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...phenomenon . . . The Christian heritage of truth and freedom is endangered by a movement that is having evil repercussions throughout the world . . ." ¶After eight days of balloting on a country estate near London, the High Council of the Salvation Army elected a new general to succeed retiring General Albert Orsborn, 67. British General-elect Wilfred Kitching, 60, a Salvationist for 40 years and onetime secretary to Founder William Booth, predicted a new surge of Salvation Army activity, especially in Africa, Indonesia and India. ¶ The American Bible Society reported at its 138th annual meeting that distribution of the Scriptures...
...Bramwell Booth,* to Edward John Higgins, to Bramwell's firebrand sister Evangeline,† to Australian-born George Lyndon Carpenter. But Pugmire turned it down; his heart, strained by years of work, travel and dedication, was not up to the job, which went to Albert W. T. Orsborn, son-in-law of the late General Higgins. Pugmire became commissioner of the U.S. Vested with more authority than any other U.S. churchman-his command over his four territories is absolute-he is still a diligent, humble...
...noble Irish family, it had degenerated to a house of ill repute when the Army saved it in 1925). Last week, to succeed 74-year-old General George Carpenter, whom the war had kept in office two years past retirement age, the High Councilors finally chose Albert W. T. Orsborn...
General-designate Orsborn vigorously proclaimed the keynote of his new administration : emphasis on evangelism. The 59-year-old new General is every inch an Army man; both his parents were among the pioneer Salvationists, as were his two wives, now dead. One son, Howard, is a S.A. captain...
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