Rev. William Booth Rev. William Booth. This was in 1878. The new organization soon became widely known, and spread with such rapidity that it was necessary to establish stations in the United States, France, Australia, India, Cape of Good Hope, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, and many other countries. Its officers are numbered by thousands, and the whole establishment is directly under the control of Gen. Booth.
Booth is wealthy and lives in good style in London.