'I'll fight on till I get it,' she answered. 'I won't give in. Next time I see them I shall be above the pain and sorrow for ever.' But, though at the last she longed to be at rest, it was not easy for her great mother's heart to unloose itself from those she loved, and from the thousands in all lands who looked to her as to a mother. If you have learnt to love very deeply you will also have to suffer, and her very love made the parting so difficult. 'Oh,' she exclaimed, when speaking of leaving The General and her children, 'mine is such a heart! it seems as if it had got roots all round the world clutching on to one and another, and that it will not let them go! And yet You can take care of them, Lord, better than I could. I do, I do believe! O Eternal Father, Shepherd of the sheep, do Thou look after my little flock!' 'Amen,' we who read these lines may say; adding to her prayer, 'And give us that same heart and love which made her life of such mighty power.' X THE WARRIOR 'Fighting is hard work, whatever sort of fighting it is. You cannot fight without wounds of body, heart, or soul.'--MRS. BOOTH. 'Lastly,' said The General in that same beautiful tribute to our Army Mother that I have already quoted from,' she was a _warrior_. She liked the fight. She was not one who said to others, "Go," but "Here, let _me_ go"; and when there was the necessity she said, "I _will_ go!" I never knew her flinch until her poor body compelled her to lie on one side.' Our Army Mother was, indeed, before all things a warrior; she fought bravely and unceasingly her whole life through. In thought and purpose she was independent, and dared to stand out for what she felt right. Cowardice, in her opinion, was one of the commonest and most subtle sins of the day, and she had no patience with those who dared not say 'No,' and feared to stand alone. She thought for herself, and though always eager to hear and learn as much as possible from others, yet she was not carried away by their opinions, but carefully weighed and considered their arguments, and then formed her own judgments. Mrs. Booth strove earnestly for doctrine. 'Let us take care,' she said, in The Army's early days, 'what Gospel we preach. Let us mind our doctrine.' And again:-- 'We must stick to the form of sound words, for there is more in it than appears on the surface. "Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and the Holy Ghost," was the theology of our forefathers, and I am suspicious of all attempts to mend it.' And once more:-- 'Let us beware of wrong doctrine, come through whomsoever it may. Holy men make sad mistakes. "Well, but," say some, "is not a person who holds wrong views with a right heart better than a person with right views and a wrong heart?" Yes, so far as his personal state before God is concerned, but not in his influence on man. My charity must extend to those likely to be deceived or ruined by his doctrines as well as to him.'