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GOOD NEWS! Volume 31 Number 5 MAY 2014 F lowing through London, the River Thames is a longstanding maritime route, boundary, and economic resource. As merchant ships sailed throughout the world, they brought back its riches to store in The City—the fi nan- cial heart of the British Empire. Yet the area is fl anked by London's East End, long synonymous with poverty, overcrowding, disease, and criminality. As the river brought treasure to the empire, it also brought an expanding population to the East End. Waves of immigrants—French Protestant Hugue- nots, Irish, Ashkenazi Jews, and Bangla- deshi—poured in and general conditions worsened. According to the 1881 census, more than 1 million people lived in London's East End, where the life expectancy of a laborer was less than 19 years. Two out of every 10 children died, and diseases like tuberculosis, rickets, and scarlet fever were common. "In that context began the Christian Mission," said Lt. Colonel Alex Morrice, who served as an offi cer from Scotland to Japan and retired as the assistant chief secretary of the United Kingdom and Ire- land Territory in 2001. A self–described historian, Morrice leads Salvation Army– focused tours through the East End. "If you don't know our roots—where we've come from—you don't know where we're going. We get information and inspiration from our history, and while we can't be imprisoned by our past, it gives us signposts for the future." Today, as in the 1800s, vendors peddle everything from produce to household continued on page 8 > > INSIDE Good News! Online : w w w.SAConnects.org USA Eastern Territorial website : w w w. ArmyConnections.org USA National website : w w w.SalvationArmyUSA.org INVESTING RESPONSIBLY For The Salvation Army, finan- cial investing is more than just doing business, its also sleeping well at night —because you've done what's right to help people and to honor God. PAGE 6 ORDER OF THE FOUNDER Drs. Ronald W. and Beatrice Holz made beautiful music together—and Salvation Army history. PAGE 3 CELIA & ORLANDO They came to church looking for a place to heal. What happened next will warm your heart. PAGE 5 'Boundless' 2015 Congress Highlighting 150 years of salvation and service CHRISTIN DAVIS ce l e br a t i ng years