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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
December 1926
A SISTER’S TENDER TRIBUTE TO A LIFE OF CONSECRATED SERVICE I T WAS the editor’s privilege to have as a personal friend the late Herbert Booth, youngest son ofe-General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, and we rejoiced when he wrote us that he was taking over the leadership of the great Bryan Bible Class at Miami, Florida, but were saddened by his later advice that he had been obliged, because of failing health, to give it up and return to his home in Yonkers, N. Y., where he died in September of this year. His sister, Evangeline Booth, Commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, was at his bed side during his last hours on earth; and his eldest sister, popularly known in Great Britain as “The Mgrechale, writes as follows concerning her brother in “The Life of Faith,” (London): As the eldest daughter of the late General William Booth, I feel it incumbent upon me to write a few lines about my beloved brother Herbert, who has Just died in Yonkers, N. Y. Commissioner Booth-Tucker, in the first editions of the “Life of Catherine Booth,” wrote concerning the birth of Herbert:, "And now a fifth and fitting keystone was added to the rising arch (of the General’s family) ta the unconscious infant who was to be in a special sense the sweet psalmist and musician of the modern Salvation Army, making palace and garret ring alike with sacred song, so simple that the merest child could understand, and yet so rich in harmony as to carry the appreciation of the best trained ear. He was to bp the future musician of the Army, the composer of some of its most stirring melodies and the originator of its countless brass bands.” His foresight and genius in matters of organization did much to make the Army what it is today. In Canada and Australia, which countries he comnjanded (as also the British Isles), he lifted, the work from a position of un certainty to one of unprecedented spiritual vigor and finan cial soundness. He did much to establish the land move ments. When that side of the work was in its infancy, he obtained a large grant of choice land from the Austra lian Government upon which he built a model dairy farm, the labor of which was supplied from the criminal youth of the country. To the salvation of these lads, the experiment proved a-rcomplete success and became a model foi* such enterprises elsewhere. At the height of his popularity, he resigned from the Army on questions of principle. Many years of fruitful service in many parts of the world followed his departure. He was a splendid speaker. How many men and women in the churches and in the Army owe their salvation or their renewed zeal to the instrumentality of his evangelism! I may add that during the last fourteen years, I have been in closer touch with my brother Herbert than the other members of our family. His heart was always open to all that was spiritual. He was a truly humble, great character. I have lost a friend among' friends, and the Christian world a champion of premillennial truth in these dark days.—Marechale Booth-Clibborn. m m
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