The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-04-14

preacher caught the attention OF q
crowd of poor Whitechapelers and be-
fore that first meeting was over he had
made several conversions, a perform.
ance that he has been repeating
throughout the world for Al years.
How He Started the Army.
This first meeting resulted in the
formation Of the Christian mission,
from which it was the evangelist's
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 comradeship and
oversight, he set about forming so
cieties of the converted. These he
found to be a potent agency for bring
ing in more, as the needless East
ender could be impressed by the
words of a former pal" when he
would not listen to a minister. So was
created the central idea Of the Saliva
ton Army.
The need Of organization became
apparent, but several methods were
tried with little success before Gen.
Booth hit upon the military idea and
named his organization the Salvation
Army. From that time on the move
ment grew amazingly and it has con-
tinued to grow without ceasing to
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 him the
Salvation Army idea and a strong de.
sire to continue In the work. It
reached Australia in the same year
through a milk dealer from Stepney,
and soon afterwards the first Canadian
corps was organized in a similar
fashion.
Five years later, in 1885. the gen.
eral made the first Of many visits to
the American branches of the army
and he has seen them grow from
few small corps into veritable army
of tremendous influence and unsur-
passed efficiency. His first great
world-tour was made in 1891, when he
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
shipboard 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
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, circumstance OF
strange import when it is realized that
Japan is not a 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 al
the time were Prince Arthur of Con
naught, the prime minister of Eng
land, the lord chancellor, the speaker
Sir e. Grey, the archbishop Of
Armagh, Sir Evelyn Wood, the Ameri
can ambassador, Mark Twain and
Rudyard Kipling.
AS writer Gen. Booth is remark
able, both as stylist, as thinker
and as a producer He has written IL
all 21 volumes, besides innumerablt
articles for the army publications
His best-known book is I'm Darkes
England and the Way Out" in which
he outlined his scheme for social re
form by means of colonization. "Tht
Training of Children" "Love, Mar
riage and the Home" and his books
on reform are among the others o
the generals best-known literary pro
auctions.
His Greatness In Time Of Trial.
The greatness of this born leade
of men shone with especial bril-
liancy during that most trying perio'
in the history of the movement, whel
disagreements caused a split in tn
Army's American forces and they d
vided. one part becoming the Volur
teers of America with the general
own son, Ballington Booth, at it's heat
Through this serious break, whic
threatened the progress of the wor
for a time, the patriarch maintaine
such simple and dignified attitude q
acceptance as to strengthen great
his position before the world.
OF those who have left him" tn
general wrote: ut was to be eXpecte
that in such work as ours, demandin
. as it does arduous toll and constan
selfdenial and often real hardship
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