The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-28

The death Of General William Booth
| founder and head OF the Salvation
Army, removes the grand old man of
| the world. Yet so we'll had his work
been done that the army itself will
not be appreciably affected by his re.
movaL Seldom has one man in his
own lifetime built up an institution so
numerically strong in all parts of the
world
Many anecdotes are told of the dead
leader to illustrate his many sided
character.
In discussing the anti-suicide bu-
reaus of the army he once said:
Kindness and charity are factors of
these bureaus The charity will be Of
the right kind, trust. There are, you
know, two kinds of charity, and too
much OF it u like the BARRIERS.
There was poor deacon in War.
wick who had no money and needed
to be shaved. and he went from barber
10 barber, but none of them, despite
his holy Office, was willing to shave
him for nothing.
In the end, though, he found bar.
ber who on hearing his tale, said
gruffiy:
sit down there in that chair
suddenly the BARRIERS dog in the
adjacent room set up terrific howl
ing
BE still, therer cried the barber.
And he muttered anxiously, What can
they be doing to himT
Alas said the deacon, L shouldn't
wonder If some one was shaving him
out of charity"
Needed No More Prayers.
On another occasion General Booth
was talking to New York reporter.
Are you savedF' he asked suddenly
The young man flushed, stammered
and hesitated.
WELL" said the general, "do not
despair. There is a chance even for
New York reporters"
Then, discussing prayer, General
Booth told story, story with a
moral
There was a young clergyman ap-
pointed to small country town." he
rival horsy looking man in leggings
stopped him on the street one day,
bowed respectfully and said In a trem-
ulous voice:
If you please, sir, would you mind
next Sabbath Offering up bit of a
prayer for Milly Deanr
THE minister, of course, assented,
The man, whose look was worried and
haggard, took leave gratefully, and on
the next and the two following Sun
days Milly Dean was prayed for from
the pulpit.
Then one afternoon the man in leg
gings met the minister again
Thank you for them prayers, SIR
he said, but you needn't pray no more |
for Milly Dean
why said the other, shocked, is
she deadT
DeadT said the man in leggings. |
No; she's just won the Blue Ribbon
handicap by length and half"
An instance of the fire and feverish |
anxiety Of General Booth to compress
as much work as possible into the |
closing years Of his ministry was pro-
vided on his missions by motor.
Faster was the word that impelled |
the general ever forward, and it is to |
be feared that in his anxiety to carry
the message into the remote villages
that are still off the train track he did |
not always observe the speed limit.
He frequently exceeded thirty miles
an hour.
When his chauffeur was getting all |
he could out OF the engines the gen
erals cry was still "Faster!" The car
was capable Of thirty-hve miles an
hour. That did not satisfy him. He
always wanted to move quicker. He
would sit on the front seat by the
driver, whispering every now and
again, "Faster!"
Preeepts For Longevity.
Seven pithy precepts for the attain
ment Of old age were given by General
Booth in explanation Of his surprising
activity and vigor. He said:
Eat as little as possible. The average
man eats too much. Instead of nour-
ishing his body he overtaxes 1t, com
peiling his stomach to digest more food
than it has capacity for.
Drink plenty of water in prefer
ence to adulterated concoctions. Wa
ter is wholesome nourishment.
Take exercise. 1t is just as foolish
to develop the mind and not the body
as 1t is to develop the body and not
the mind. Perform some manual la
Dor; dig, walk, chop wood or, If you
can talk with your whole body, why,
then talk, but do it with all your
might.
abstain from indulgences which
overtax the body and injure not only
yourself, but the generations that come
after you.
Have a purpose in life that pre-
dominates above all else; that is bene- !
fcent to those abOut Won and NOT tO