Show SALVATION ARMY LEADER IS DEAD GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH DIES AT AGE OF EIGHTY THREE AT HOME IN ENGLAND founder and head of worldwide world wide or believed that poverty and sin were to a certain extent allied and ministered to needy Lon london clon general william booth tho ener rener ablo founder and head of oc tile salvation army died it at ills in Hadley wood enfield tuesday blight ile ho had boon been unconscious for 48 hours and during that efino had los lost strength rapidly ile ho was in ill his 1118 eighty fourth year I 1 general william booth who developed the greatest organized movement pinco inco the beginning of christianity for tho the saving of brinan souls was the son flon of a nottingham england carpenter ile ho was born la in that city on april 10 1829 lie ho chose preaching for it profession and studied theology under a private tutor for the Aleth methodist odlat now new connection church in ISM 1852 when lie he was 23 years of age lie he entered tho the ministry but was wag not formally ordained until six years later inter in the meantime meant line ho was wag appointed to do circuit work hut but lie had received ia a taste of evangelism and it appealed to hint him to hla his and ambitions mind the work woric of ministering week after week to tile tho same saine congre I 1 GEN WILLIAM B BOOTH gation gallon palled lie he longed for fresh fields and a continued fight after ilu hu man souls whilo traveling through the country particularly in london general booth was struck by tho the poverty ot of tile the people in the slums from observation ho he concluded that poverty and in were to a certain extent allied and that to do tile tho most effective corli and to got the best beat results lie he should transfer hla his efforts to the poverty stricken denizens of the slums 1 july 5 15 Is a memorably day bo be call cause so on that day general booth tool took thu the first step which led afterwards to the founding of the salvation army this effort was first styled the chris tian mission but it laid the seeds foi the great international army of faith which was to follow the name of the organization wile was changed to tho the salvation army and general booth began tho the gigantic tash of establishing a regular army to fight sin aln and pov poverty eity from a humble beginning in london this great tion has grown until it has corps circles and societies established in fifty six countries and colonies with about officers and employees in almost every city of consequence i there Is a branch with barracks where beds are maintained and coq tool Is dispensed at a very cheap rate the salvation army soon found that its ramifications were so great and so widespread was the interest in ili its ito work that it needed an official organ so the newspaper war cry was started and is in a flourishing condition As a concrete example of tho the material benefits of tho the army persons are supplied with beds in a single year while in the same length of time nearly are fed general booth made a number of trips to tho the united states bramwell Br amwel booth succeeds father Lon london dori in the presence of all the salvation army commanders and the principal officers in london general booths testament entrusted to the tha army solicitor twenty two years ago appointing the late commander lii ill chiefs son bramwell booth to succeed hirn him was opened on wednesday and read bramwell moth booth who has been chief 0 ot staff with the salvation army since 1880 accepted the succession formally with much feeling |