Fighting Qualities

More advice from O& R 1942

"An officer must possess the spirit of the Salvation Army, that is he must devote himself to the purpose of the army - the Salvation of souls as the end for which he exists; choosing of his own accord to give himself up to a life of warfare as the means of accomplishing that great purpose.

Without this spirit an officer will be out of place in the Army and will soon feel that the sacrifices it calls for are more than he can make.
An officer with this spirit accepts not only the Army's aim but also the means by which alone that aim can be accomplished. That is he chooses not only to toil for the salvation of souls but to make self sacrifice, without which souls will not be saved. He sees that as his Master could accomplish the salvation of the world only through the cross so he can be a means of saving souls only by endruing when necessary, shame, loss and suffering and he is willing that it should be so.

The officer with this spirit will not need to be driven to labour by arguments or by the consideration of advantages and disadvantages. He will prefer a life of salvation warfare to any other; yea it will be his delight! He would rather go out and fight than stay at home at ease."


I say Amen to that.

God bless

Carol