Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-05
A New Series by Successful
Women on
How | Discovered
Myself
Commander Booth Tells How sho
Came to Work for Good Of Others
BY MAUD DARLINGTON BOOTH.

Commander OF tho volunteers of
America.
AZ worry early ago. inspired ny tho
example Of my parents gave my life to
God. As years OF mnturer understand
ing came to me, 0s q natural sequence I
looked for the field which offered the
greatest opportunity 20 utilize tho Gift
which had boon Eivon mo and which I
wanted to uso for the worlds better
ment.
could see no sphere and could find no
place where my powers could he bOtter
used than IN the movement founded by
my father and mother. This resulted IN
my deciding, at the early ago OF i6 10
follow this field and It was thus that
my girliah dreams and aspirations wore
interviewer with the stern. hard facts
and collaborating purposes Of the
Christian battlefield.
Tho buoynnt ambitions OF youth. tho
enthusiastic Hrdor OF eirihood. the grow
ing conceptions OF mental capacity were
all turned from the roseate hues OF life
which usually occupy the minds OF tho
young. and wcrp directed to tho aad.
shhdowcd paths where SORROW and nuf-
fcring held out hands OF appeal TO my
girls heart and claimed all that 1 Dos
As for succees, II others were answer
ing this question they would point TO
the executive and public gifts which have
enabled mo 10 control and influences large
crowds OF people. The succeas I have
snined through these gifts I win admit.
put personally I prefer TO lay emphasis
upon two qualities which partake rather
OF tho heart than OF tho mind.
l refer To my deep and passionate IovN
OF mankind. which has Increased in
fsrvor with the passing OF time. and an
Intense sympathy OF disposition which
makes IL easy for mo to enter into and
reel as in my own body, the ills and
heartaches OF others.
Perhaps might also mention thorough
ness as factor in my snccess. From a
child whatever I turned my attention TO
had to be done to the best OF my ability
and knowledge. Nothing else would ever
| satisfy me, and this spirit Is as potent
| with me today as IL ever was
As field or sphere. our work depends
to great extent on faith. Take the
| divine out of our work and You have
the ordinary philanthropic agency which
Is vulnerable to criticism and attaok.
Work which Is OF God can never be
this, and therefore 1 believe cannot be
| allowed to fail in delivering men and
women from the weaknesses and sins
which ruin their lives and wreck their
spiritual being.
The true Salvationist. the whole world
over, IL distinguished by his unswervine
faith. upon which he relies first, last and
all the time.
As an application 10 the world at large
faith In God is to me the worlds only
hope. 1t Is the one thing that applies
to all classes, all conditions and all
spheres.
In Il is found the solution for ali prob
lens. the balm for all wounds, the re-
dress for all wrongs. and the secret OF
the universal and unparalleled success
with which the Salvation Army has met
all around the giobo lies in the fact that
It LAS gone to tho world with an unalter-
able faith In God.
To all women I should like 10 Rive a
few words of help. Make righteousness
the rule of your life, and then make
your life tell. wherever II ia lived, by
letting II embrace service for Others, No
life is complete and no woman ia happy
II bounded by selfish considerations seIf
will dwarf and distort tho highest and
noblest Of natures. whereas unset flshnasa
enlarges the character and beautifies the
! countenance.