The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-02
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR GENERAL
BOOTH
Citizens Hear Tributes to the
Great Leader Who Has
Passed On.
FAVORITE N
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Exercises, Quiet and impress
sive, Held at the Grand
Theatre Sunday.

To the strains Of solemn music, the
Grand Forks followers Of General
William Booth passed slowly from
the Grand theater at 3 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, where services were
held in memory Of their late COM
mander. Two Of the soldiers carried
a large picture of the general, around
which was a beautiful wreath of flow
ers. The members Of the corps wore
bands of whit on their arms.
The services were quiet and inn
presstve. and were we'll attended ~
residents Of both Grand Forks and
East Grand Forks. Interesting re-
marks were made by those who knew
Of the great Salvation Army work
and its success.
Mayor NJ. F. Murphy of Grand
Forks paid a splendid tribute to the
life and work Of General Booth. "He
was the head of this great movement
and will be greatly missed, but his
work will live after him." declared
the mayor.
Rev. F M. Mccoy. pastor of, the
First Methodist church, was the next
speaker, and briefly told Of the be-
ginning of General Booths work as
head of the Salvation Army. Mr.. Nc
Coy told of his early church work.
and how he later felt called to go out
and reach the fallen ones and out
casts and to preach to them. Mr..
Mccoy said General Booth began his
work in a little tent in the east end
Of London, whre he preached to the
o%utcasts day after day. He told how
the work spread over London,
throughout England, and finally
crossed the sea to America and the
continent. Mr.. Mccoy then briefly
referred to the branching out Of the
Salvation Army work and the begin
ming of the great social service work.
George Warner, secretary of the Y.
M. c. A., followed with the reading
of the scripture! lessons. the portion
of the bible which was read at all
Booth memorial services yesterday.
A Born Leader.
Judge j. r. Church, who was for
merly a member of. the Grand Forks
Army corps and who entertained
General Booth on his first visit to
Grand Forks fifteen years ago, gave
several very interesting "reminiscences
of his visit with the founder of the
army. Judge Church told of how
the local officers had gone to Wfnni-
peg to meet the general. not expecting
him to stop in Grand Forks, and Of
AAo" AAS aAAN oNAASAc
ed General Booth and the members
of his party and how the general adj
dressed a packed house at the Meth
odist church that night. In closing,
Mr.. Church referred to the subject Of
his address as "a man of wonderful
magnetism and ability" and as a
born soldier and general"
Mrs. Farmhouse, wife of the ad-
jutant of the Grand Forks corps. was
the next speaker. and gave an inter-
esting account Of her early Salvation
Army. work. Of her training under
the direction Of Miss Eva Booth, the
generals daughter, and Of the many
meetings she had had with the gen.
eral. She told Of his work among
the officers, and the words of en-
couragement he had given her and
several other young women, when
they left London to come to Amer
lea to take up the work here.
Army in London.
DR.. G.. E. Coles, pastor of the Men,
denhall Memorial Presbyterian
church Of East Grand Forks. gave an
interesting account of the work of the
Army In London. He characterized
the work Of General Booth and the
Salvation Army as turning the wa
tiers Of life into the flowers of God"
Mr.. Coles said that one Of the most
aristocratic forces in England was
the army, and. in order that an "ar-
istocracy for heaven" might be es-
tablished, General Booth adopted the
army methods in carrying out his
work. He said that Booth proclaim
ed himself general, and then began
with the riff-raff Of the London
streets, carrying his great work to a
successful elimination.
B~ig-hearted Man. -.
DIR. Homer F. Cook, pastor. Of the
First Baptist church, was the last
speaker of the afternoon. II know of
no man whose heart has touched the
hearts Of as many men and women as
General Booth. His was not the gos-
pei Of the first aid: it was often the.
last and only aid. He was the last to
speak to them; his was the last heart
that loved and touched them.
"He is preeminent in the worlds
history as the one man who believed
to the limit that Christ was able to
save to the uttermost and carried out
that belief"
The songs hat we're sung during
the services were all chosen from
among General Booths favorites, anu
one of them. "Boundless Salvation"
was composed by him. On the way
to the theater. the members Of the
corps sang n of his greatest favor
ties. "Shall We Gather at the River ~