Having retired just three years ago as the world leader of the Salvation Army (and writing as a regular reader of The Tablet) I valued John Morrish’s attempt (Arts, 11 January) to offer a balanced review of the BBC Four TV ­documentary, God’s Cadets: Joining The Salvation Army. I must confess that most of the input from those featured and residing at the army’s training college in south London, whether commissioned and ordained officers or cadets in training, left me puzzled, even embarrassed. Since the broadcast, I have not found any fellow Salvationist who identifies with what was portrayed as typical of Salvationism. As for needing to use “right words” to win entry to Heaven, I am at a ­complete loss to know what the speakers on that matter had in