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Woman Has a Right to Vote Now and to Drum
Woman Has a Right to Vote Now and to Drum From the beginning of The Salvation Army, its founders, Catherine and William Booth established equal rights for men and women in ministry. An example of this was documented in The War Cry, 14 October 1893 Captains Catherine (nee McDougall) and Frank Matthews, were the officers in…
The First War Cry – 16 June 1883
“Only ten weeks have passed since we landed here, and oh! how blessed the result of our few weeks’ work!” These opening remarks reveal the unrestrained delight of those involved in producing the first edition of The War Cry, dated 16 June 1883, from Dunedin, New Zealand. This weekly publication would join Salvation Army War…
Letters between two lovers
Colonel Samuel Brengle was described as “One of the most … saintliest characters in Salvation Army history … who shocked his friends and associates by becoming a Salvation Army officer in 1887. His articles and books on practical holiness … established his reputation as the Army’s leading exponent of the doctrine of holiness” (Cyril Bradwell…
Founders’ Day and Flannel Graphs
William Booth, founder and first general of The Salvation Army was born in Nottingham, England on 10 April 1829. As a young boy his father put him into an apprenticeship as a pawnbroker. He moved to London as a young man preaching with the Methodists and was ordained as a minister. His church in Gateshead…
Photograph Collections
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Founders’ Day
On 2nd July, throughout The Salvation Army, Founders' Day is celebrated. In 1865, William and Catherine Booth began the ministry that would become today's worldwide Salvation Army.
Mother’s Day in the War Cry
"In 1905 Anna Reeves Jarvis died. On 9 May 1907, on the second anniversary of her mother's death, Miss Anna Jarvis arranged a memorial service, asking that it honour other mothers as well. The service was held in a small nonconformist church in Philadelphia and attracted new[s]paper publicity. Prompted by this initial success, Anna…
Picnic Fellowship
Picnics were a traditional way for Victorians and Edwardians to relax and enjoy the outdoors. Articles from The Salvation Army’s War Cry, during the 1880s until the 1920s, provide extensive coverage of corps picnics throughout New Zealand. Images that survive show large groups of people formally posed in their “Sunday Best”, happily enjoying the day…
MERRY CHRISTMAS
A Merry Christmas to you all, from the team here at The Heritage Centre & Archives.
Booth Meets Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in what was then known as Bombay, India, several months after his parents had sailed from England. This year was also one of great significance for The Salvation Army, as it was when William Booth, born in 1829, moved to London and began to conduct evangelical…
