Show 15 oed WILLIAM DIES AT AGE OF AT HOME IN ENGLAND founder and head of world wide or believed that poverty and sin were to a certain extent allied and ministered to needy london general william booth the venerable founder and head of the bal salvation army died at his rei in Hadley wood enfield tuesday night he ile had been unconscious for 48 18 hour and during that time had lost rapidly ho ile was la in hie his fourth year general william booth who developed the greatest organized sed movement mace the beginning of christianity fol fo the saving of human eoula souls wae was the aon son of a nottingham england car penter ho ife nas as born in that city on oil april 10 1829 he ile chose preaching for a profession and studied theology under a private tutor for the methodist new conned tion church in 1852 when he was 23 22 years of age he entered the ministry but waa was not formally ordained until elx six jars years later in the meantime he was appointed to do circuit work but he had received a taste of evangelism and it appealed appeal eil to him to his imaginative and am bilious mind the work of ministering week after week to the same congre 0 OEN GEN WILLIAM BOOTH gallon gation palled he longed tor for breth fields und and a continued fight after hii hu man trian souls while traveling through the country particularly in london general booth was struck by the poverty ot of the people in the alums prom from ration ho concluded that poverty and sin were to a certain extent allied and that to do the most effective work and to get the best results ho he should tran his efforts to he poverty strick stricken eu denizens zena of the slums july 5 2865 Is a memorable day because on that day general booth took the first step which led afterwards to the founding of the Salvat salvation ioa army thib this effort waa was first styled the christian mission but it laid the amda to fot the great international artry of faith which was to follow the name of tte the wai was changed to the salvation army array and general booth began the gigantic task of establishing a regular army to fight sin and poverty frela a humble beginning in london lend this great tion las has grown until it has las 8 corps circle circles and ua established in countries and colonies with about officers and employees in almost every city ot of consequence there Is to a branch with barracks where tada T maintained and food ie to die dia at a very cheap rate the salvation arm soon found that its ramifications were to so great and so widespread wide spread waa the interest in its work that it needed an official organ so the newspaper war cry was start ed ad and Is in ft A flourishing condition A a a concrete example of the material benefit benefits of the army persons ate itte rup supplied plied with beds in a single year while in the same length of urae nearly are fed fei Geli general oral booth made a number ot of trips to the united states bramwell booth eldest son ot the gereral gc who has been his ti fathers chief of staff tor for thirty years will sue cd his father as commander in chief of the Sil salvation army |