The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1902-10-09
GENERAL BOOTHS VISIT
fFacts About the Salvation Armv
Founders Work.
CONVERSIONS. NUMBER THOUSANDS

During the Past Twenty Years the
Venerable Teacher Has Personally
Made Five Theusana Converts a
Year-Pra1sed by Kulers Of Natio,.
and statssnsA-oConHer's Tribute.
General William Booth, founder OF
the Salvation Army, who recently
reached New York from England for
i've months campaign in the United
states and Canada, has been making
converts during the last twenty wears
OF his life at the rate Of 5000 a wear.
For the thirty eight years prior to this
period it has been calculated by lead
ing Salvation Army authorities that
the general BY his personal efforts
alone averaged 1000 converts each
year, making total Of $4,000. This
added to the converts secured during
the last twenty years gives a grand
total of $4,000 converts to the gener-
ais personal credit
or course these figures in no sense
cover the number of converts secured
to and through the Salvation Army.
In the last ten years alone the army
has recorded 100000 conversions
throughout the world. In a sense it
may be said with truth that all these
are General Booths converts. for they
have had their religious feelings awak-
ened and moved by the organization
he started and has kept in an active
state of warfare for nearly twoscore
years.
When the general was last in this
country-it was in 1SSS-hunGreus OF
converts were secured by his sermons
and addresses, and the Army in Amer
lea is confident that its generals cam
paign this year will be attended with
similar results. At his farewell meet
ing in Liverpool General Booth secured
$40 converts, and this is taken as a
good sign Of what ME will do in this
country.
During his nearly sixty years Of la
Dor at the head of the Salvation Army
and the Christian Mission, out of
which it grew, General Booth has re-
ceived warm words of commendation
from the rulers and the mighty men
of the earth. On this point the general
says, in recent autobiography:
The Salvation Army has met with great
opposition; it has also met with great en-
couragement On the occasion of our last
American anniversary President McKin-
ley assured me thatuha~fuliy- realized the
ho}n IN a
scale by the Army. and he, therefore.
sent us few words Of greeting and good
cheer. -
And our late beloved queen telegraphed
to us a few years ago at our triennial
meeting in the Crystal palace: THE
queen wishes to express to all members
of the Salvation Army now assembled for
their triennial congress her heartfelt
thanks for their touching message OF
loval CONGRATULATIONS and earnest good
wishes Her majesty fully recognizes the
great and varied works so courageously
undertaken by the Army on behalf OF
many of their unhappy fellow creatures
in different parts Of her empire. The
queen fervently trusts divine guidance
and blessing may accompany all 1uture
efforts of the Army.
L.rust not omit to mention the eauaAiS
xr6d~ encouragement We nave recslve'
the queen Of Holland. the crown primo
of Denmark and q number OF promlnell
colonial officials in all parts OF our EN-
pire. 80 o,,r fer
Mr.. Gladstone. too. was one ol oui Ae'
vent we'll wishers.
T. p. O'Connor. member of parma
ment and famous in the world OF ltel
ature, recently wrote of General Booth
1T is impossible to see General BOOT
for q moment and ever forget hlm' IL
he has one of the most striking races
have ever seen. 1t is, as 'twere, draw
on granite by Il pencil of steel. III
rigidity, the clearness the hrmness
the lines. make it difficult to oelle'
that it is living flesh and blood ana III
the hardness. the GOODNESS ana lmpe'
etrability Of stone. The face is thl
long. hatchet shaped. and yet the iln'
are fine and even noble. The nose
more like the beak OF an eagle 'n'
+he nose of an ordinary man--Ju's -
il. .. promontory. 1t is as large d