ARTICLES OF WAR.
Having received with all my heart the salva tion offered to me by the tender mercy of Jehovah, do here and now publicly acknowledge God to be my Father and King, Jesus Christ to be my Saviour, and the Holy Spirit to be my Guide, Comforter and Strength; and that I will, by His help, love, serve, worship and obey this glorious God through all time and through all eternity.
Believing solemnly that the Salvation Army has been raised up by God, and is sustained and di rected by Him, I do here declare my full deter mination. by God's help, to be a true soldier of the Army till I die.
I am thoroughly convinced of the truth of the army's teachings.
Therefore, I do here, and now, and forever, renounce the world with all its sinful pleasures, companionships, treasures and objects and de clare my full determination boldly to show myself a soldier of Jesus Christ in all places and com panies, no matter what I may have to suffer, do, or lose, by so doing.
I do here and now declare that I will abstain from the use of all intoxicating liquors, and also from the habitual use of opium, laudanum, mor phia and all other baneful drugs, except when in illness such drugs shall he ordered for me by a doctor.
I do here and now declare that I will abstain from the use of all low or profane language; from the taking of the name of God in vain, and from all impurity, or from taking part in any unclean conversation, or the reading of any obscene book or paper at any time, in any company, or in any place.
I do here declare that I will not allow myself in any falsehood, deceit. misrepresentation or dis honesty; neither will I practice any fraudulent conduct, either in my business, my home, or in any other relation in which I may stand to my fellow-men, but that I will deal truthfully, fairly, honorably and kindly with all those who may employ me or whom I may myself employ.
I do here declare that I will never treat any woman, child or other person whose life, com fort or happiness may be placed within my power, in an oppressive, crud nr• cowardly manner, but that I will protect such from evil and danger so far as I can, and promote, to the utmost of my ability, their present welfare and eternal salva tion.
I do here declare that I will spend all the time, strength, money and influence I can in supporting and carrying on this war, and that I will endeavor to lead my family, friends, neighbors and all others whom I can influence, to do the same, be lieving that the sure and only way to remedy all the evils in the world is by bringing men to sub mit themselves to the government of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I do here declare that I will always obey the lawful orders of my officers, and that I will carry out to the utmost of my power all the orders and regulations of the Army, and, further, that I will be an example of faithfulness to its prin ciples, advance to the utmost of my ability its operations, and never allow, where I can pre vent it, any injury to its interests or hindrance to its success.
And I do here and now call upon all present to witness that I enter into this undertaking and rip) these articles of war of my own free will, feeling that the love of Christ who died to save me requires from me this devotion of my life to Ilk service for the salvation of the whole world, and therefore wish now to be enrolled as a soldier of the Salvation Army.—General Booth in Orders and Regulations for Soldiers, PP- -II. 42-S. S. 11.