See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

CHURCH See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

ARMY  , an See also:

• ENGLISH

English religious organization, founded in 1882 by the Rev . See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson See also:

• CARLILE, RICHARD (1790-1843)

Carlile (afterwards See also:

• PREBENDARY (Lat. praebendo = give or grant, through Low Lat. praebenda)

prebendary of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's), who banded together in an orderly See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of " soldiers " and " See also:

• OFFICERS

officers " a few working men and See also:

• WOMEN

women, whom he and others trained to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as " See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England evangelists " among the outcasts and criminals of the See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster slums . Previous experience had convinced him that the moral See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the lowest classes of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people called for new and aggressive See also:

• ACTION

action on the See also:

• PART

part of the Church, and that this See also:

• WORK

work was most effectively done by laymen and women of the same class as those whom it was desired to See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch . " Evangelistic zeal with Church See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order " is the principle of the Church Army, and it is essentially a working men's and women's See also:

• MISSION

mission to working people . As the work See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew, a training institution for evangelists was started ir . See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, but soon moved (1886) to See also:

• LONDON

London, where, in Bryanston See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street near the See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

Marble See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

Arch, the headquarters of the army are now established . Working men are trained as evangelists, and working women as mission sisters, and are supplied to the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy . The men evangelists have to pass an examination by the arch-See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon of See also:

• MIDDLESEX
• MIDDLESEX, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST EARL OF (1575-1645)

Middlesex, and are then (since 1896) admitted by the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of London as " See also:

• LAY

lay evangelists in the Church " ; the mission sisters must likewise pass an examination by the diocesan inspector of See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . All Church Army workers (of whom there are over 1800 of one See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind and another) are entirely under the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the See also:

• INCUMBENT (from Lat. incumbere, to lean, lie upon)

incumbent of the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish to which they are sent . They never go to a parish unless invited, nor stay when asked to go by the parish See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest . Officers and sisters are paid a limited sum for their services either by the See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar or by voluntary See also:

• LOCAL

local contributions . Church Army mission and colportage vans circulate throughout the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country parishes, if desired, with 3 The See also:

• ASCENSION
• ASCENSION, FEAST OF THE

Ascension, p .

254 . 4 See also:

• POLYCARP (c. 6g-c. 155)

Polycarp, Phil . 4; cf . TertuIlian, Ad Uxor. i . 7 . 3 This teaching is not confined to Episcopalian writers . It has been finely expressed from the Presbyterian standpoint by Dr See also:

• MILLIGAN, WILLIAM (1821-1892)

Milligan, op. cit. p . 265 ff.; cf . See also:

• LINDSAY

Lindsay, p . 37 . itinerant evangelists, who hold See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions, without See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge, and distribute literature . Each See also:

• VAN

van missioner has a clerical " adviser." Missions are also held in prisons and workhouses, at the invitation of the authorities .

In 1888 (before the similar work of the Salvation Army was inaugurated) the Church Army established labour homes in London and elsewhere, with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of giving a fresh start in See also:

• LIFE

life " to the outcast and destitute . These homes See also:

• DEAL

deal with the outcast and destitute in a See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, straightforward way . They demand that the persons should show a See also:

• DESIRE

desire for See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment; they subject them to See also:

• FIRM

firm discipline, and give them hard work; they give them decent clothes, and strive to win them to a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian life . The inmates See also:

• EARN

earn their See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board and lodging by piece-work, for which they are paid at the current See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade rates, while by a gradually lessening See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale of work and pay they are stimulated to obtain situations for themselves and given See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to seek for them . There are about 120 homes in London and the provinces, and 56 % of the inmates are found to make these the successful beginning ,of an honest self-supporting life . The Church Army has lodging homes, employment bureaus, cheap See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food depots, old clothes See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, dispensary and a number of other social See also:

• WORKS

works . Every See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter employment is found for a See also:

• GREAT

great number of the unemployed in See also:

• SPECIAL

special depots, among them being the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's Labour Tents and the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's Labour See also:

• RELIEF

Relief Depots . There is also an extensive See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration See also:

• SYSTEM

system, under which many hundreds (3000 in 1906) of carefully tested men and families, of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, chiefly of the unemployed class, are placed in permanent employment in See also:

• CANADA

Canada through the agency of the local clergy . The whole of the work is done in loyal subordination to the diocesan and parochial organization of the Church of England . See See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar Rowans, Wilson Cathie and the Church Army .