Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-04-15

preacher esnxns the afrershs- es Q
crowd of rocr whirecaapele-s nnd h~-
tore that srxs meeting Vas ever he hn6
r1afe several conversions. a p.rs1rrnl-
anrs that he kas h@su repeating
thrun<soss the World tsr a. yearx
-s~ r<e stsr--a ~. Ar--y.
Iets ersr meeting resulted n the
formation q the ChristIar rissicn.
from vhtch Il vas the svanx-l.s-s
custom TO sea6 his ecnxsr-s 20 the sx-
tssfzs churches ot the loeaHry. bat
f,tf1E sAat they we're not welcomed
an1 were IN eaaxsr cf slfpvsnx aarf
from Sheer want % eourat-shf1 szx
oversight he SGT about furutux 50
cteties q the converted Th~-~ Ne
foznt 10 Be potent agency Tor hrirx-
Ing IN more ns tAs heesIess Ease
enter could BE impressed ~ TIE
words cc fOruer PAR vh~r n.
woult nor listen 70 n minister 50 vas
created the central tt@a of TIRE SALIVA
tto1 Array
Tes need % orxantxzsic1 became
spp1rsrt. aa. several reshr.ss w~--
tried WITH little success before Gsa.
Booth hir urrn th@ military btea aza
ns-sx Its orrznEzArkcu rh- SzIvnsbua
Army Frpcz that time On the move
neat grew ara-fnglY art II kas con
ttazst 20 grow without esaztrr 70
tsls <lv
Screar Over sne Wert1-
Tie movement BEGAN Spreading to
ocher countries Of the vcrtt IN 1851
vssc ts Grss reached the Jared
States through the Fn-reucs Of a sfEx-
weaver VITO hat entxrafsd fruru Cow
entry England. bringing vfrh hfua sne
Salvafiou Army s.sa art L srruux t.
sire 20 eurrfrue IN the wcrk Il
reached Australia in the sam. year
through n milk 4enE@r from Stsrn@y.
and socn Afterwards the 1rxt Cana.tfa1
corps was crx7nirsd tn n si-Hlr
saxhicr
Five PEARS Inter. IN tSSs. shs gen
er7l rats the arsr u rlny visits TO
the American branchss Of the army
and he has seen them grow from
few snail eorps into \ vsrftnhle army
OF trsnerfo1S trfpenes ard 1rsrr-
passed sfcferry His 1rsr great
Eort&scur vas made IN 1881. when 4.
visited South Africa. Australia 1nt
lu'ttI- Since then he has visited sh-
Uzfrs1 States. Canada. Australia. New
Zsallzd ant India four times. South
Africa twice and Japan and the Holy
Land each occs
During al these travels the actual
executive responsibility s,r the rDv-
e-unsrE Of The army has zever been
hfesd from his shoulters. Even cn
shipboard hs IS an izassarixnbIs work
s-- planning ant writing through the
tayx
Ger 5ccsr -+1rcr<1
Que 1f the most remarkable % n.
rzanE tributes paif TO the general br
tae great oe the world was rhlt er the
Eik1s51 Of T1Paz slEing the vtztr 70
t1ar country he nEka5o vsrscuaIly
received the general xfrh xr-a-
warmth ant H. Vas accorded remark
abe ovasiocs u Yokohama Tokyo.
Senf.1t ard kyus1- a circumstance az
sr-anS~ import when g IS --alfr-,t that
Japan IS uor CHRISTIAN cuuntrT-
AzneA@r trfs-esrirx 1fs-fzrrfcn Efver
Gen B1och WIS the e1ussrrfrg oz hfu1
of the degree ot dcctrr Of civil law br
Oxford University Tns stgrfacaree
of this hocor VIII BE- better under
ssona whsn.f II IS stated those VITO re-
esfVsa university hacprx with tim ar
TIE time we're Prince Arthur oe Con
r1Hgkt- the prime minister oe Eng
land he Icr+ chancellor the SPEAKER.
Sir Z Grey the archbishop Of
Armagh SIR Evslvu Wood TIE Arsri-
can aahazzator. Mark Twain and
Ru3yar. kIplinx
As n writer Gen Booth is remark
able both ls a sryii<r- as n thinker
and 1s a producer He has written in
all Fl volumes. besides tnuuuerahIe
articles for the aruE publications.
His bssr-kloxu book is In Darkest
England and the Way Out N which
he outlined his scheme for social ~
form hy means Of colonization The
Training q ChiEdrer- Love. Mar
rage and the Hous.- and his books
ca reform ars anoC< the others Of
the xsnsraFs hest-Snown literary PRO-
tucrions-
-+is Greatness In Time ~ Trisl
The greatness Of this bor- leader
Of men zhone with especial bill
LIancy during that nest trying period
u the history cf the movement. when
ttsagrssr1sn-s caused a split IN the
Aruy's American forces and tney IL
-rTsF
teerS oc America with the generals
own sau- BaIIingrcr Booth at IT'S head.
Through this serious break which
tnreare1e1 the progress az the worx
fer Il time. tire parriarvh maintained
such simple 1af tigaffst Ktt1ruts cc
arrsprarce rs ID Srr~nsrhsn greatly
his position before the worid
OF those wh0 have bsfs hfn- the
rene-al wrote IT vas 70 h- expected
thar n ssEen work rs ours. 1en.az1sfnx
4s II Gce- arVtao1s r9d a1Ef ccasca1c
selsSsnial and often real harsszhiss
of one kind or another. scze should
prove unvurthx- senne shouEd grow
weary ana5 oShsrs shaalf faint By the
way II cuuhd noc - sehervtse ssr se
are engaged in real warfare znd whs
ever heard cf war without wounds ar
b0sssse Bar even az those who Do thrs
step aside froG the rosirio1 Of officers
\ large proportion remain with As en-
gagsd In some voluntary effort IN cur
rankx
writes - His Greed
Of kEs creed the general has written \
very hea1riflily- He says
Tie simplicity of our creed has
a@en- as heEievs il VIII remain. one
of the prSneipaE helps TO eur unity /
We stand for the Old truths The l
sairh -hSeh can be interpreted IN
terms Of duty cf En<elfzh1esz. az 1
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