Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-22


ship Of the Salvation Army, special
interest attaches to the following pen
sketch Of .BramweII Booth, the new
general, and TO the appreciative per.
sonaI article on General Booth, the
founder Of the army. The latter is
written by one whose friendship witt
the general extends over many years
LONDON, The man who has now
taken the forefront place in that vast
movement known, as the Salvation
Army has proved himself for years
a master in organization. That the
strongest impression gained of Bran
we'll Booth as chief executive of the
army should have been of his origin
izing power is an Indication of the
reserve and diffidence which eharac-
teriZe the man. -*-
Without personal ambition but
with burning zeal for his cause he
has known how to still the enthusia-
SIN which, with his power Of oratory,
would have placed him on public
platform and given him that place
in the minds and hearts of the Sal
yationists second only to that of the
founder of the movement, for Bran
well Booth proved at the beginning
of his career, in the active ranks OF
the army that he was possessed of a
feTyor as ardent as that which in
spired his father and mother.
To his mother, indeed, he owed
much, and 1t is of the wonderful
charm and sweetness of her voice
and of her extraordinary gift of ora
tory that one is forcibly reminded
when, his imperturbable quiet broken
.Bramwell Booth speaks with that
,persuasiyeness and sincerity, and
that conviction, which explain those
audiences of men and women Of re-
finement' which were drawn to the
hall in Whitechapel in the days Of
the Friday evening meetings.
His appeal is as strong to the poor
and outcast, to those to whom the
army specially ministers. AS volun-
tary preacher and teacher in Mile
End and Bethnal Green he won the
confidence and love of the people.
and it was he who organized the
special Salvation Army corps of
children which of all the army's bat
talions was the most cheerful and
successful
The genius of Bramwell Booth has
lain in thoroughness and humility.
He had the grace of his parents life
time to be as one who serves. He
filed every position in the army. re-
fusing none, and in every position he
was thorough, until from self-institut-
ed servant of all he had become an
expert In every branch. One who
knew him wen described him accu-
rately when he said of him that he
possessed the qualities of a front
rank statesman, supreme Judge, a
gentleman and true Christian.
Man Who Made Salvation
Army Great.
LONDON General Booth was
great man. What is equally remark
able, he was married to a great wo-'
man. 1t is therefore perhaps not won
derful, though 1t may be unusual, that
in the present general of the Saliva
ton Army there should have risen up
q man capable of carrying on its ira
ditions and enlarging the sphere of
its energies in the way contemplated
by his parents.
When General Booth first attempt
ed the organization of the movement
he was attracted by field which had
practically been abandoned by the
church as hopeless. The submerged
tenth seemed to have hunk TO a NOR
al and mental level from which it
was impossible that it should ever
rise to the surface again, except as
scum.
William Booth saw and believed
the fact, so often quoted but so little
acted upon, that there is gold in
every human character The ordinary
man admits this but usually adds,
with an information which is not to be
mistaken, IL you can find it. The
founder of the Salvation movement
believed that it was to be found but
he recognized that it was no use ap-
pealing to this side Of human nature
along the lines which the orthodox
churches regarded as respectable. He
had the courage to strike new line
for himself, and as every other pio-
neer, he met the full volume of ortho-
dox antagonism and conservative re-
sentiment.
War Cries Offended.
The early War Cries were not cal
culated to appeal to the country vi
car, with his traditions of White of
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