(2) ThattheappropriateinstrumentforthepropagationandmaintenanceofthispeculiarsacramentalenthusiasmistheSalvationArmy—abodyofdevotees, drilledanddisciplinedasamilitaryorganization, andprovidedwithanumeroushierarchyofofficers, everyoneofwhomispledgedtoblindandunhesitatingobediencetothe"General," whofranklytellsusthatthefirstconditionoftheserviceis "implicit, unquestioningobedience.""Atelegramfrommewillsendanyofthemtotheuttermostpartsoftheearth"; everyone "hastakenserviceontheexpressconditionthatheorshewillobey,withoutquestioning, orgainsaying, theordersfromheadquarters" ("DarkestEngland," p.243).
(perhapswemayevensayfanatics) pledgedtoblindobediencetotheirchief,.
(3) ThatthesuccessoftheSalvationArmy, withitspresentforceof9416officers "whollyengagedinthework," itscapitalofthreequartersofamillion,itsincomeofthesameamount, its1375corpsathome, and1499inthecoloniesandforeigncountries(Appendix, pp.3and4), isaproofthatDivineassistancehasbeenvouchsafedtoitsefforts.
HereIamnotabletoagreewiththesanguineCommander-in-chiefofthenewmodel, whoselaboursincreatingithaveprobablyinterferedwithhisacquisitionofinformationrespectingthefateofpreviousenterprisesoflikekind.
ItdoesnotappeartomethathissuccessisinanydegreemoreremarkablethanthatofFrancisofAssisiorthatofIgnatiusLoyola, thanthatofGeorgeFox, oreventhanthatoftheMormons, , Ifinditdifficulttosupposethatsupernaturalaidhasbeengiventoallofthem; stillmore, 'ssmallermeasureofsuccessisevidencethatithasbeengrantedtohim.
