Arizona republican., 1907-09-28

erdl BOOtn ,tnerelOre, becomes III
 real sense a sketch of the Army-they
 are as one.
 ! Going where ne was invited, arous-
 ing tremendous enthusiasm. number
 ing conversions by the thousands. Gen. eral Booths fame spread quickly to |, other climes. until today he stands out
 as the foremost evangelist of his time.
 IL is impossible to listen to the Gen.
 eral without being impressed with a
 number of things. one of which Is his
 knowledge of the human heart. He
 knows human nature through and
 through and to hear him denounce hy- [ pocricy and expose hidden sins is an
 ordeal that is calculated to awaken in
 offenders a desire to mend their ways. ! General Booth is. unquestionably. l the greatest traveller living. In his
 constant journeys through Great Brit ain 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 to the United States is his second long ' journey within a short time. It was
 only recently that he returned from a remarkable campaign through Japan. where he was received with great ac-
 claim by the Mikado and his subjects.
 HIS CONQUEST OF THE ORIENT. The great leaders practical cosmo- politanism struck sympathetic chord | in the heart of the Japanese nation. Coming as it did at q most opportune time. his visit not only impressed the rank and file of the great Island King dom. but. it would seem, it exercised
 a most wholesome effect upon the re-
 lations between the East and the West.
 Following the arrival in Japan of the
 great philanthropist. the Nagoya Daily
 News. a professedly strong Buddhist
 journal. published a most remarkable
 welcome to the Christian. It said:
 When we observe that our people
 are already engaged in the arduous
 struggle for bread, with apparently no comforting end in view. we cannot pos sibly fail to appreciate the visit of the great philanthropist. While we are not blind to the need of a philanthropist to fill the outstretched hands of our pow erty-stricken humanity. we cannot re- main deaf 10 the appalling wall of thousands of souls that are starving for the lack of spiritual food and thirsting for the fountain of life and peace.
 ''The mass of our people have lost their hold or the old faith. and a new belief Is not yet tangible for them to embrace
 They are drifting to the darkness. vainly clinging to a straw to save their souls. That was not. we believe. the immediate motive that stirred General Booth to action some forty years ago.
 Tt was not the physical poverty and hunger of the London slums that made him forget his wrecked constitution and pledge his whole life to his new field of activitr. It was the miserable condition ot the souls of men and wo- men and his burning desire to save them from eternal destruction that set fire to his intense love for mankind"
 And so l. was that throughout that l ancient empire. where banZais of mil 1 lions of its citizens opened the eyes | of the Christian world. General Booths | visit developed into a veritable tri- | umphal march-an achievement des- | tined. perhaps, but none so novel. so | as this conquest of a nation | whose religion dates back to the ages | of an unknown past.
 HIS WORLDWIDE TRAVELS.
 So far back as 1886 the Army's leader | had visited the United States and Can ada. but his first great world-tour took | place in 1891. when he visited South | Africa. Australia and India. Since then. in all. he has visited the United | States. Canada, Australia. New Zea- land and India. four times. South Af- st.-faA Ior, Land each once.
 In his wide-soread travels he has the Divine Elixir to almost every nationality of man. White. brown. yellow. black. have listened to the great traveller and preacher under their own skies. and wherever he has journeyed the flag of the Salvation Army has been planted there to re- main.
 A notable fact is that in all of these journeyings by land and sea General Booth has been marvellously preserved from accidents and serious illness. These iOurne-s too. are the more re- when it is remembered that they have never afforded the tireless worker any degree of rest from his lrduous labors. The responsibility of the worldwide operations of the or has always rested on his head, whether he has been at home or abroad.
 Indeed. even in his journeyings he is m indefatigable worker. On shipboard he has a special clair in which he con- tinues to work all day long. whatever the weather may be like.
 It goes without saying that his worldwide travels have furnished many remarkable and even romantic Incidents. He has preached salvation to fashionable audiences and to lepers. emigrants. and homeless out casts.
 An interesting story is told concern ing an incident which Is said to have happened upon the occasion of one of his visits to Lausanne, Switzerland. The great preacher was being taken up to his room in an elevator. During the briefest of all his journeys he made such good use of the time at his dis posal that he converted to Christianity the bright-faced lad who was in charge of the vehicle.
 He has been honored by presidents.