DR. PARKER SAYS “NO BOARDS.”—­Dr. Parker, addressing his congregation on Thursday morning, said:—­“General Booth spoke to me the other day at my house, amongst others, about boards of trustees and referees, and all the rest of it, in reference to his scheme.  I said that would spoil the whole thing.  I do not want any boards of reference.  We have boards enough and referees enough—­(laughter)—­and we do not want little men to assume an awful responsibility which Providence never meant them to handle.  They had better let a great governing spirit like General Booth manage the whole thing in his own way.  I am afraid I was even more of a democrat than even General Booth suspected. (Laughter.) I am an autocrat—­I believe in one man doing a thing.  Some persons imagine if they have got six little men together that they will total up into a Booth.  The Lord makes His own Booths, and Moodys, and Spurgeons, and sends them out to do His work, and we shall do well to get out of their way, except when we have anything to give of sympathy, money, prayer and assistance.  Presently, some Thursday morning, I am going to give you a chance of giving—­which you will—­to this great scheme.” (Applause.)

Dr. Moulton, President of the Wesleyan Conference, is grateful for the labour which the General has expended upon this problem.

“No one can read your book without recognising the claim which you have established on the sympathetic help of all Christian churches.  For myself, I am deeply grateful to you for the enormous labor which you have expended on the great problem, and for your able treatment of its difficulties.”

Revd.  Alfred Rowland says he believes the working of the Scheme will be for the good of the people.

Yesterday morning the Rev. Alfred Rowland preached at Park Chapel, Crouch End, the first portion of a sermon on General Booth’s book.  The preacher said the scheme was a noble, bold, and generous effort to reach the masses.  He believed the result of the working of the scheme would be for the good of the people at large.  He asked them to give liberally to the project, even if it was only an experiment, because he believed it would succeed, and all he could do, financially and otherwise, he should be pleased to do in support of the scheme.

A Collection for the Scheme is raised at City Church, Oxford.

At the City Church, Oxford, on Sunday, the rector, the Rev. Carterel J.H.  Fletcher, preached at both morning and evening services in aid of General Booth’s Social Salvation Fund, and the collections were devoted to the object.

Revd.  H. Arnold Thomas makes a successful appeal on behalf of the Scheme.

A HANDSOME OFFERING.

The sum of L650 was collected at Highbury Congregational Chapel, Bristol, on Sunday, as a contribution to General Booth’s fund, for his scheme unfolded in his book, “In Darkest England.”  This was in response to an appeal from the pastor, the Rev. H. Arnold Thomas.