GENERAL BOOTH.
The address® given in Maspfcerton last •evening by Colonel Birkenslikuw drawsi pointed. attention to .one .of the mosit j-emlarkaiblle personalities o* the j present age. General Booth, the ! (founder of that unique organisation which encompasses the earth and controls forces in> every country, is mow in tine seer and yellow leaf. He is over eighty years- of iage, buit reftaimsi a, miental vigour and powws of organization, which are extraordinary. He has recently presided over a. Social Congress in the .Giity of London, wihlen over 250 delegate® aistsembled from no fewer than fifitynsix different countries of the world, maid the reports of his- utterances when • attempting -to consolidate the .social -work of Ihis organization, show .wihia/t a. marvellous graisp lie hia,s of human -filature and of detail. General Booth, at the best, cannot remain, for miore than another few years at Ms post; font when he retire® at the command of the Supreme, he will go down to hi® ©nave full of 'honour, and ' his ; name will he indeilbly inscribed' upon the pages of history a® that of a moMie, a great reformer.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 4
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185GENERAL BOOTH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10410, 2 September 1911, Page 4
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