lecture.  All that he did in that way was always so combined with Salvation Campaigns that at every step he was really recruiting for The Army.  Hence his every movement, the reports of his journeys, the conversations he held with all whom he met, everything told in the one great War and helped to create, more and more all over the world, this force of men, women, and children, pledged to devote themselves to the service of Christ and of mankind.

There is a very interesting account of a visit to a State School, especially as it shows The General’s keenness to learn, for The Army, anything possible:—­

“At ten o’clock I went by the request of Mrs. McLean, the lady with whom I am staying, to visit one of her State Schools.  I was met at the door by the managers and members of the board, who conducted me through the building.

     “There were over 1,000 children in ten different classrooms.  I was
     much interested in them, and spoke in each room, so that I began
     the day with at least ten little sermons.

“I was very much struck with the singing of the children, rendered very effective with some corresponding action with the arms and feet, which gave life and vigour to the thing.  I am satisfied that we might follow this plan out with very good effect in our Army singing.  The little that is done is always appreciated.”

And so whilst the Secular Australian Schools got some little gleam of the heavenly light, the aged General saw and passed on to all his world, a valuable suggestion that has since been taken up and acted upon everywhere in our Children’s Meetings and demonstrations.

And then he passes at once to quite another department of his activities.  He always exercised the same care in every country, which we have already described as to England to ensure the careful settlement of all property acquired for The Army, so that it may be, as nearly as possible, made certain that nothing given to the one Army should ever be removed out of the control of its central authority.  How much of time and care this has demanded will be readily understood by those who have any experience in property matters, and who know how widely laws and legal usages differ in different countries:—­

“I had an interview with Mr. Maddocks, our solicitor out here—­a very nice fellow indeed, and I should think capable withal.  He seems to grasp the idea of The Army government, and to be anxious to co-operate with us in such a settlement of our property as will be in harmony with it.”

Only by means of many such interviews, and all the care they represent, was it possible, under the laws of such thoroughly democratic States, to leave the local holders of authority under The General’s complete freedom of aggressive action, and yet to secure that everything they acquired with The Army’s funds should remain for all time at the disposal, for The Army only, of a General with his office at the other side of the world.