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
"Thursday.--Preached from 'Him that cometh to Me I will in nowise
cast out.' Had a blessed Meeting. A woman who had herself found
Jesus during the week, pointed me to her husband. Found him fully
enlightened and deeply convicted. I urged him to immediate decision
and the full surrender of himself to God. He came out, and fell
down among the Penitents. He remained there about an hour. The
Meeting could not be concluded until near eleven o'clock, and many
were very reluctant to retire even then.
"Friday.--The first thing this morning my host informed me that he
had just heard of a mason who had been at the services every night,
and who had resolved to stop work until he found the Lord. Soon
after a young lady came in to tell us of a woman who had found
peace during the night. At the family altar this morning, a woman
in the employ of the gentleman with whom we are staying commenced
to bemoan her sinful condition and to cry for mercy. I asked her to
remain, and pointed her to Jesus, and she soon found rest through
believing. In the afternoon, met several anxious persons for prayer
and conversation. In the evening we had announced a public Prayer
Meeting. Before we reached the chapel we could hear the cries and
prayers of those already assembled. On entering, we found a strong
man praising God at the top of his voice for hearing his prayer and
pardoning his sins. It was the mason. He had been under deep
concern for three days; had not slept at all the night before, but
after a day's agony, he had found Jesus; and such tumultuous,
rapturous joy I think I never witnessed. Again and again, during
the evening, he broke out with a voice that drowned all others, and
rose above our songs of praise ascribing glory to Jesus for what He
had done for his soul. There were many other cases of almost equal
interest. The Meeting was not closed until eleven.
"About midnight, the Rev. J. Shone, the minister in charge of the
church, was called out to visit a woman who was in great distress.
He afterwards described her agony in seeking, and her joy in
finding, the Lord, together with the sympathy and exultation of her
friends with her, as one of the most thrilling scenes he ever
witnessed."
In a later report The General wrote:--
"Hayle, Cornwall.
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