Uniform

As a Salvation Army editor I had a lengthy interview with the late Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth, a grand-daughter of the founders of our movement. She told me that the wearing of uniform was not something imposed by headquarters but came from the desire of Salvationists to show whose side they were on as Christians. They turned out in in all sorts of rigs which were anything but uniform until it was reallised that common and easily recognised garbs would have a greater cumulative impact. Still, the uniform is meant to be a silent witness to Christian faith and may take on a sacramental significance. Police forces have their plain clothes and uniformed branches, and so does the Church!