DRAMATIC FAREWELL
SALVATIONIST CHIEF GENERAL BOOTH’S SPEECH (Reed. Oct. 24. 9 ami.) LONDON, Oct. 22. With the Salvation Army flag draped round her .shoulders. General Evangeline Booth made her last public appearance in London at Regent Hall before her retirement at the end of the month. The hall was crowded with thousands of followers and wellwishers General Booth spoke for an hour. She clenched her fists when she declared: "God made me a fighter. I am a fighter from the word ‘Go’.” A hushed congregation heard her farewell words: "Love one another God bless you.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 24 October 1939, Page 14
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95DRAMATIC FAREWELL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 24 October 1939, Page 14
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