The Authoritative Life of General William Booth, Founder of the Salvation ArmyRailton, George S. (George Scott)
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The Authoritative Life of General William Booth, Founder of the Salvation Army
Railton, George S. (George Scott)
Booth, William, 1829-1912; Salvation Army
(f) The world has been further benefited by the help which our
Social Operations have afforded to the Field and other Departments
of The Army all over the world.
(g) The world has been further benefited by the confidence the
Social Work has created in the hearts and minds of our own
people--both Officers and Soldiers--as to the truth and
righteousness of the principles and practices of The Salvation
Army.
(h) The world has been further benefited by the answer which the
Social Work constitutes to the infidel's sneers at Christianity and
the assertion of its effeteness.
Truly, our future chroniclers will have to record the fact that our
Social Operations added a celestial lustre and imparted a Divine
dignity to the struggles of the early years of The Salvation Army's
history.
To our own eyes in The Army, however, that which has been done in
connexion with the Institutions is only a very insignificant part of the
whole effect produced. Until the present movement all over the world in
favour of the betterment of the social condition of the masses of the
people has had time to accomplish definite results, our Institutions may
yet have a good work to do.
But the great work The General did in this connexion was the restoration
to men's minds of the Saviour's own view, that we owed to every man
every care that a truly brotherly heart must needs bestow. That
principle, as The General pointed out, had always been acted upon, as
best it could be, from the beginning, and is daily acted upon to-day,
wherever The Army exists.
Chapter XXI
Motoring Triumphs
During one of his Motor Tours The General remarked:--
"It was here (Banbury) that the idea of a Motor Campaign was
conceived. Seven or eight years ago (1900) I held an afternoon
Meeting in this place. On that occasion a crowd of my own people
and friends came to the station to give me a send-off. Such was the
affection shown, and so manifest was the pleasure derived from my
visit, that I said to myself:--
"'Why should I not impart this satisfaction to those comrades and
friends throughout the country who have never had the satisfaction
of seeing my face, or hearing my voice?'
"And then the idea occurred to my mind that the automobile would
not only be the readiest means of transit, but the only plan by
which I could reach the small towns and outlying hamlets. Moreover,
it would perhaps prove the only method by which we could get
through the crowds who would be likely to assemble on such a
Campaign."
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