I have been in The Army for twenty years, but have never had such
an eye-opener in all my experience. I tell you if ever I have felt
ashamed of myself and my performances, it has been since this
officer came. She's the right woman in the right place, there's no
doubt about it. She can 'sit on' a fellow without crushing the life
out of him. The whole band is changed. She's just got our chaps,
the thirty of them; and she's as true and straight as a die. The
beauty of her life and example beats all we have ever had. Makes you
feel you must be good whether you will or not.' This was intensely
interesting to me, coming as it did so spontaneously from a man not
at all in the habit of praising his Officers. After our conversation,
I began to study the character and work of that unobtrusive woman.

I consider her success mainly attributable to her strict adherence
to the godly principles which rule her life, and to the careful
cultivation of certain useful qualifications which are within the
reach of all. Three words sum them up, consecration, concentration,
conservation. Every power of her being, every treasure of her heart,
every hour of her time is at the service of God and humanity. My
'Ideal F.O.' is a God-possessed woman absorbed with a passion for
soul-saving which nothing can quench.

She has so schooled herself that she now possesses the ability to
focus every power of mind, body, and soul on the object of the
moment, whether it is saving a drunkard, clearing a debt, settling
a dispute, or leading a meeting.

There is complete abandonment but very little wreckage in her work.
She conserves her energies in fitness, her soul in tenderness, her
people in love, and the interests of The Army in loyalty.