Re: The Salvation Army

Bruderhof wrote:

> Eberhard had felt drawn to the Salvation Army ever since meeting one
> of its members in his uncle’s Lichtenrade home. Their “soldiers,” as
> these committed men and women were called, cared for both body and
> soul – “soup, soap, and salvation” – and went undaunted into the worst
> housing projects and seediest dives. This struck a chord with
> Eberhard’s social conscience and with his enthusiasm for Jesus.
> Besides attending the bible study group, he went time and again to the
> local Salvation Army meeting place, a room in the cellar of a
> dilapidated house in the Stockgasse district – not exactly the most
> distinguished address in Breslau. 
> 
> 

Most of the soldiers were themselves poor and were usually malnourished
and 
pale, but they shared an amazing repertoire of spirited Salvation Army 
marching songs. Eberhard felt right at home in their company. At the age
of 
eighteen he began on occasion to preach in the Stockgasse district. At 
twenty, he could be found with the Salvation Army’s newspaper, The War
Cry, 
in hand, addressing strangers on sidewalks and in department stores. 
Without much ceremony, he would challenge them to surrender their lives to

Jesus.