The Maréchale (Catherine Booth-Clibborn)Strahan, James
Religion
The Maréchale (Catherine Booth-Clibborn)
Strahan, James
Booth-Clibborn, Catherine, 1860-1955
From Leeds: "Miss Booth in the Circus. A glorious month. Hard-hearted
sinners broken down. Best of all, our own people have been getting
blessedly near to God. On Sunday mornings love feasts from nine to
ten.... It would be impossible to give even an outline of the various
and glorious cases of conversion that have come under our notice through
the month which is past. For truly Christ has been bringing to His fold
rich and poor, young and old." From Cardiff: "The question, ’Does this
work stand?’ received a magnificent reply on Sunday. The crowds who
filled the Stuart Hall, to hear Miss Booth, were the largest any one can
remember seeing during all the four years of the Mission’s history
there." From King’s Lynn: "Miss Booth’s Mission. The town has had a
royal visit from the Lord of Lords and King of Kings. There has been a
great awakening, and trembling, and turning to the Lord. Whole families
have been saved, and whole courts have sought salvation. Our holiness
meeting will never be forgotten.... The work here rolls on gloriously.
Not only in Lynn but for miles round the town it is well known that a
marvellous work has been done and is still going forward."
All these battles and victories were naturally followed by the General
with intense interest, and as often as it was possible he was at his
daughter’s side. Mrs. Booth joined them when they were opening a
campaign together at Stockton-on-Tees, and sent her impressions to a
friend. "Pa and Katie had a blessed beginning yesterday. Theatre
crowded at night, and fifteen cases. I heard Katie for the first time
since we were at Cardiff. I was astonished at the advance she had made.
I wish you had been there, I think you would have been as pleased as I
was. It was sweet, tender, forcible, and Divine. I could only adore
and weep. She looked like an angel, and the people were melted, and
spellbound like children." The General began to call her his "Blücher,"
for she helped to win many a hard-fought battle which he might otherwise
have lost. When the rowdies threatened to take the upper hand at a
meeting, he would say, "Put on Katie, she’s our last card; if she fails
we’ll close the meeting."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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