The Illustrator of the Articles

In the early years of The War Cry, there was a great dependence on engravers to supply illustrations for printing a more interesting and visual publication. Many of these engravers identified their work with their initials or name. There were many different styles and techniques demonstrated.

The engravings for the articles featured in Waka to Jerusalem were of a particular type, by a single artist, producing a very stylish woodcut effect. His name appears only on the illustration of The Adjutant on the "Rob Roy" - C. Jones.

His work features variously in the period 1889-

The War Cry 23 November 1889 pg1. (Piripi was generally spelt Piripe in The War Cry)

1892. Another illustration has him identified as Chas [Charles] Jones. It is known, for example, that Alfred Burton, a photographer from Dunedin, took images around this time period, on the Whanganui River. Was it possible that photographic images were copied and made into these line drawings, or were the illustrations made based on observations provided?

Little is known of Charles Jones. He worked in Christchurch, possibly with The War Cry printer Thomas E. Fraser in Manchester Street.

Piripe testimony, one of several given that first night of the journey, was featured in the article. "Good evening to all my relations. I was a bad man, drinking, smoking, I have given up all these things. My soul's saved. My heart is washed in the blood of Jesus. Now I am a soldier to carry out God's laws. His laws are not burdensome. The Salvation Army will be victorious in winning the world for God."