[The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by George Scott Railton]@TWC D-Link bookThe Authoritative Life of General William Booth CHAPTER XI 5/19
About one-third of those present wore Salvation Regalia. "General Booth displayed wonderful energy throughout his fatiguing day's work.
His voice has great carrying power, and the speaker was distinctly heard throughout the auditorium.
Despite the fact that they could not gain admission to the building, at the evening service, people remained standing in the drenching rain from 7:30 till after 9 o'clock to see The General leave." "At the close of his last address," says _The Times_, "167 men and women had been persuaded to his point of view, and went to the Mercy-Seat." How generally the whole country, and not merely the central areas, was stirred by the mere arrival of The General, may be guessed from the following words taken from the _Omaha Daily News_ article of the Monday for its readers through far-away Nebraska:-- "One of the arrivals on the steamship _Philadelphia_ is General William Booth of The Salvation Army.
That vessel never carried before so great a man as this tall, white-haired, white-bearded organiser, enthusiast, and man-lover. "Wherever men and women suffer and sorrow and despair, wherever little children moan and hunger, there are disciples of William Booth.
The man's heart is big enough to take in the world.
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