with jealous care,
As in Thy sight to live;
And, Oh, Thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give,

has expressed the thought behind all the arrangements of our Army. And
it is remarkable how, in the midst of the general indifference, so large
a measure of this "jealous care" for God and souls has been awakened and
maintained.

Nowhere, alas! does the theory of irresponsibility find a more congenial
soil than in the very places and services where God is most feared,
honoured, and obeyed. His doors are indeed opened to the world; but
whether anybody enters them or no is the care of but sadly too few.
Hymns are so announced as to make it easy for all to join in singing
them, if they choose. But whether the words are sung by many, or only by
a proficient few, and above all, whether hearts as well as voices are
raised in prayer and praise to God, is too often a matter of absolute
indifference to almost every one.

How The General altered all that, wherever his influence was felt! He
made all his people understand that not merely are they responsible for
understanding and heeding God's commands themselves, but for enforcing
attention to them, as those who must give account of their success or
failure.

The sister leader of some little Meeting in the far-away Outpost of a
Corps, thousands of miles from the centre, when she insists upon having
a verse sung for the third time because "I'm sure some of you lads were
not half singing," has little idea of the religious revolution she
represents. That the dislike of so many for any "such innovations"
continues, may help to convince any one who thinks of the urgent need
there was, and is still, for the substitution of responsible for
irresponsible leadership in "Divine Service."

During his visit to the United States in 1907 The General had a severe
illness which seriously threatened to cut short his career. His death
was indeed cabled as an item of news from Chicago. But the report was,
as Mark Twain would have said, "grossly exaggerated." Nobody will
wonder, however, at his having been ill when they read Commissioner
Lawley's report. He writes:--

"We have calculated that in the thirteen meetings of his New York
Campaign the General was on his feet speaking about