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Show WHY THE SALVATION ARMY." Name of Great Organization a Matter of Chance. In n uoto upon tho origin of tho Salvation army tho following account of tho selection of tho tltlo Is given by London Opinion: William Booth tho younger one day wroto at his father's dictation tho words "Tho Christian mission Is a voluntary army." Suddenly Mr. Booth leaned over his son's shoulder and substituted substi-tuted tho word "salvation" for "voluntary." "vol-untary." Thus was tho Salvation army born. And the nddltlon of tho vnrlous military titles followod naturally, nat-urally, though curiously enough that of captain was originally Intended to be nautical, in order to plcaso tho Whitby fishermen. As for Mr. Booth's tltlo of general, tho credit for It bo-longs bo-longs to Copt. Cadman, who ono day nnnounced hlra nt a meeting as tho gonctal of tho Salvation urmy, nnd that has stuck to him over since. |