Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor Titanic Congratulations to Bandmaster Gary Compton, Denver Citadel, re: Major Chick Yuill's "Titanic." From one who is now a soldier of his home corps, St. John's Temple, it's good to hear a young local officer expressing his view
The Body Builder
As Others See Us by Captain Terry Camsey - * "Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see ourselves as others see us! It wad from monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion." (Robert Burns-- "To a Louse") We tend to see
Focus – A Broken Alabaster Jar
by Major Anne Pickup - "Going home" over the last 25 years has meant going to the Pacific Northwest. Traveling north on Highway I-5, the scenery grows more lush and green with every passing mile. But I really know I've
Letters From London
What's a Phenomenon by Will Pratt - There's an old joke about a farm hand who asked his boss, "What's a phenomenon?" After a moment's thought, the farmer replied: "D'ya hear that lark singing in the sky? That's not a phenomenon.
On the Corner
by Robert Docter - Please excuse a personal moment. Mother's Day approaches, and my thoughts turn to the mother of our six children. I think of Diane. These are warm, slow, friendly thoughts which wiggle through the chambers of my brain and
A Tribute…
by Lt. Colonel Evelyn Hunter - Hannah was much loved by her husband, although she had not given birth to a child. In the time of the Old Testament, a childless woman was considered a failure and a social embarrassment
Frontlines — News Briefs of the West
by Captain Robert L. Rudd - This afternoon I am looking out of my office window and enjoying the evidence of springtime--bright flowers, a blue sunny sky and a gentle breeze. Isn't God terrific? Just when I am thinking that
PROMOTED TO GLORY
'Soldier of Christ - Well Done!' PROMOTED TO GLORY A/Captain Mnester McKay was recently promoted to Glory from the Ridgemont Terrace Nursing Home in Port Orchard, Wash. Mnester was born in 1918 to officer parents, Lester and Elsie McKay, in Ashtabula, Ohio. As
Gowans Addresses Retired Officers’ Association
Commissioners John and Gisele Gowans were featured guests when The Salvation Army Retired Officers' Association (SAROA) of Florida met recently for their 66th annual reunion. Gowans, currently United Kingdom territorial commander, served in the West as program secretary and as Southern
Broken Alabaster Jars
The stories they tell A review of Broken Alabaster Jars by Anne Pickup - by Major Deborah Flagg - The author Flannery O'Connor once observed that a people can best be known not by their statements or by their statistics, but by the
Sara Jones Returns to Waioli
Hawaii and Pacific Islands Division It had been 65 years since Brigadier Sara Jones sailed away from the Hawaiian Islands with her beloved late husband, Jack. Daughter Catherine Kennedy-Jones made all the arrangements, including the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, as they arrived
Salvation Army Participates in Lausanne
The Salvation Army was represented at the biennial meetings of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization held in Toronto in March 1998 by Lt. Colonel Earl Robinson, Secretary for International External Relations at International Headquarters. At these meetings Lt. Colonel Robinson