Show IS GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH DIES AT ar AGE OF EIGHTY THREE AT HOME IN ENGLAND faunde and aad head of worldwide world wide organization believed that poverty and sn S n were 6 to a certain E extent and ministered to needy lond i 1 Goi loral Vill Liin booth the ebern v le je found louii clor n and head of the salvation aminy died tt at ills ill resli resilience lence in Hadley wood E enfield ay I 1 night light he flo had biad been for 48 houis and during that tario had harilos ha lost strength rapidly lie ile was in ill hid hia ea eighty 1 I jt fourth year general william booth who developed the greatest organized mover nent since the beginning of for the saving of human souls was tile the son of a nottingham england Eng tand car penter ile he was born in thit that city on april 10 1829 ile he chose preaching for it a profession and studied theology under a private tutor for the methodist now new connection church in when ho bo was 23 years of age lie ho entered the ministry but was not formally ordained until six years later in the meantime he was appointed to do circuit work but lie he had received lec elved a taste of evangelism and it appealed to him TO his imaginative and ambitious bilious litt ious mind the work of ministering week after week to the same congre GEN WILLIAM BOOTH gatlon palled lie ho longed for fresh fields and a continued fight fl ht ater after 1 human ill man souls sollis while traveling through the coun try particularly in london general booth was struck by the pov poverty erty of the people in III tile the slums from observation he concluded that poverty and sin were to a certain extent allied and that to do theril the most ost effective w work ork and to get the best results b bo 0 should transfer his efforts to the poverty stricken denizens of the slums july 5 1865 Is a memorable ablo day because on that day general booth took the first step which led afterwards to the founding of the salvation army this elfort effort was first styled tho the christian mission but it laid the seeds for the great international army of faith wh which I 1 ch was to follow the name of the organization way was changed to the salvation army and general booth began the gigantic task of establishing a regular army to fight sin and poverty from a humble beginning ginning 9 in london this great organization has grown until it has corps circles and societies established in fifty fafty six countries and colan es cs with about officers and employees in almost every city of consequence cone chui coui equen quence ce there theio is a branch with barracks where beds are maintained and food la 19 dispensed at a very cheap rate the salvation army soon found that its ramifications were so groat and so widespread wide spread was the interest in its work that it needed an official bigan so the newspaper war cry was started and is in a flourishing condition As a concrete example of the material benefits of the army persons a are supplied with beds la a single year while in the same length of time nearly are fed general booth made a number of trips to the united states bramwell booth succeeds father london in the presence cfall the salva salvation alon army commanders and the principal officers in london general booths testament entrusted to tile the army solicitor twenty two years ago appointing the late commander ln in chiefs son bramwell booth bo kh to succeed him was opened on wednesday and and read bramwell booth who has been beeh chief of staff with the salvation army since 1880 accepted the succession formally with much feeling |