Evening star., 1929-06-28

American tributes to the late Gen.
Bramwen Booth Of the Salvation Army
give unstinted praise to his leadership
of q great movement, and recall with
grateful appreciation the part played by
the army during the World War.
with his father" says the Bingham
ton Press "he must be accorded equal
share of credit for the success of that
organization which is known wherever
the English-speaking race has gone on
the globe, and which in this country is
vastly successful instrument in public
welfare work. His wartime organiZa-
ton and efforts always win be ren1em-
bered gratefully by the men who fought
in the trenches at Armageddon. Le-
gions Of red and blue uniformed Saliva
tionists stand forward to give testimony
of what he meant in their lives and the
lives Of those to whom they minister"
"The Salvation Army found opportu-
nifty in the World War and grasped it, T"
recalls the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
In tribute to lone of the worlds great
est evangelistS'' that paper continues:
Fresh in his new opportunity, Gen.
Booth the younger sent the Salvation
Army on its errand Of mercy into every
camp and rest area behind the front
and into the countries Of the belligerent
nations. As has been said of the organ
ization, it had been raised from the
status of q poor mans club to q power
full international institution. The Sal
Vation Army became the strength 1t
now represents through the organizing
genius of the elder Booth and the re-
fnement Of its momentum by Gen.
William Bramwell Booth, who now Is
dead, a private in the ranks he COM
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Recognizing similarly that Gin war
his army was present, giving spiritual
and material suStenance to the soldiers
of the allied forces" the Albany Eve
ming News states that "he was called
the Father of the Worlds Poor the
Patriarch Of the Slums,' and these were
not empty titles" The Oakland Tribune
comments on his service in the organi-
zation for 56 years, and adds that he
the field the thousands Of Salvation
Army workers whose service at the front
won the gratitude Of every soldier"
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The Columbus (Ohio) Evening Dis
patch thinks that "the good he did can
not be estimated, and he is entitled to
be ranked among the leading humani-
tarians of the worlds history" The
Springfield lMass.l Republicans YER
as one of the great religious and philan-
thropic leaders and organizers Of his
time"
"It Is q much better world In which
we live because of Bramwell Booth, Z"
declares the Evansville Courier, with the
explanation that "he made q world
wide organization with an estimated
revenue Of 100000 year and COM
trolling some 1,200 social institutions,
including industrial homes, farms for
children. day schools, hotels for men
and naval or military homes" And the
Aberdeen Daily World ea,clains: start
ing from its small beginnings Ia the
slums of London, what proof Is here
afforded Of the strength Of tender hearts
and humility and sincere desire to serve
humanity"
Whenever one hears the cornet and
tambourine and sees groups of blue
clad men and women standing In the
street, humbly practicing Christianity
and earnestly pleading In behalf of its
precepts," says the Ann Arbor Daily
News, "the name Of Booth win be re-
called to mind" The Admission Star
AYERS that he built his own monument
In life, and the results Of hts efforts
WIN stand % . perretual tribute to his