The Late Mrs Booth

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 October 1890, Page 2

The Late Mrs Booth

It wi'l bo interesting to our realers if we give a brief outline from the War Cry of the life of Mrs Booth, the wife of the General of the Sal vation Army. She \v;is born about the year 183/5. and married in 1852.

Mrs Booth so em* always to have been in delicate health, and throughout her life was a groat sufferer. Bpfove sho wm.s married she was so d lio:te that slt« - coull not walk -miv distance wiihont. great pain, but G id most wonderfully and positively healed her of thai malady shortly afterwards, and she scarcely suffered from it since.

Twelve months before bis marriage the General had been appointed by the Conference Conoexional Evangelist, and in that capacity he, in couv pany with Ms Booth, travelled about visiting some of the principal towns in the United Kingdom.

During the third year of the Gates head term Mrs Booth made her first appearance as a public speaker. Throe months after this, the General falling ill Mrs Booth was rcquostn] to take his p'ncp, which she ('id. The al oted stay in th" Gnteshend Circuit having expired, and the Gen^rnl's application for appointment to Evangelical Work boi"g refuse! by the Oonf rence, he resigned. his position in that body. He ihen went to Cornwall

and staved 2i years taking part in •n; of the «v atest revivals in rha o v ity. Af-.Hi- th :t th'.'y moved to L >nd n and practically s '.arced tlie Arniv, hut k.uMvn then as the Easi L >nlon Chris iin Mission, and in 1878 the movement h v'nig grown, it wa- known as t^e C !i r sban Mi^ sioti. Mrs Bout'i^ last s'-ruMu was p d che 1 in the '"ity Temple Church, H lborn Vi ...luet on 21 t Juno 1888, bnc bei gin ye y foe lo h • I'll «p pt are I to -pea's with s mo diffico ty. 1> is rep .i-t (I tbit t.h j symp thy of the co -givg.ition With Mrs Booth's weak condition was evinced by tho rapt attention with which they listeno.l to her important message, and the low murmured " Amen " that rose up to heaven from many hearts when Mr Denny offered up a prayer thut her words would find a lodging place in every heart. There is no doubt but that this excellent woman filled a most imp rtant place in this world, but knowing that since last Christmas she has hovered between life and death — suffering unutterable anguish -no one can regret that she has boen mercifully released. She died on Saturday the Ith October.