Arizona republican., 1907-09-28
THE STORY OF THE MAN
 WHO IMPROVED WORLD
General William Booth, the Greatest Practical Philanthropist of His Time.

All England was buzzing. one day in 1861, over the sudden advent of a fiery young apostle of a new religious creed. His methods were thought to be an outrage upon good taste and pious responsibility, and society in general in the heat of passion. was prone to view him in the light of a Charlatan or worse.
 Only one man was needless and un- affected by this calumny and scorn and he was the subject of it-General William Booth, preacher philanthro- pist, scholar and heal of the Salvation Army. the most widespread religious organization in the world.
 Sturgeon said that he brought re- ligion into contempt: Huxley called his gospel ''corybantic Christianity" and on ali sides an unsympathetic public judged the frantic young crusader 10 be a religious quack though today he stands foremost among the specialists of the soul.
 METHOD IN HIS MADNESS.
 But if William Booth was mad. there was method in his madness. He was a veritable religious Moltke. He
  scoffs Mercutio in his denunciatiOn of Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet" Yet Tybalt outfights and stays the scoffer And so it was with William Booth. His plans were made; his forces marshall ed. his strategic points seized. and be- fore his enemies could recover from the shock of his audacity Booth had won the da-.
 
 of the characteristic trait in the life of the greatest practical philanthropist of his time. But this is not all.
 With his arrival at the port of Bos- ton on Friday. September. 27. 1907. the United States will doubtless witness the inauguration of one of those re- markable spiritual awakenings that have so often been alluded to as, to use the language of a famous French publicist. "an appendix to the Acts of the Apostles"
 The itinerary of General Booths American journey is as follows: Friday to Monday. September 27-30, Boston. Mass.
 Tuesday, October l. Schenectady. N. Y.
 Wednesday. october ?. Utica, N. '. Thursday, october 3. Rochester. N. Y. Saturday to Thursday, October 5-10, Chicago. III.
 Saturday and Sunday. october 12 and 13, St. Louis. Mo. Tuesday, October l5, Des Moines. la Wednesday, october Is, Minneapolis, Minn. Thursday. october r. Milwaukee. Wis.
 Saturday to Wednesday. october 19- g, Cleveland, ohio. Thursday. October 24 Columbus, O. Saturday and Sunday, October 26 and 27. Pittsburg.- Pa.
 Tuesday. October 2s. Washington, D. c.
 Wednesday. october 30. Baltimore. Md.
 Thursday. october 31, Philadelphia. Pa.
 Saturday to Saturday, November g. 2. New York city.
 PUBLIC RECOGNITION.
 It has fallen to the lot of very few men who have lived for the benefit of their fellows to receive during their lifetime such a measure of recognition and honor as has been accorded to this great high priest of the worlds most aggressive religious organization.
 Received in audience by the mon- archs and rulers of every civilized na- tion in the world, the name of William Booth has penetrated to the farthest ends of the earth, and. if labors are to be the measure of fame, there re- mains much to be said of the almost superhuman efforts of the patriarchal crusader in preaching. writing, organ iZing and travelling through the lands of every continent.
 SPECTACLE FOR MEN AND
 ANGELS.
 The spectacle of an old man verging upon four score years careering through the world with the apparent yigor and relentless enthusiasm of his youth, addressing meetings. receiving deputations and honors. making int pTomptu speeches, and besides all this, bearing the care and responsibility of