Evening star., 1907-10-27
GEN. Booth IN
CHARAC TERlSTIC|
ATTITUDE

constant Journeys through tTedt Britain
and Ireland during the past fifty years,
and his frequent tours in every cline,
he has covered many thousands Of miles
yearly. His visit at this time is his second
long journey within short time. 1t was
only recently that he returned from a
remarkable campaign through Japan,
where he was received with great ac-
claim.
AS far back as 1896 the army's leader
had visited the United States and Canada,
but his first great world tour took place
IN 1881. when he visited South Africa
Australia and India. Since then in all
he has visited the United States Canada,
Austraila, New Zealand and India, four
times, South Africa twice and the HOLY
Land each once.
He has been honored by presidents.
Kings, emperors, governors. senator's no
bles and public men of all creeds and
opinions One Of the most emarkable OF
these receptions was that by the Mikado
or Japan. N!ppon'S ruler received Gen
Booth with open arms and the ovations
which he received at Yokohama Toxic
Sandal and kyoto have few, IL any
equals In the history of that coutry
Honored by Oxford.
Last June Gen. Booth was honored with
the degree of doctor of civil law from
Oxford University. With this distinction
Gen. Booth now finds himself in close as
soctation with men distinguished in poll
tics. art science and letters. The most
significant of these. perhaps, will be his
association with the present Archbishop
of Canterbury.
Another distinction came when Gen
Booth stood In the Guildhall of London
to receive the greatest honor that London
can confer upon an Englishman-the free
dom Of the city.
AS a writer and author Gen. Booth S
distinction has long been recognized In
spite of his extensive public work and the
voluminous quantity of his literary output
the Salvationist leader Is an indefatigabe
literary worker, and in not a few in
stances the remarkable smoothness of his
work has called forth the praises Of lead
Ing publicists.
In all he has written twenty-one vol
umes besides nnumerable papers and
sketches for the various journals of his
organization. Perhaps the book that
made the deepest impression upon the
public mind was I'm Darkest England
and the Way Out" in which the author
outlined his scheme for social reform.
The book caused vigorous discussion on
both sides Of the Atlantic.
The dominating personality and strong
will of the man overrode the criticism OF
some of Englands greatest minds, ana
he lived to see his position acknowledged
and himself honored for the labors begun
against such heavy odds, for he fought
against evil. with many of the powers
of good arrayed against him also striving
to nullify his efforts. Spurgeon, a
preacher, who did not consider himself
bound by precedent. declared that Gen
Booth brought religion into contempt, and
the crusader was condemned widely as a
religious quack. his methods being repre-
Sentsd as an outrage upon good taste anu
pious responsibility. The aggressiveness
of his Christianity was stinging re-
proach to sluggardS.
But Booth won the day. The cory
bantic Christian of the scoffers has be-
come the philanthropist of world wide
fame, honored wherever his name is
spoken.