Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15

William Booth was born on April
| 10, 1879, in Nottingham, England, and
| was trained tor the Methodist minis
| try which he entered and became one
of the strongest evangeIistic forces in
that church. He grew dissatisfied,
however, at reaching only those with
some religious training and convic-
| ton. He felt that there were thou
sands whose need was ia: greater and
he gravitated to the East end of Lon
! don where wretchedness of all kinds
was the rule.
In disused burial ground on Mile
/ End road he pitched an old tent and
| the first Salvationist meeting was
! held in that tent N 1861. The fiery
! eloquence of the earnest young
| preacher caught the attention of a
crowd of poor Whitechapelers and be-
! fore that first meeting was over he
had made several conversions, a per
Torrance that he has been repeating
/ throughout the world for At years.
This first meeting resulted in the
! formation of the Christian mission,
| from which it was the evangelists
custom to send his converts to the eX-
listing churches of the locality, but
finding that they were not welcomed
and were in danger of slipping back
from sheer want OF comradeshlp ana
oversight, he set about forming So
cieties of the converted. These he
found to be potent agency for bring
lis in more, as the needless East
ender could be impressed by the
words of a former pal when ne
would net listen to a minister. 80
was created the central idea OF the
Salvation Army.
The need of organization becomes
apparent, but several methods were
| tried with little success before zen.
Booth hit upon the military idea ana
named his organization the Salvation
| Army. From that time on the move
ment grew amazingly and it has con-
tinued to grow without ceaslng 10
this day.
Spread Over the World.
The movement began spreading TO
other countries of the world In 1881
when it first reached the United
States through the influence OF SILK
weaver who had emigrated from Gov
entry, England, bringing with MIN the
Salvation Army idea and strong de-
sire to continue in the work. 1t
reached Australia in the same year
through milk dealer from Stepney,
and soon afterwards the first Canadian
corps was organized in similar
| fashion.
Five years later, in 1886, the gen
eral made the first of MANI visits TO
the American branches of the army
and he has seen them grow from
few small corps into vcritable army
of tremendous influence and unsur-
passed efficiency. His first great
world-tour was made in 1891, when ne
visited South Africa Australia and
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 never been
lifted from his shoulders. Even on
sAipboard he is an interchangeable work
err, planning and writing through the
days.
Gen. Booth Honored.
One of the most remarkable of the
many tributes paid to the general by
the great of the world was that of the
mikado of Japan during the visit to
that 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 Christian country.
Another interesting distinction given
Gen. Booth was the comforting on him
Of 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-
ceived university honors with him at
the time were Prince Arthur of Con
naught, the prime minister of Eng
land, the lord chancellor the speaker
Sir f. Grey, the archbishop
Armagh Sir Evelyn Wood, the Ameri.
can ambassador, Mark Twain and
Rudyard Kipling.
! AS d NIlleT GSIl. BOOln Is remark
able, both as a stylist. as a thinker
and as a producer He has written in
all 81 volumes. besides innumerable
articles for the army publications
His best-known book is IN Darkest
England and the Way Out" in which
he outlined his scheme for social re-
form by means of colonization. The
Training of Children" Love, Mar
riage and the Home" and his books
on reform are among the others of
the generals best-known literary pro.
| auctions.
OF his creed the general has written
very beautifully. He says:
The simplicity of our creed has
! been, as | believe it will remain, one
/ of the principal helps 20 our unity.
We stand for the old truths The
faith which can be interpreted in
terms of duty, of unselflshness, of