Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-15

crowd OF poor Whitechapelers and /
fore that first meeting was over he b
made several conversions, a perforl
ance that he has been repeatil
throughout the world for AZ years.
How He Started the Army.
This first meeting resulted in Il
formation Of the Christian missio
from which It was the evangelist
custom to send his converts to the e
listing churches Of the locality. bi
finding that they were not welcome
and were in danger of slipping bac
from sheer want of ~comradeship an
oversight, he set about forming s.
cieties Of the converted. These /
found to be a potent agency for brins
ing in more, as the needless Eas
ender could be impressed by th
words of a former pal when h
would not listen TO a minister. So wa /
created the central idea of the Salvf
ton Army.
The need of organization becam F
apparent, but several methods wer
tried with little success before Ger
Booth hit upon the military idea an
named his organization the Salvatio
Army. From that time on the move
ment grew amazingly and it has cor
tinued to grow without ceasing Il
this day.
Spread Over the World.
The movement began spreading ID
other countries of the world in 1885,
when it first reached the United
States through the influence of a silk
weaver who had emigrated from Gov
entry, England, bringing with him th(E
Salvation Army idea and a strong de
sire to continue in the work. II
reached Australia in the same yeai
through a milk dealer from Stepney
and soon afterwards the first Canadian
corps was organized in a similar.
fashion.
Five years later, in 1886, the gens|
eral made the first of many visits tc'
the American branches of the army
and he has seen them grow from a.
few small corps into a veritable armvI
of tremendous influence and unsurs
passed efficiency. His first great
world-tour was made in 1891, when be-
visited South Africa, Australia andl
India. Since then he has visited the
United States, Canada, Australia, New.
Zealand and India four times, South
Africa twice and Japan and the HOLY
Land each once.
During all these travels the actual.
executive responsibility for the gov.
eminent of the army has lever been
from his shoulders. Even on
he is an indefatigable work.
er, planning and writing through the
days.
Gen. Booth Honored.
One of the most remarkable of the
many tributes paid to the general by
great Of the world was that of the
mikado of Japan during the visit to
country. The mikado personally
received the general with great
warmth and he was accorded remark.
able %ovations in Yokohama, Tokyo.
Sendai and Kyoto, a circumstance of
strange import when it is realized that
Japan is not a Christian country.
Another interesting distinction given
zen. Booth was the comforting on him
the degree of doctor of civil law by
Oxford university. The significance
Of this honor will be better under.
stood when it is stated those who re-
university honors with him al
The time were Prince Arthur of Con-
naught, the prime minister Of Eng
and, the lord chancellor, the speaker.
E. Grey, the archbishop of
Armagh, Sir Evelyn Wood, the Ameri.
IAN ambassador, Mark Twain and
Rudyard Kipling.
AS a writer Gen. Booth is remark
lble, both as a stylist, as a thinker
as a producer. He has written in
I'll Il volumes, besides innumerable
for the army publications.
His best-known book is In Darkest
england and the Way Out" In which
lie outlined his scheme for social re-
orm by means of colonization. THE
of Children" Love, Mar
1age and the Home and his books
N reform are among the others of
he generals ~best-known literary pro
luctions.
His Greatness in Time of Trial.
The greatness of this born leader
II men shone with especial bril-
fancy during that most trying period
n the history of the movement, when
engagements caused a split in the
Army's American forces and they di-
'ided, n part becoming the Volun-
GERS Of America with the generals
wn son, Darlington Booth, at it's head.
through this serious break, which
threatened the progress of the work
or a time, the patriarch maintained
UGH a simple and dignified attitude OF
cceptance as to strengthen greatly
is position before the world.
OF those who have left him. the
eneral wrote: ut was TO be expected
hat in such work as ours, demanding
s it does arduous toll and constant
elf-denial and often real hardships
t one kind or another, some should
rove unworthy, some should grow
feary and others should faint by the
ray. 1t could not be otherwise for we
re engaged in real warfare and who
yer heard of war without wounds or
'sses? But even Of those who do thus
aside from the position of officers
large proportion remain with us en-
aged in some voluntary effort In our
Writes Of His Greed.
Of his creed the general has written
cry beautifully. He says:
The simplicity of our creed has
cen, as I believe it will remain, one
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