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WAR CRY Issue No 7499
Editor: Andrew Stone, Major Deputy Editor: Philip Halcrow Production Editor: Ivan Radford Assistant Editor: Sarah Olowofoyeku Staff Writer: Emily Bright Staff Writer: Claire Brine Editorial Assistant: Linda McTurk Graphic Designer: Rodney Kingston Graphic Designer: Mark Knight Email: warcry@salvationarmy.org.uk The Salvation Army UK Territory with the Republic of Ireland 101 Newington Causeway London SE1 6BN Tel: 0845 634 0101 Helpline: 020 7367 4888 Subscriptions: 01933 445445 (option 1, option 1) or email: subscriptions@satcol.org Founder: William Booth General: Brian Peddle Territorial Commander: Commissioner Anthony Cotterill Editor-in-Chief: Major Mal Davies Published weekly by The Salvation Army ©The Salvation Army United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland ISSN 0043-0226 The Salvation Army Trust is a registered charity. The charity number in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 214779, in Scotland SC009359 and in the Republic of Ireland CHY6399. Printed by Walstead Roche Ltd, St Austell, on sustainably sourced paper
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INFO 2 • War Cry • 7 November 2020
EDITOR From From the editor’s desk THIS weekend, two important anniversaries will be recognised as the SINGING is goodthose for you. say given scientists on the service nation remembers whoSohave their quoted lives in military BBC website. The experts said that singing can boost for theirFuture country. our andthis sense social connection. It ismoods 75 years yearofsince hostilities ceased in the Second Perhaps it is100 withyears these benefits in mind people have been World War and since the burial of that the Unknown Warrior joining online choirs during lockdown. In this week’s issue, the at Westminster Abbey. We mark both anniversaries in this week’s WarCry. Cry’s Sarah Olowofoyeku joins a virtual of the London War Historian Robert Beaken talks aboutrehearsal the diaries, written International Gospel Choir to discover for herself the pleasures between 1931 and 1946, of Scottish priest Alan Don who served as people have found of singing alone, yet together with chaplain and secretary to Archbishop of Canterbury andothers. chaplain Meanwhile Austen Hardwick has found similar value in running. to the Speaker of the House of Commons. In those diaries Alan This week’s Warthe Cryimpact also includes an interview withhad theon marathon vividly describes the Second World War him and runner whopublic, found while that his helped him to regain his life after the general hissport position in the Church of England also he suffered three strokes while in his early of forties. enabled him to describe the views of some the key influential and However, it was not period only running that helped Austen’s recovery. powerful figures of that in history. His played vital in him Warrior taking ainpositive TheChristian creationfaith of the Tombaof thepart Unknown 1920 reminds approach to all that he faced. us that it is not only the famous people of the past who matter. ‘When I was in hospital,’ says, ‘I asked Godtomb to take Author Andy Richards tells usAusten how the concept of the waswhat I was going through and to transform me through it.’ devised by the military chaplain David Railton. The padre hoped that Christians believe thathad God can returned take any from situation or anythingof those whose loved ones never the battlefields that they do or face and use it to make a positive impact in others’ Europe would have a focal point for their grief through the tomb. lives or interview, their own.Andy That explains has beenthat, the as experience of David painterspent Oliverthe In his the padre, Pengilley. First World War in the trenches alongside the soldiers of his battalion Oliveras had a successful career as an artist with some as much hedeveloped could, struggling with the horrific conditions and of his work selling for significant sums of money. But, as he tells often dealing with death. the War was Cry this week, he frustrated. ‘There an element ofgrew sacrifice in his service,’ he says, adding ‘I didn’t see the meaning of it,’ says.also Now he travels to that David’s faith and his belief thathe Jesus knew suffering churches him all over the world to paint pictures during worship motivated in his actions. sessions and hiswhen faith-based has helped people On a weekend we are artwork all remembering theother sacrifices of in their own journey. others, mayfaith we also be inspired to put other people before ourselves is antoamazing thathelp Godthem can take any skillway a person has andItlook see howtruth we can in whatever we can. or any situation they are facing and can transform it into something that can change their lives and the lives of the people around them.
Contents
What is The Salvation Army?
FEATURES 3
What will tomorrow bring? Documentary follows refugees looking for safety
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The seeds of a good idea The origins of the Remembrance Day poppy
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Dates with history Chaplain’s diary brings new insights in wartime Britain
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‘It could have been their father, son or husband’ The purpose of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
REGULARS 4
War Cry World
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Team Talk
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Now, There’s a Thought!
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War Cry Kitchen
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